Spider-Man: No Way Home is swinging back to the top of the box office during a dour Labor Day holiday weekend. The film returns to theaters with its “More Fun Stuff” edition, featuring restored deleted scenes, including a previously cut post-credits scene. It also arrived in time for the first National Cinema Day on Saturday, with theaters selling tickets for $3. Spider-Man: No Way Home added $6 million to its box office from Friday-Saturday, and is expected to earn $7.6 million through Monday. That’s the lowest total in years for the top movie on Labor Day weekend (Marvel Studios broke records last year with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opening to $94 million over the same four-day weekend, which is likely to be more than the box office total of all films combined this year), but that’s to be expected after last weekend’s similarly dismal numbers.
Meanwhile. Top Gun: Maverick, which launched on Memorial Day weekend, is closing out the summer with $7 million over the four-day weekend. It will also cross $700 million worldwide.
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DC League of Super-Pets is having a good holiday weekend, benefiting from the National Cinema Day discount as parents take their kids to see the animated movie. Bullet Train and The Invitation will round out the weekend’s top five films. The full list of top 10 films at the box office follows.
1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Week 29
- Weekend: $7.6 million
- Total: $812.3 million
With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, our friendly neighborhood web-slinger is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life as Peter Parker from the high stakes of being a superhero. When Peter asks for help from Doctor Strange, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Jon Watts directed Spider-Man: No Way Home from a screenplay written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. The film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, and Marisa Tomei.
2. Top Gun: Maverick
- Week 15
- Weekend: $7 million
- Total: $700.3 million
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
Joseph Kosinski directs Top Gun: Maverick from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie. The film stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer.
3. DC League of Super-Pets
- Week Six
- Weekend: $6.97 million
- Total: $82.3 million
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, when the Man of Steel and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a ragtag group of animals to master their own newfound powers for a rescue mission.
Jared Stern directed DC League of Super-Pets and co-wrote the story with John Whittington. The movie’s voices cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, and Keanu Reeves.
4. Bullet Train
- Week Five
- Weekend: $6.8 million
- Total: $87.3 million
Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who’s determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs has gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans as his latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe — all with connected yet conflicting objectives — on the world’s fastest train.
David Leitch directed Bullet Train from a screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, based on the novel by Kōtarō Isaka. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A Martínez Ocasio, and Sandra Bullock.
5. The Invitation
- Week Two
- Weekend: $5.75 million
- Total: $13.77 million
After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, Evie’s at first seduced by the sexy aristocratic host. However, she’s soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets about her family history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity.
Jessica M. Thompson directed The Invitation from a screenplay she co-wrote with Blair Butler, inspired by Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. The film stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty.
6. Beast
- Week Three
- Weekend: $4.3 million
- Total: $26.1 million
Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two teenage daughters travel to a South African game reserve managed by Martin Battles, an old family friend, and wildlife biologist. However, what begins as a journey of healing soon turns into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty poachers, begins stalking them.
Baltasar Kormákur directed Beast from a screenplay written by Ryan Engle, based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan. It stars Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Sharlto Copley.
7. Minions: Rise of Gru
- Week 10
- Weekend: $3.88 million
- Total: $359.6 million
In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader — the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles. When the interview turns disastrous, Gru and his Minions go on the run with the Vicious 6 hot on their tails. Luckily, he finds an unlikely source for guidance — Wild Knuckles himself — and soon discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.
Kyle Balda directed Minions: The Rise of Gru. The film’s voice cast includes Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, RZA, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, and Alan Arkin.
8. Thor: Love and Thunder
- Week Nine
- Weekend: $2.98 million
- Total: $340.4 million
Thor embarks on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement gets interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who — to his surprise — inexplicably wields his magical hammer. Together, they set out on a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance.
Taika Waititi directed Thor: Love and Thunder from a script he co-wrote with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman
9. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
- Week Three
- Weekend: $2.79 million
- Total: $35.1 million
The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals who carry on its spirit have created the ultimate androids — Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. However, these two androids call themselves superheroes and start attacking Piccolo and Gohan.
Tetsuro Kodama directed Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, from a script written by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.
10. Jaws
- IMAX re-release
- Weekend: $2.73 million
- Total: $266.65 million
When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
Steven Spielberg directed Jaws, an adaptation of the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. The film stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton.
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