LOS ANGELES — "Top Gun: Maverick" has the box office sizzling... again.
Thanks to positive word of mouth, rapturous reviews and premium screens, ticket sales for "Top Gun: Maverick" dropped only 32% from its $160 million debut over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. It's the smallest second-weekend decline for a movie that opened to $100 million or more, according to Comscore.
Few films wanted to compete with "Maverick" for eyeballs, though director David Cronenberg's body horror film "Crimes of the Future" opened in limited release. From Neon, the movie launched to $1.1 million from 773 theaters, translating to a decent $1,423 per location. Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in the gruesome "Crimes of the Future," which premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival.