''Elvis'' Grosses $31.5M While ''Top Gun: Maverick'' Takes In $30M At Weekend Box Office Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” was the top grossing film at the U.S. box office this weekend, as the Tom Cruise epic “Top Gun: Maverick” gained a new burst of audience attention. What Happened: The Warner Bros. (NASDAQ: WBD ) release of “Elvis” grossed $31.5 million from 3,906 theaters in its opening weekend. However, Paramount’s (NASDAQ: PARA ) “Top Gun: Maverick” secured $30 million from 3,948 theaters for its fifth week in theatrical release. According to a Deadline report, “Top Gun: Maverick” grossed $521.2 million from domestic release and $484.7 million from the global market (excluding China, which has yet to allow the film to be screened), thus pushing the film past the $1 billion market. Rounding out the top five films in U.S. release were “Jurassic World Dominion” from Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA ) Universal Pictures , with $26.1 million from 4,233 theaters; “The Black Phone,” also from Universal Pictures, with $23.2 million from 3,150 theaters in its premiere engagement; and the Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS ) Pixar animated …