Top Gun: Maverick becomes Tom Cruise's highest opening movie!

“I feel the need, the need for speed” this line sure does bring back memories. Top Gun the classic movie, came out in 1986 and has since gained a cult status among the masses. The sequel was announced in 2020 after 34 years since the first one was released and fans were excited as hell as its one of Tom Cruise’s most famous movies.

The movie proved to be the superstar’s highest weekend opener with collections of $160.5 million and also became his first movie to cross $100 million in the first four days. The movie continues its run, formally passing $400 million at the box office and surpassing the other enormous blockbuster of the year, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness making it the highest grossing film of 2022.

With Mission Impossible: Fallout being the biggest movie in the 40-year career of Cruise, which collected $791 million in its lifetime. It seems that the sequel to the 1986 classic may just overtake the sixth Mission Impossible installment, as the current collections sit at $788 million. Ticket sales are going strong even in its third week and no big threats are expected soon as Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder is slated to be released on 7^th July. This gives Top Gun: Maverick an additional 3 weeks to rake in the big numbers at the box office and end its run with staggering collections.

Sequels are always risky as people have higher expectations from the previous movie, but not in this case as the movie proved to meet the audience’s expectations and some might even suggest it was better than the first one. As a genuine movie lover and maker, Tom Cruise made sure he delivered the very best for his fans all around the world!