‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is officially bigger than ‘Black Panther’
'Maverick' has surpassed Marvel's 'Black Panther' as the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time in North America.
Step aside, Wakanda, because Tom Cruise fans have made Top Gun: Maverick officially bigger hit than Black Panther.
Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has grossed more than $700 million (R12.6 billion) in North America. Maverick has surpassed Marvel’s Black Panther as the fifth highest grossing movie of all time in North America. Only five other movies have reached that milestone in the US domestic box office to date.
‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Maverick, a sequel to the movie 1986 classic Top Gun, is 2022’s most successful movie to date, grossing $1.5 billion to date. Maverick’s wild success has sparked something of an Oscars buzz as critics predict the feature film will be an Academy favourite.
Variety reports that Maverick has also surpassed international sales for Marvel’s highest-grossing film. While Black Panther racked up $674 million in international sales and $1.347 billion in total, Cruise’s big-screen comeback earned a cool $740 million overseas and $1.44 billion worldwide.
CEO of Paramount Pictures, Brian Robbins, describes the film as a “true cultural touchstone embodying the power of the cinematic experience”.
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“As we celebrate this enormous achievement and the film’s massive impact, we want to extend our gratitude to Tom Cruise, our filmmakers and cast, Paramount’s marketing and distribution teams, and the legions of both new and longtime ‘Top Gun’ fans who keep turning out to enjoy this remarkable movie.”
CEO of Paramount Pictures, Brian Robbins
In Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise returns as the iconic character, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who now has more than 30 years of service under his belt as one of the Navy’s top aviators. Maverick finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun US Navy graduates for a specialised mission like no pilot has ever seen.
CRUISE’S HUGE PAYDAY
The Risky Business actor is estimated to net more than $100 million from the movie (R1.7 billion) including his salary, ticket sales and his share of streaming revenue.
Sales for the box-office hit shot up over the past weekend, which coincided with Labour Day, a major American public holiday which has seen revellers flocking to cinemas over the weekend, adding $7.9 million to the film’s revenue.
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