Top Gun: Maverick breaks Memorial Day’s 15-year box office record with $ 156 million … marking the first $ 100 million opening weekend of star Tom Cruise.
By Brian Gallagher for Dailymail.com
Posted: 01:13, 31 May 2022 | Updated: 5:19 AM, May 31, 2022
Just a day after it was revealed that Top Gun: Maverick won the first opening weekend of $ 100 million from star Tom Cruise, updated numbers revealed that it has now broken a 15-year box office record .
Top Gun: Maverick’s first estimates had easily put him in first place with $ 151 million, though Monday’s updated figures now put the four-day weekend vacation at $ 156 million. through Variety.
The new figures were large enough to surpass Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which opened at $ 153 million over the long weekend of 2007.
New record: just one day after it was revealed that Top Gun: Maverick won the first opening weekend of $ 100 million from star Tom Cruise, updated numbers revealed that it has now broken a box office record 15 years old.
Box office: Top Gun: Maverick’s first estimates had easily put him in first place with $ 151 million, though Monday’s updated figures now put the four-day holiday weekend count at $ 156 million , through Variety.
Top Gun: Maverick, who follows Tom Cruise as he returns to reprise his character Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell from the 1986 classic Top Gun, has already set another record over the weekend.
The film premiered in 4,732 American cinemas during the holiday season, the largest release in film history, surpassing the 2019 remake of The Lion King (4,725 theaters).
It is also the second highest debut of 2022, behind Marvel’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, which grossed $ 187.4 million on the first weekend in May.
Maverick: Top Gun: Maverick, who follows Tom Cruise as he returns to reprise his character Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell from the 1986 classic Top Gun, has already set another record over the weekend.
Wide release: The film premiered in 4,732 American cinemas during the holiday season, the largest release in film history, surpassing the 2019 remake of The Lion King (4,725 theaters)
The long-awaited sequel also set a personal best for Tom Cruise, giving the action icon his first $ 100 million film in his 40-year career.
The $ 156 million figure was more than enough to surpass the 59-year-old actor’s best previous release weekend: the $ 64 million War of the Worlds in 2005.
Director Joseph Kosinski’s film, which directed Cruise in the 2013 film Oblivion, also grossed $ 128 million in foreign markets, for a total of 248 million worldwide opening weekends. a huge budget of $ 170 million.
Best Staff: The long-awaited sequel also set a personal best for Tom Cruise, giving the action icon his first $ 100 million film in his 40-year career.
The film also grossed $ 21 million in IMAX theaters alone, with 96% rave reviews from critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Along with receiving critical acclaim, fans also gave the sequel an incredibly rare A + rating on CinemaScore.
It was also revealed that more than 55% of Top Gun: Maverick ticket buyers were 35 or older.
Seniors: It was also revealed that more than 55% of Top Gun: Maverick ticket buyers were 35 or older.
Rave: The film also grossed $ 21 million in IMAX theaters alone, with 96% favorable reviews on aggregator reviewer Rotten Tomatoes.
This figure is important as older audiences have been the most reluctant to return to cinemas amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign that cinemas may be prepared to regain pre-pandemic levels.
The film was originally scheduled for release in June 2020, although Paramount decided to suspend the release until more fans could return, a move that clearly paid off.
‘I’m glad I made that decision to continue. This movie will have a great run. It will attract people to cinemas that haven’t been around for a long time, “said Paramount’s national head of distribution, Chris Aronson.
Bounce: This figure is important as older audiences have been the most reluctant to return to cinemas amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign that cinemas may be poised to recover to pre-pandemic levels.