The year’s top earner is a horny superhero movie. That’s not to say it’s been dull around here.
3 highest-grossing movie is still a holdover from last year: Spider-Man: No Way Home. It’d be a hell of a kickoff for summer at the movies, and a welcome jolt when the year’s No. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos Courtesy of StudiosĬould this be it? Is this the summer that marks a pandemic-era reset for theatrical moviegoing? Tom Cruise’s long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick is projected to become the biggest box-office opening of the star’s career - some say it’ll hit $180 million worldwide over Memorial Day weekend, with as many as 130 of those mils coming in Stateside.
