“Top Gun: Maverick” has surpassed $700 million in North America, becoming one of six films to surpass that achievement at the domestic box office.
The film returned to the top of the box office charts over Labor Day weekend, adding $7.5 million between Friday and Monday and bringing in $701 million in ticket sales. According to Paramount, “Maverick” is the only film to ever have #1 at the domestic box office on both Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend.
15 weeks after release, the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster Tom Cruise surpassed Marvel’s giant Black Panther ($700.4 million) to become the fifth highest-grossing film in domestic box office history. It is impressive that the follow-up to “Top Gun” has surpassed “Black Panther” both internationally and globally. Pete Mitchell’s most recent assignment “Maverick” earned $740 million overseas and $1.44 billion worldwide, while T’Challa’s heroic adventure tapped $674 million overseas and $1.347 billion worldwide.
“There is no doubt that Top Gun: Maverick is a true cultural touchstone that embodies the power of the cinematic experience,” said Brian Robbins, President and CEO of Paramount Pictures. “As we celebrate this tremendous achievement and the tremendous impact of the film, we would like to express our gratitude to Tom Cruise, our filmmakers and cast, Paramount’s marketing and distribution teams, and the legions of Top Gun fans new and old who continue to turn abroad to enjoy this great movie.”
In North America, the next highest-grossing movie is “Avatar” which grossed $760 million (and its planned September re-release will drive those profits even further), so it looks like Top Gun: Maverick’s rapid rise in the box office charts will come to a halt in Fifth place – at least for now.
Globally, Top Gun: Maverick ranks 12th in size, but is fast approaching 11th place, which currently belongs to Disney’s “Frozen II” with $1.450 billion.
For theater owners embattled in the country, “Top Gun: Maverick” has been the gift that keeps on giving. Unlike most blockbuster films today, which earn the bulk of their revenue during their opening weekend, follow-up Top Gun has remained a strong draw at the box office throughout the entire summer. It was in the top five in the domestic box office charts for 14 weeks out of the 15 weeks of its release, a fact that underscores the film’s stamina as other supporting pillars, such as “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which came And I went to the theaters.
For Hollywood executives, the unexpected success of the action-packed Paramount and Skydance series suggests audiences young and old will venture to movie theaters for a movie that doesn’t feature superheroes, as long as there’s a compelling story to tell. (Of course, the thrilling aerial sequences, performed by the entertainment industry’s resident daredevil, don’t hurt.) Given the 36 years that separated the original and Cruise’s return to the cockpit, Maverick’s victory was far from a foregone conclusion.
Top Gun: Maverick has cemented a slew of box office records since Memorial Day weekend, when the film set a holiday record with its debut at $160.5 million. It also became Cruise’s first film to exceed $100 million in a single weekend, as well as his first film to exceed $1 billion in global ticket sales.
Cruise is well compensated for the revival of the film and theater industry. By the time “Maverick” leaves theaters and winds up on Paramount Plus, the stuntman is expected to make at least $100 million in ticket sales, his salary, home entertainment rentals, and streaming revenue.
Joseph Kosinski directed Top Gun: Maverick, which centers on the exploits of Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he prepares a new group of pilots for a critical strike mission and, in the process, feels the need for speed. Joining on screen Miles Teller, Glenn Powell, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer.
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