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Jordan Peele’s Nope took the top spot this weekend at the domestic box office, totaling $44 million from 3,785 theaters in its first week of release. While not as big of an opening as Us, which totaled $71 million in its first frame back in 2019 (and arrived hot on the heels of Get Out), Peele’s alien invasion horror/adventure still boasted solid numbers for an original IP, according to Deadline. With a relatively low $68 million price tag, Universal Studios will likely call this one a win. Imax accounted for 12% of Nope’s grosses, where the film earned $5.2 million from 400 screens. The pic doesn’t travel abroad until August.

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Elsewhere, Thor: Love and Thunder raised its domestic total to $276.2 million after a $22.1 million (-53%) weekend. All told, the Marvel pic has earned $600 million worldwide, which should put a lot of those “the MCU is dead” arguments to rest for the time being. While Minions: The Rise of Gru has raked in $297.8 million domestically and a stellar $640 million globally.

Top Gun: Maverick continues to fly high. The Tom Cruise adventure collected an additional $10 million (-19%) domestically over the weekend for a $635.5 million total in the states, while its global tally has risen to a massive $1.282 billion. Worldwide, the action flick sits just behind Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($1.308 billion) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($1.328 billion, not adjusted for inflation); and has cracked the top 10 all-time domestic box office list, having surpassed The Last Jedi and The Avengers. Jurassic World ($652 million) and Titanic ($659 million, including re-releases) are in its sights; and now it’s a question of whether Maverick can take down Avengers: Infinity War ($678 million) and Black Panther ($700 million) in the coming weeks. Again, this is all without China.

Finally, Where the Crawdad Sings had a nice 40% hold in its second frame, earning $10.33 million to bring its total to $38.3 million.

DOMESTIC TOP 10

1.) Nope (Uni) 3,785 theaters, Fri $19.59M/Sat $13.9M/Sun $10.4M/3-day $44M/Wk 1

2.) Thor: Love and Thunder (Disney) 4,370 (-5) theaters, Fri. $6.4M, Sat $8.9M Sun $6.8M , 3-day $22.1M (-53%)/Total $276.2M/Wk 3

3.) Minions: Rise of Gru (Uni) 3,816 theaters (-298), Fri $5.2M, Sat $6.9M, Sun $5.5M, 3-day $17.7M (-34%), Total: $297.8M/Wk 4

4.) Where the Crawdad Sings (Sony) 3,650 theaters, Fri $3.1M, Sat $3.9M, Sun $3.2M, 3-day $10.33M (-40%)/Total $38.3M/Wk 2

5.) Top Gun: Maverick (Par) 3,160 (-132) theaters, Fri $2.7M Sat $4.1M Sun $3.2M , 3-day $10M (-19%), Total $635.5M/Wk 9

6.) Elvis (WB) 3,105 (-200) theaters, Fri $1.8M, Sat $2.55M, Sun $1.9M, 3-day $6.3M (-21%) Total $118.3M/Wk 5

7.) Paws of Fury (Par) 3,481 +6) theaters, Fri $1.1M, Sat $1.5M Sun $1.2M, 3-day $3.87M (-39%)/Total $13.7M/Wk 2

8.) The Black Phone (Uni) 2,055 (-222) theaters, Fri $1.07M , Sat $1.36M, Sun $1M, 3-day $3.45M (-36%)/Total $78.5M/Wk 5

9.) Jurassic World Dominion (Uni) 2,165 (-495) theaters, Fri $870K, Sat $1.2M, Sun $860K, 3-day $2.96M (-43%), Total $365.5M/Wk 7

10.) Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (Foc) 1,001 (+21) theatres, Fri $410K, Sat $540K, Sun $400K, 3-day $1.35M (-31%)/Total $4.65M/Wk 2

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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.