Tom Cruise has returned with a bang! His new movie Top Gun: Maverick proves to be quite lucky for the star. The movie is a sequel to the original 1986 film. He reprised his role as US navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
It has already proved to be a success as in its first three days the sequel earned an estimated $124 million in ticket sales, just in North American theatres. Box-office pundits are estimating a $248 million worldwide opening weekend.
Top Gun: Maverick Is First $100 Million Opening Weekend For Tom Cruise In The US
Top Gun movie has also given Cruise his first $100 million opening weekend at the US box office. People everywhere are loving the new thriller movie. Chris Aronson, Paramount’s president of domestic distribution says, “These results are ridiculously, over-the-top fantastic. I’m happy for everyone. I’m happy for the company, for Tom, for the filmmakers.”
Previously the Hollywood star had the biggest opening weekend for a movie in 2005. It was with War of the Worlds. It raked in $64 million at the US domestic box-office. Maverick has had the fourth biggest opening of any film in the Covid-era. The top three happen to be Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and The Batman.
The premiere of the movie saw some A-list stars joining the event. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge happened to be one of them. They were present at its UK premiere of the film.
The original movie was high up again on the charts. It topped last Wednesday’s weekly UK film chart. This was in reaction to fans preparing for the official release of the sequel last Friday.
Top Gun: Maverick Gets Critics’ Approval
Becca Monahan, commercial director of the Official Charts Company said it was “fantastic to see Tom Cruise back in the skies again after 36 years.” “That the original Top Gun has made history by getting to number one on the Official Film Chart and that many of those sales were digital downloads is a great achievement,” she noted.
Liz Bales, chief executive of the British Association for Screen Entertainment called the movie breathtaking. “Takes cinema audience’s breath away on the big screen.”
Critics praised the return of Top Gun: Maverick even before its release. They called it a “barrier-breaking sequel”. The Independent called it “as thrilling as blockbusters get“, praising it as a “true legacy sequel”. The Telegraph called it “absurdly exciting” and “unquestionably the best studio action film in years”.
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