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Despite garnering some of the worst reviews of the franchise, Jurassic World: Dominion managed to open pretty much on par with its predecessor, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Jurassic World: Dominion opened to $143.3 million over the weekend which is just 3% behind Fallen Kingdom. Per Deadline, box office analytics corp EntTelligence says 10.8M moviegoers saw Dominion this weekend, which is the fourth-best admissions for a major studio movie’s opening weekend during the pandemic after Spider-Man: No Way Home (20.6M), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (14M) and Top Gun: Maverick  (11.6M). Dominion also posted the best stateside debut for a non-superhero movie during the pandemic, ahead of the $126.7 million 3-day previously posted by Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick. The performance of Jurassic World: Dominion shows just how critic proof this franchise is. The film received an “A-” CinemaScore which shows that moviegoers really enjoyed It. The movie bested its $125 million tracking and that’s something that should be celebrated as this year’s summer box office is showing the people really missed their blockbusters. Globally, Dominion is took in $319 million from overseas markets, bringing it’s global running total to $389 million.

Top Gun: Maverick, box office, weekend box office, second weekend, tom cruise

Showing there was nothing to fear from the dinosaurs is Top Gun: Maverick, which grossed $50 million in its third weekend. That’s a decline of 44% which is pretty solid in the wake of Jurassic World: Dominion. Even more impressive about this hold: Universal took all of Top Gun 2‘s IMAX and premium format screens this weekend so the money grossed by the sequel is from regular showings. Top Gun: Maverick is a word of mouth sensation. There is no denying that. To date, Top Gun: Maverick has grossed $393 million at the domestic box office. Globally, the film has grossed $747 million after adding another $52.7 million internationally.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, weekend box office

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness placed third in its sixth weekend with $4.9 million for a domestic total of $397.8 million and foreign tally of $532.4 million. The Marvel and Disney movie is the first film of 2022 to cross $900 million, and finished Sunday with a total of $930.2 million in ticket sales.

20th Century and Disney’s The Bob’s Burgers Movie came in fourth with $2.3 million in its fourth weekend for a domestic tally of $27.1 million. While DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s The Bad Guys, released almost two months ago, rounded out the top five domestically with $2.3 million for a North American total of $91.5 million and $229.6 million globally.

What are your thoughts on this weekend’s box office results?

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By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.