Tom
Cruise's
recent
release
Top
Gun:
Maverick
has
become
the
actor's
biggest
release
in
his
40-year-old
career.
According
to
reports,
the
film's
weekend
ticket
sales
in
the
domestic
market
went
on
to
collect
$134
Million
also
marking
the
actor's
biggest
opening
ever.
The
film
backed
by
Paramount
and
Skydance
is
the
awaited
sequel
to
Tom
Cruise's
cult
classic
Top
Gun,
which
released
in
1986.
Notably,
Top
Gun
2
had
a
grand
premiere
at
the
75th
Cannes
Film
Festival,
where
it
received
a
10-minute-long
standing
ovation.
Top
Gun:
Maverick
released
on
Memorial
Day
weekend
was
screened
at
4,732
cinemas
in
North
America.
The
film
with
$170
Million
production
budget
also
marked
Cruise's
first
film
to
surpass
$100
Million
on
opening
weekend.
It
is
now
the
fourth-highest
domestic
debut
of
2022
after
superhero
movies
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home
with
$260
Million,
Doctor
Strange
in
the
Multiverse
of
Madness
with
$187
Million,
and
The
Batman
which
grossed
$134
Million.
Meanwhile,
in
India,
the
film
has
recorded
a
total
of
Rs
15
crore
for
its
opening
weekend.
According
to
reports
the
film
doesn't
have
a
big
demographic
among
Indian
audiences
and
was
released
in
fewer
theatres.
The
film
directed
by
Joseph
Kosinski
takes
place
decades
after
the
original
and
sees
Maverick
train
a
new
group
of
cocky
aviators
for
an
unthinkable
mission.
The
film
has
received
rave
reviews
from
domestic
and
international
critics.
Filmibeat's
review
for
Top
Gun:
Maverick
called
it
an
emotional
surprise
and
added,
"The
film's
plot
and
screenplay
have
been
kept
simple
giving
the
characters
enough
space
to
explore
and
the
director
enough
run
time
to
give
everything
the
audience
is
actually
in
the
theatre
for,
which
would
be
supersonic
jets,
dog
fights
and
Tom
Cruise."
Apart
from
Tom,
the
cast
includes
Miles
Teller,
Glen
Powell,
Jon
Hamm,
Jennifer
Connelly
and
Val
Kilmer,
who
played
Iceman
in
the
original.