Holiday Weekend US Box Office Up 122% From 2021, Says AMC
Nearly 4 million people flocked to an AMC theater in the U.S. over the Memorial Day weekend, two-thirds of them to see Top Gun: Maverick, reported the theater chain Tuesday. The film's “record-setting success,” it said, “is another example of…
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a box office that continues to show positive signs of recovery.” Led by the opening of the Paramount Pictures feature film, the domestic box office posted a 122% year-over-year increase compared with Memorial Day 2021, AMC said. Top Gun: Maverick also pushed Imax to its best-ever Memorial Day weekend box office performance, said the company in a separate announcement. The $21 million it took in was good for a 14% share of the overall North American box office, it said. "If you thought movies were dead, go see Top Gun: Maverick," said Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. "There's no way you sit in a theatre, with a huge screen and chest-pounding speakers, and come away thinking there's any other way you want to experience Top Gun: Maverick."