July 4th Weekend Box Office Report
by Emily Nagle
Top 5 Highest Grossing Films for Weekend of July 1-4, 2022
5. The Black Phone ($14.5 million)
4. Jurassic World Dominion ($19.7 million)
3. Elvis ($23.5 million)
2. Top Gun: Maverick ($33 million)
1. Minions: The Rise of Gru ($125.2 million)
While the long Independence Day weekend was a quiet one in terms of new film releases, it served as the perfect debut for the long-anticipated “Minions: The Rise of Gru”. The latest installment in the “Despicable Me” film franchise – which recalls the villain origin story of a young Gru (Steve Carell) and his newly recruited Minions – grossed over $120 million during the long weekend, rising to number one after making $48.3 million on its opening day.
After getting delayed for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has become the ninth-highest-grossing film of the year, right behind “The Bad Guys”. It’s also the second-biggest film of the summer so far, right behind “Top Gun: Maverick”. However, its worldwide gross of $221.6 million is nowhere close to that of “Maverick”, which broke $1 billion last weekend after 5 weeks in theaters!
As for changes since last weekend, “The Black Phone” overtook Pixar’s “Lightyear” for number 5. After being overtaken by “Elvis” last weekend, “Top Gun: Maverick” made it to number two this weekend, grossing about 14% more than last weekend.