There may be a competition for first place at the domestic box office this week, but but the overall winner has got to be Top Gun Maverick and Tom Cruise. For the first time in his 40 year career, Cruz will be joining the billion dollar club as Top Gun has officially hit ten figures.
It’s the first movie of the year and only the second in COVID times (following Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” with $1.9 billion) to reach that benchmark. It’s even more impressive that “Maverick” hit the $1 billion mark without playing in China or Russia, two major markets.
After only 31 days on the big screen, “Top Gun: Maverick” has become Tom Cruise’s first movie to surpass $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Previously, 2018’s “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” ranked as the actor’s most successful film with $791.1 million worldwide.
— Rebecca Rubin, Variety
Whether or not Top Gun can take the top spot this weekend, the film is one of the greatest successes of the last decade. Currently, Elvis is giving major competition, and though most Publications have recognized that Top Gun will sell the most tickets this weekend, Elvis has a higher ticket price. That’s why the two movies are running neck and neck at the moment. But with Tom Cruise having also gone to many locations overseas to promote his movie, the film is doing extremely well internationally. While it will almost certainly not do Spider-Man No Way Home numbers, it is easily going to cruise for the next few weeks at the worldwide box office, and surely will impact the film industry for years to come.
It's done it. Top Gun Maverick has crossed an incredible $1 Billion at the Global Box Office
• Domestic – $521.7m
• International – $484.7m
• Global Total – $1 BillionThe first $1 Billion Movie of Tom Cruise long career and 36 years after the release of the original Top Gun pic.twitter.com/3kP29Mi6Hd
— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) June 26, 2022
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