Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick shows no signs of slowing down.
The Paramount and Skydance tentpole, starring Tom Cruise, is doing massive business on its second weekend. If estimates hold, the sequel will earn $ 85 million or more in its second year release to boast of the smallest drop that has occurred (33 percent) for a film that is released nationwide at $ 100 million more.
In North America, the summer tent earned $ 25 million on Friday to end the day with $ 230 million in aircraft consumption.
That figure is expected to rise to $ 290 million by the end of Sunday and to $ 540 worldwide. Top Gun 2 also continues to fly high overseas, where it surpassed the $ 200 million mark on Friday and also remains strong.
On Saturday, Top Gun: Maverick became Cruise’s highest-grossing film nationwide when it released The War of the Worlds of 2005 ($ 243.3 million), unadjusted by inflation. This is after the expansion of the first films Top Gun ($ 180.3 million) and Cruise’s Mission: Impossible, including the latest installment, Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($ 220.2 million).
Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick is well ahead of the $ 176 million earned by the first Top Gun, not adjusted for inflation. The United Kingdom leads with $ 39.7 million.
The film’s performance is a big win for the summer box office and shows that people are eager to return to theaters after two years of scarce Hollywood product due to the pandemic.
In North America, Top Gun: Maverick has the playing field primarily for itself until next weekend, when Jurassic World: Dominion lands in the US
Abroad, Jurassic World 3 began opening in 15 markets on weekdays for $ 25.9 million through Friday. It is doing strong business in Mexico, Brazil and Italy in particular.
David Cronenberg’s entrance to the Cannes Film Festival Crimes of the Future opens at the US box office this weekend. Neon is releasing the film in over 750 theaters, a wide imprint for a specialty title. Estimates show that the film’s release is $ 1 million.