Sony will be hoping that Bullet Train is more of a long-haul sleeper carriage kinda ride at the box-office, because the slow out of the station action-thriller slammed on the brakes harder than expected during its sophomore frame, grossing a soft $13.4M to top the box-office.
In the face of very little competition the glossy David Leitch directed film dropped -55% for a domestic cume of $54.5M. The international hold was more promising, with a -40% decline resulting in a worldwide tally of of $114M. With no notable new releases arriving until September, Sony will be hoping that Bullet Train can keep ticking over nicely towards the numbers they hoped it might achieve as the last big summer blockbuster.
On the lowest totalling top ten since May, around $66M for all movies, DC League of Super-Pets found it hard going in its 3rd week of release, slipping to a single-digit take of $7.1M and a domestic gross of only $58M. The global take is $110M, but for a toon featuring such recognisable brands and quite a big marketing push, as well as a $90M price-tag, these pets might need rehousing on a streaming service pronto.
In a chart bereft of good news stories, it’s left to reliable old King of the Summer, Top Gun: Maverick, to inject a bit of Tom Cruise style positivity into proceedings. In its 12th weekend of release the sequel flew back up the rankings to number 3 with a $7.15M weekend, taking its colossal earnings to $673.8M domestic and $1.378 billion worldwide. You wouldn’t bet against it replicating the feat of the original film by returning to the top of the charts weeks after its initial release.
Elsewhere Thor: Love and Thunder and Nope were level pegging with just over $5M each, for respective totals of $325M and $108M. Having overtaken The Lost City, the latter now becomes the top grossing original film of the year.
For the entire rundown, including Bodies, Bodies, Bodies‘ underwhelming performance, head over to BoxOfficeMojo.
