Box Office Game — September 18, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Friday, September 18, 2026 (day #1660 of the game): the weekend of May 27, 2022 — a 2022 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1660
The weekend to guessMay 27, 2022Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Top Gun: Maverick
ParamountNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$126,707,459Total$126,707,459
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Walt DisneyLast week #1Week 4 in release-50.3% vs last week
Weekend$16,069,358Total$370,443,337
3
Poster of the #3 movie
The Bob's Burgers Movie
20th Century StudiosNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$12,416,819Total$12,416,819
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Focus FeaturesLast week #2Week 2 in release-63.8% vs last week
Weekend$5,787,935Total$28,366,880
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Bad Guys
UniversalLast week #3Week 6 in release-28.6% vs last week
Weekend$4,382,790Total$81,125,690

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About the five films

Top Gun: Maverick poster

#1 Top Gun: Maverick IMDb →

“Feel the need... The need for speed.”

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Director: Joseph Kosinski · Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly · Genre: Action, Drama · Budget: $170,000,000 · Worldwide: $1,488,732,821 · Domestic total: $718,732,821
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

#2 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness IMDb →

“Enter a new dimension of Strange.”

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

Director: Sam Raimi · Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Xochitl Gomez, Elizabeth Olsen · Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure · Budget: $295,400,000 · Worldwide: $955,775,804 · Domestic total: $411,331,607
The Bob's Burgers Movie poster

#3 The Bob's Burgers Movie IMDb →

“Let's get this patty started.”

When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong.

Director: Bernard Derriman, Loren Bouchard · Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, John Roberts · Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery · Budget: $38,000,000 · Worldwide: $34,148,750 · Domestic total: $31,933,830
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

#4 Downton Abbey: A New Era IMDb →

“A cinematic return.”

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.

Director: Simon Curtis · Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter · Genre: Drama, Romance · Budget: $40,000,000 · Worldwide: $92,651,384 · Domestic total: $44,141,550
The Bad Guys poster

#5 The Bad Guys IMDb →

“Good is no fun at all.”

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

Director: Pierre Perifel · Starring: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina · Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family · Budget: $80,000,000 · Worldwide: $250,162,278 · Domestic total: $97,459,240

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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What is Box Office Game?
Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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