'Top Gun: Maverick' Exceeds $1 Billion In Worldwide Box Office
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ continues to sweep the box office and exceeds the mark of ‘The Dark Knight’.
The film starring Tom Cruise has managed to break the barrier of 1,000 million dollars.
No one expected that an '80s classic like Top Gun would unleash a wave of nostalgia of this caliber, so maybe we should boil it all down to Tom Cruise 's innate power .
The actor and producer has returned to embody Peter ‘Maverick’ Mitchell for a late sequel to the film directed by Tony Scott that has dazzled critics and, since its premiere, has not stopped sweeping the box office.
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| 'Top Gun: Maverick' Exceeds $1 Billion In Worldwide Box Office |
The forecasts pointed to 34 million dollars accumulated in the US, and although it seems that it will fall 9% compared to what was estimated, the 26.8 million that it would finally accumulate make it the fourth highest collection at the national level that a film get on the sixth weekend. Maverick , in fact, has been on the billboard for about a month and a half without the box office suffering, and with those 26 million it falls behind other milestones such as Frozen (which in these terms was settled with 28 million dollars in 2013), The sniper (30 million in 2015) and Avatar (34 million in 2009). It is, above all, a categorical victory for Cruise, who was adamant from the start that Maverick be released exclusively in theaters and had to defy Paramount’s wishes for it.
Result? A splendid year for the major , as Maverick is their fifth big hit in 2022 after Scream, Jackass Forever, The Lost City and Sonic 2: The Movie . "We’ve been absolutely blown away by the worldwide response to Top Gun: Maverick , " says Paramount Chairman Brian Robbins . "Thank you to the incomparable Tom Cruise, our talented cast, and our incredible marketing and distribution team for delivering a seamless theatrical experience for audiences around the world . " Sticking to the domestic sphere, _Maverick_It has already far surpassed the collection of a classic film such as Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight .
And it is that, compared to what was raised by that film, Maverick accumulates 572 million dollars in the US, which widens the difference with respect to Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness as the highest grossing film of the year in his country of source. It has also advanced Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($532 million) and The Lion King ($543 million), now having to challenge The Incredibles 2, The Last Jedi, The Avengers, Jurassic World and finally Titanic . End up in whatever position you end your career, Maverick 's historic success is a given.