Doctor Strange remains the top-earning film at the box office as Tom Cruise's Top Gun looms

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Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box office as Tom Cruise and Top Gun wait in the wings.The blockbuster, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was the top-earning film of the weekend for the third straight week, bringing in $31.6 million in 4,534 North American theaters, according to studio estimates released Sunday.Meanwhile,Downtown Abbey: A New Era made a strong opening showing for Focus Features with $16 million from 3,820 theaters, but there was no real competition for thehighly-anticipated sequel to Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016).

Three weeks straight: Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box office as Tom Cruise and Top Gun wait in the wingsThat will change with the long awaited, and long delayed, release of Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel that arrives next week on Memorial Day weekend, 36 years after the original smash hit and cultural landmark.

It flies in amid sky-high hype.Cruise had the film festival in Cannes, France, abuzz on Wednesday with a whirlwind appearance for the film's European premiere that included a fly over of French fighter jets and an honorary Palme d´Or award.

Highly-anticipated: That will change with the long awaited, and long delayed, release of Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel that arrives next week on Memorial Day weekend, 36 years after the original smash hit and cultural landmarkBut while the world waits, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness crossed the $800 million mark in global grosses, surpassing The Batman to become the top-grossing film of the year.Released by the Walt Disney Co.