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Superheroes aren’t the only ones having an impact at the box office.
According to Deadline, “Top Gun: Maverick” is grossing $ 150 million over four days, the best opening for the film’s protagonist, Tom Cruise.
Comscore shared that during Memorial Day weekend, the sequel to “Top Gun” now takes the place of the highest-grossing movie during the holiday weekend. He won in 2007 “Pirates of the Caribbean: End of the World” which earned $ 139.8 million.
Tom Cruise attends the British premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick” in Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London. (Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)
The release of “Top Gun: Maverick”, which was delayed two years due to coronavirus, is expected to return diversity to the box office. In previous years, theaters dominated the superhero fanfare during Memorial Day.
TOM CRUISE ARRIVES AT THE PREMIERE OF THE ‘TOP GUN’ SEQUEL IN SAN DIEGO BY HELICOPTER
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 90 percent of viewers on Friday were over 25 years old. Viewers left the cinema giving the film a coveted A + CinemaScore.
The star of the film, Tom Cruise, is expected to have his biggest opening of his career, with a four-day fundraiser of at least $ 92 million, for official follow-up. Cruise’s 2005 “War of the Worlds” takes the place of its largest national opening with a three-day revenue of $ 64.9 million.
The second best opening of Cruise’s film was “Mission Impossible – Fallout”, released in 2018. According to Comscore, the film grossed $ 61.2 million. All of the star’s other films were released for less than $ 60 million.
“Top Gun: Maverick” marks the best opening of Tom Cruise’s career. (Lionel Hahn / Getty Images)
“Top Gun: Maverick” hits theaters 36 years after the original premiere of “Top Gun” in 1986. Cruise has been heavily commercializing its latest film, attending premieres in San Diego at the Cannes Film Festival. a royal screening in London and a premiere. in Japan.
For the San Diego premiere, Cruise arrived by helicopter. The 59-year-old movie star’s helicopter landed on the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego. The helicopter was named Cruise and the “Top Gun: Maverick” logo.
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Cruise, dressed in a suit and with flyers, gestured to the fans as he got out of the helicopter.
From the outset, Cruise made it clear that “Top Gun: Maverick” would “never” reach streaming services, despite the two-year delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tom Cruise arrives by helicopter at the world premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick” aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, California. (Photo by ROBYN BECK / AFP via Getty Images)
“Maverick” was originally scheduled to be released in July 2019 via Paramount Pictures, but was postponed to August 2018 “to allow production to resolve all complex flight sequences,” according to Deadline.
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Fox News’ Tracy Wright contributed to this report.