From 'Top Gun: Maverick' to 'The Little Mermaid,' some of the biggest blockbusters have debuted over Memorial Day weekend. The Hollywood Reporter is taking a look at the top 5 Memorial Day box office openings of all time.
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00:00 "Here we go in three, two, one." From Top Gun Maverick to The Little Mermaid, some of the
00:08 biggest blockbusters have debuted over Memorial Day weekend. So right now we're taking a look at
00:13 the top five Memorial Day box office openings of all time. Coming in at number five is The Little
00:18 Mermaid. The live-action remake of the Disney animated classic opened on May 26th, 2023.
00:24 The film starring Halle Bailey as Disney Princess Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as the evil sea witch
00:29 Ursula took in 118.8 million dollars in its domestic debut. It went on to become one of the
00:36 higher earning Disney live-action remakes. "You can't live in that world unless you become a human
00:43 yourself." "Is that even possible?" Number four on the list, X-Men The Last Stand. The film also
00:50 branded as X3 is the third installment to the original X-Men films based on the Marvel comics
00:55 and features an all-star cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and Ian McKellen among others.
01:01 The film opened on May 26th, 2006 and brought in 122.8 million dollars domestically in its first
01:08 weekend. It was also considered one of the most expensive films to make at the time. "But I say
01:14 we are the killer." Coming in third is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
01:21 The film is the fourth installment in the Harrison Ford-led franchise and the follow-up to 1989's
01:26 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The film opened on May 22nd, 2008 earning 126.9 million
01:34 dollars in its domestic debut. It is currently the highest grossing film in the entire franchise so
01:39 far. "Don't touch anything." Number two on the list is Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End.
01:47 The third and final film of the original Pirates trilogy starring original trio Johnny Depp,
01:52 Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley opened on May 25th, 2007 and brought in 139.8 million dollars
01:59 domestically its first weekend in theaters. It went on to become the highest grossing film of
02:04 the year globally. "There was a time when a pirate was free to make his own way in the world."
02:12 And finally coming in at number one is Top Gun Maverick. The much talked about follow-up to 1986's
02:18 Top Gun which helped cement Tom Cruise as a rising movie star. The film debuted in theaters a whopping
02:24 36 years after its predecessor on May 27th, 2022 and brought in 160.5 million dollars in its opening
02:32 weekend. It became Cruise's first film to cross the coveted one billion dollar mark and the second
02:37 film in the pandemic era to earn the feat. "Having any fun yet?"
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