- Movie stocks are moving thanks to Top Gun: Maverick.
- It broke a Memorial Day Weekend record with a U.S. box office of $156 million.
- That sent many movie stocks rising this morning before dropping back down today.
Top Gun: Maverick is moving movie stocks on Monday following a successful Memorial Day Weekend opening.
The four-day opening weekend for the film saw it bring in a box office of $156 million in the U.S. That’s an impressive number that has it breaking the prior record held by Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
News of Top Gun: Maverick’s strong opening weekend initially saw shares in movie stocks rise higher in early trading today. Among them are AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) Paramount (NASDAQ:PARA), Imax (NYSE:IMAX), and Cinemark (NYSE:CNK). However, weakness across the broader stock market has since pulled many of those shares back down.
AMC Entertainment highlighted the strong performance of Top Gun: Maverick in a recent press release. It said the following about the film’s performance.
“The record-setting success of TOP GUN: MAVERICK is another example of a box office that continues to show positive signs of recovery. Led by the opening of Top Gun, the domestic box office posted a 122% year over year increase compared to Memorial Day 2021, which then featured A QUIET PLACE PART II and the live-action CRUELLA. It’s also been reported that 55% of the total domestic audience this year was 35 years or older, an indication that older Americans are also returning to movie theatres in significant numbers.”
AMC stock is up 5.1%, PARA stock is up slightly, IMAX shares are down a little, and CNK stock is slightly lower as of Tuesday afternoon.
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