Presented at the Cannes Film Festival, where Tom Cruise received an honorary Palme d'or, the Paramount / Skydance blockbuster raised $ 151 million in the United States and Canada according to these estimates over four days, from Friday to Monday, holiday for Americans celebrating Memorial Day.
The sequel to "Top Gun" has received critical acclaim.
Tom Cruise still plays Navy test pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, now a captain, who trains to bomb a rogue country's uranium enrichment plant.
The film boasts a strong cast, with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Jon Hamm, while "Top Gun" veteran Val Kilmer makes a brief appearance as "Iceman", a key character of the first part.
With this supersonic entry, "Top Gun: Maverick" dethrones "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness", the latest production from Marvel Studios, leading three weekends in a row, and which still totals 21.1 million Friday receipts see you Monday.
The sequel to the adventures of the neurosurgeon turned sorcerer, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, had the best launch of the year, with 187 million dollars.
In third position (15 million dollars) comes the animated film "Bob's Burgers: the movie", based on the American television series of the same name, which tells the funny adventures of a family running a hamburger restaurant.
With $7.5 million, 'Downton Abbey 2: A New Era' ranks fourth, ahead of 'The Bad Guys,' outlaw animals who try to become nice ($6.1 million). .
Here is the rest of the Top 10:
6. "Sonic 2" (3.1 million)
7. "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (3.1 million)
8. "The Secret of the Lost City" (2.3 million)
9. "Men" (1.5 million)
10. "Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secrets" (1.1 million)
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