Variety.“Minions: The Rise of Gru,” whose henchmen The Post said “bring on the funny,” took home second place, earning close to $5.4 million.“Top Gun: Maverick” fell from the sky a bit by landing in third, with close to $2 million on Friday.
A sequel to the Tom Cruise-helmed 1986 action-drama “Top Gun,” it recently flew past “Titanic,” snagging the title of highest-grossing Paramount film in its initial run in the studio’s 110-year history, per Collider.
The 1997 James Cameron tear-jerker, which won a Best Picture Oscar, took home $600,788,000 in its first-run release, while “Maverick” raked in $601,919,000, according to Deadline.“Elvis,” the acclaimed biopic, took fourth prize, with the horror thriller “The Black Phone,” following in fifth. .
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