Top Gun: Maverick Becomes Tom Cruise’s First Film to Cross $1 Billion at the Global Box Office
The long-awaited Top Gun sequel is the Hollywood star's highest grossing movie of all time.
2022 seemed like the year for the big comic book movies to shine, as we saw the release of films like DC's The Batman starring Robert Pattinson as the new Dark Knight and Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness featuring Benedict Cumberbatch's sorcerer.
However, at the halfway mark of 2022, it's not Marvel and DC who lead the box office rankings for the year, as Tom Cruise has created a bigger theatrical hit in the long-awaited sequel for Top Gun.
The film which arrived last month in theatres around the world has seemingly done the impossible task of defeating Marvel and DC at the box office, with the movie raking in over $1 billion.
That's right, #TopGun: Maverick has hit $1 billion globally and is the 5th highest grossing film of all time in Australia. Thank you, aviators ✈️! pic.twitter.com/RGGXB4YX3a
— Paramount Pictures (@ParamountAU) June 26, 2022
Earlier this month, Top Gun: Maverick became Tom Cruise's highest grossing film of all time, with the movie snatching the title away from 2018's Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
The sequel follows the story of fighter pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, over 35 years after the events of the Tony Scott-directed film, Top Gun. In the original film, Maverick attended Top Gun, a naval school featuring the best aviators and flight officers.
In the sequel, we see Maverick as a much older pilot with the rank of Captain, who has had to return to Top Gun in order to train new naval students at the school for a highly-dangerous mission. Among the many recruits in Maverick's group is Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, who holds a grudge against his instructor, as he blames him for the death of his father Goose, which was a major plotline in the original film.
The sequel features many emotional and romantic beats involving Tom Cruise's character, and it is coupled with breath-taking action sequences, with the movie being hailed as one of the best studio blockbusters to come out in recent years.
