Memorial Day Box Office Avoids Disaster with $222M Weekend
The 2026 Memorial Day box office outperformed dire projections, with studios estimating $190 million but actual figures reaching $222 million over the four-day weekend. This narrowly missed the $223 million recorded in 2022, the year of Top Gun: Maverick, and fell far below the $330 million of the previous year. TheWrap reported the revised estimates from studio insiders, averting a feared slump.
Key facts
- Studios projected $190 million for the four-day weekend.
- Actual box office came in at $222 million.
- Last year's holiday weekend grossed $330 million.
- The $223 million figure from 2022 was the benchmark.
- 2022 was the year of Top Gun: Maverick.
- TheWrap reported the estimates from studio insiders.
- The weekend narrowly missed the 2022 total.
- The outcome averted a feared box office slump.
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Institutions
- TheWrap
- Yahoo