Box Office Round-Up ~ 8/8/22

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As the summer movie season draws to a close, Sony Pictures’ Bullet Train pulled into theaters with a debut gross of $30.1 million. The ensemble actioner, led by Brad Pitt benefited from the summer’s biggest hits starting to wind down their theatrical runs, and should capitalize on a quieter field of competition in the next week or two. (Top Gun: Maverick fell out of the top five for the first time since its release back in May.) In its sophomore weekend, DC League of Super Pets grossed $11.2 million, putting it on a similar overall pace to The Bad Guys, this year’s previous talking animal animated caper. Jordan Peele’s Nope came in third with a weekend total of $8.5 million. It’s on track to clear $100 million domestic by next weekend. Its overall numbers are lower than Get Out and Us, but still nothing to sneeze at for an R-rated horror title released in the heart of the summer. In fourth place, Thor: Love and Thunder grossed $7.6 million and passed Thor: Ragnarok as the highest-grossing Thor movie domestically. Similarly, Minions: The Rise of Gru’s weekend total of $7.1 million puts it at $335 million domestic, just a million short of passing its predecessor, Minion and not too far behind Despicable Me 2 as Gru and the Minion’s highest grossing adventure.

1. Bullet Train ($30.1 MM)
Director: David Leitch (CAA)
Writers: Zak Olkewicz (CAA)
Cast: Brad Pitt (CAA)        
         Joey King (UTA)        
         Aaron Taylor-Johnson (WME)

2. DC League of Super Pets ($11.2 MM)
Director: Jared Stern (WME), Sam Levine (Industry)
Writers: Jared Stern (WME), John Whittington (Verve)
Cast: Dwayne Johnson (WME)       
         Kevin Hart (UTA)        
         Kate McKinnon (UTA)

3. Nope ($8.5 MM)
Director: Jordan Peele (CAA)
Writers: Jordan Peele (CAA)
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya (Management 360)       
          Keke Palmer (3 Arts)        
          Steven Yeun (CAA)

4. Thor: Love and Thunder ($7.6 MM)
Director: Taika Waititi (CAA)
Writers: Taika Waititi (CAA), Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (CAA)
Cast: Chris Hemsworth (CAA)        
          Natalie Portman (CAA)        
          Christian Bale (WME)

5. Minions: The Rise of Gru ($7.1 MM)
Director: Kyle Balda (UTA), Brad Ableson (CAA), Jonathan del Val
Writers: Matthew Fogel (UTA), Brian Lynch (WME)
Cast: Steve Carell (WME)        
         Pierre Coffin        
         Alan Arkin (ICM)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers