Tom Cruise is one of the superstars of Hollywood . After so many years in show business, he once again surpassed himself. "Top Gun: Maverick" set a personal box office record for the actor.
"Top Gun: Maverick" continues its streak: star Tom Cruise has achieved the biggest success of his career to date in the US with this film. According to industry portals "Deadline" and "Box Office Mojo", among others, the action film grossed $291.6 million (about 272 million euros) in the United States in the first two weeks after its theatrical release.
"Top Gun: Maverick" is Tom Cruise 's most successful film in the US. It was followed by " World War " (2005), which grossed $234.3 million in the US.
Last weekend alone, the Top Gun 2 sequel grossed $86 million (about 80 million euros) in the U.S. and $548.6 million (about 512 million euros) worldwide.
Top Gun : Breaking two records
Thirty-five years after the release of the first Top Gun movie in 1986, Tom Cruise once again plays the daring Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, and with great success. "Top Gun: Maverick" set another record in its opening weekend.
Top Gun: Maverick Background and Information
Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 pilot film Top Gun. A sequel had been planned since at least 2010, but execution was delayed due to the suicide of filmmaker Tony Scott .
It wasn't until May 2017 that star Tom Cruise confirmed that Top Gun 2 was officially in production and that he would reprise his iconic role. A month later, the additional title Maverick was also announced. Joseph Kosinski , with whom Tom Cruise previously filmed Forgot , will direct the film.
Originally, Top Gun 2 was supposed to celebrate its theatrical release in July 2019, but it was delayed by a year. Because in 2020, the pandemic of the new coronavirus pandemic. Netflix and Apple TV+ tried to secure distribution rights, but production company Paramount insisted on the original theatrical release.