(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 23 - In a weekend dominated by football, Formula 1 and the sun on the beach that distracted from the magic of the cinema, the preview of Top Gun - Maverick (with Tom Cruise as the great protagonist in Cannes) at the top of the Italian box office with 351 thousand euros (for a total of 817 thousand).
The average of the 1986 cult sequel, directed by TonyScott, is € 1,833 on 446 screens.
The film will be on sale regularly from Thursday.
Doctor Strange slips to second place in the multiverse of madness, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen, earning 171 thousand euros for a total of 12.5 million.
On the third stage of the podium with 50 thousand euros and 204 thousand in total, EsteroNotte - Part 1, the film on the story of Aldo Moro by MarcoBellocchio presented in Cannes with Fabrizio Gifuni, MargheritaBuy and Toni Servillo.
In fourth place there is The weapon of deception - Operation Mincemeat (86 thousand euros for a total of 307 thousand) and in fifth place I and Lulù (70 thousand euros for a total of 251 thousand).
Total weekend takings reached € 2,206,191, down by 22.6% compared to the previous weekend and by 78.9% compared to the same period in 2019. (ANSA).
