{"id":39151,"date":"2022-06-06T17:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/top-gun-maverick-earns-90-million-in-second-weekend\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:38:03","slug":"top-gun-maverick-earns-90-million-in-second-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/top-gun-maverick-earns-90-million-in-second-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Earns $ 90 Million in Second Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Cruise’s star-spangled blockbuster \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d soared higher than expected in its second weekend of release.<\/p>\n

The Paramount and Skydance movie collected $ 90 million over the weekend, above Sunday’s already massive estimate of $ 86 million. Thanks to positive word of mouth, rapturous reviews and premium screens, ticket sales declined only 29% in its second weekend – the lowest percentage in history for a movie that debuted to $ 100 million or more, according to Comscore. \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d launched to a staggering $ 160 million over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

Though a peculiar statistic, the scant second-weekend drop is impressive because big-budget blockbusters – even well-received ones – tend to plummet by at least 50% after scoring huge opening weekends. By comparison, recent tentpoles \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d and Marvel’s \u201cDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness\u201d each declined 67% in their sophomore outings, while Robert Pattinson’s \u201cThe Batman\u201d fell 50% in week two.<\/p>\n

After only 10 days in theaters, \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d has grossed $ 295 million at the domestic box office, enough to overtake 2005’s \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d ($ 243 million) as Cruise’s highest-grossing film in North America. Pandemic or not, it is a stunning result – and ticket sales will certainly keep climbing – for a movie that doesn’t involve costumed heroes, otherworldly creatures or fantastical spells.<\/p>\n

Internationally, the sequel to 1986’s \u201cTop Gun\u201d has earned $ 257 million, taking its global total past the $ 550 million mark. Even by pre-COVID standards, the $ 170 million-budgeted \u201cMaverick\u201d is putting box office expectations to shame with its high-flying turnout in theaters.<\/p>\n

At this rate, \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d looks like it’ll become Cruise’s biggest movie at the global box office. “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” which collected $ 791 million worldwide in 2018, currently stands as the actor’s highest-grossing blockbuster of all time. His other top-earning tentpoles include 2011’s \u201cMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol\u201d ($ 695 million globally), 2015’s \u201cMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation\u201d ($ 683 million globally) and \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d ($ 603 million globally).<\/p>\n

As long as \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d is able to sustain its popularity over the summer (and why wouldn’t it?), Analysts believe box office returns could surpass $ 900 million by the end of its theatrical run. Could the $ 1 billion mark be within reach? It’ll be harder without playing in China or Russia. But, according to industry insiders, it’s not out of the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has never been more appropriate to say ‘the sky’s the limit’ for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’\u201d Paramount’s president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson wrote on Sunday in a note to press.<\/p>\n

Joseph Kosinski directed \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d which has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and holds an \u201cA +\u201d CinemaScore. In the nostalgia-fueled movie, Cruise’s Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell returns to the cockpit for the first time in decades to train a new group of cocky aviators for a deadly mission. Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer, who played Iceman in the first \u201cTop Gun,\u201d round out the cast.<\/p>\n

Though \u201cMaverick\u201d did not face any notable competition over the weekend, it’ll soon take on Universal’s dino-sized tentpole \u201cJurassic World Dominion,\u201d starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern. Let the battle of the blockbusters commence!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n