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Weekend Box Office: June 24-26, 2022

by Emily Nagle

Top 5 Highest Grossing Films for Weekend of June 24-26, 2022
5. The Bob’s Burgers Movie ($18.1 million)
4. The Black Phone ($23.6 million)
3. Jurassic World Dominion ($26.7 million)
2. Top Gun: Maverick ($29.6 million)
1. Elvis ($31.2 million)

The last box office weekend of June saw the release of several new movies, two of which made it into the top 5 across the United States! First up, “Elvis” made it to number one in its premiere weekend, scoring more than $30 million.

“Top Gun: Maverick” soared to second best after being overtaken by newer releases “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Lightyear” for the past two weekends. After grossing nearly $30 million this weekend, the film has surpassed $500 million in the United States, and $1 billion worldwide. As a result, it has now beaten out “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” as the highest-grossing film of 2022. “Maverick” has been much better received than its 1986 predecessor, featuring newcomers Miles Teller and Jon Hamm, as well as stars from the original, including Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and Val Kilmer. Due to Kilmer undergoing treatment for throat cancer back in 2014, the post-production team reconstructed his voice using AI to keep his character, Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, a part of the film. Cruise even told the directors that he would not return to the franchise unless Kilmer was returning as well.

“The Black Phone”, a horror film based on Joe Hill’s short story of the same name, made it to number four during its first weekend in theaters. Having grossed more than $23.6 million, it exceeded studio projections of opening to $15-20 million. “The Black Phone” stars Mason Thames as Finney, a teen who gets kidnapped by a serial murderer (Ethan Hawke), and then uses a mysterious disconnected phone to communicate with the killer’s previous victims while he figures out how to get back home.

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