Despite being the film that was arguably the most affected by pandemic-related delays,Top Gun: Maverickcontinues to defy expectations, and has just broken yet another box office record for Paramount Pictures. After having just surpassedTitanicas the studio’shighest domestic-grossing filmin their entire history, the film has now gone even further, crossing $600 million at the international box office to become Paramount’s highest grossing film globally — a record that, to quote the oft-usedBerlinlyric, takes our breath away.
Mavericksurpasses 2014’sTransformers: Age of Extinctionto nab the top spot for Paramount, and continues to be the top earner for the studio this year, raking in cash as the summer’s biggest blockbuster, even against competition likeThor: Love and Thunderand the surprisingly successfulMinions: The Rise of Gru. But not even the GentleMinions can compete with global audiences’ needs for speed, asMaverickhas officially earned $602.5 million at the international box office, bringing its global total to a whopping $1.208 billion dollars.
TheTom Cruise-led action film, which follows titular captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he is tasked with training a new group of Top Gun graduates for a seemingly impossible mission, is the all-time biggest live action movie for Paramount Pictures in twenty-eight markets, including the United Kingdom, Australia, France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and South Africa, among others. The film has been so successful that it’s made returns to bothIMAXandXD theatersacross the United States, which are usually notorious for their short viewings windows — though, if you’ve seen the film in IMAX, you’ll know it’s well worth the investment to see those stunning F-18 flight sequences.
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Among other records,Maverickhas also returned to thetop spot at the international box office, and is one of only forty-nine movies in cinema history togross over a billion dollarsat the box office, joining giants likeThe Avengers,Jurassic Park, andAvatar. The fact thatMaverickis only a legacy sequel and not part of a franchise like the many Marvel movies that have achieved similar box office fame makes its success even more impressive — for context, the originalTop Gungrossed $353.8 million at the box office back in 1986, a fraction of what its successor has made.
Top Gun: Maverick, also starringJennifer Connelly,Jon Hamm,Miles Teller,Glen Powell,Lewis Pullman,Monica Barbaro,Jay Ellis,Danny Ramirez,Greg Tarzan Davis, andVal Kilmer, is playing in theaters now.
