Weekend Box Office: ‘Bullet Train’ Fends Off ‘Top Gun 2’ As ‘Thor 4’ Passes $720 Million

Weekend Box Office: ‘Bullet Train’ Fends Off ‘Top Gun 2’ As ‘Thor 4’ Passes $720 Million

Brad Pitt stars in Bullet Train. In holdover news for the weekend, Sony's Bullet Train again topped the domestic box office with $13. 4 million (-55%). That gives the $90 million Brad Pitt-and-friends action comedy a $54. 5 million ten-day cume. That drop is essentially tied with Hobbs & Shaw this weekend in 2019. That Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham actioner legged out to 1. 6x its respective $108 million ten-day total. Even Guardians of the Galaxy, coming off a $94 million debut and facing the $64 million launch of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, dropped 55% in weekend two before becoming the leggiest MCU movie ever (3. 5x weekend-to-final and 1. 89x its ten-day cume). The last biggie(s) of the summer usually benefits from a lack of tentpole competition as kids get ready to go back to school. See also: The Fugitive, The Sixth Sense, S. W. A. T., Suicide Squad and The Hitman's Bodyguard. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in 'Hobbs & Shaw' Those films earned between 1. 45x (Suicide Squad) and 1. 89x (Guardians of the Galaxy) their respective ten-day totals. Considering the embarrassing lack of big newbies between now and Sony's The Woman King on September 16 and Warner