Italy Box Office

After months of undisputed dominance, Top Gun: Maverick was ousted from the Italian box-office podium this week by the three new releases: Minions 2, Bullet Train - an action comedy starring Brad Pitt - and Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's directorial comeback. With another €3.

Despicable yet adorable, the Minions came to rescue Italy's box office. After sluggish weeks, audiences flocked back to theaters for the animated new entry Minions 2 - The Rise of Gru.

For the fifth consecutive week,  Thor: Love and Thunder leads the Italian Box Office. But this time the drop in overall revenues is of no small concern.

While Thor-Love and Thunder stands alone - and afar- at the top of the Italian box office ranking for another week, one question arises: will domestic productions gain decent revenues in theaters? It appears that in Italy's hottest summer ever, festivals are the only occasions in which moviegoers enjoy watching Italian movies: films are made for a broader audience than the ones limited to occasional venues. But that's not happening in Italy.

Just like last week, at the top of the Italian box office chart are the two biggest blockbusters currently in theaters, Jurassic World: Dominion and Top Gun: Maverick, both sequels and both linked to two cult franchises from the 1990s and 1980s. In its second weekend in Italian theaters, the sixth installment of the dinosaur saga has collected €2.