Huge success for Tom Cruise: “Top Gun: Maverick” achieved the best commercial performance of the actor’s career in three days with global earnings of $180 million. The film also set a US box office record of $92 million to $100 million.
Successful marketing plan
This was ensured by an international marketing campaign, which took the makers to the CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the naval base in San Diego, the film festivals in Cannes, as well as to London and Tokyo.
In addition, “Top Gun: Maverick” had a particularly wide theatrical release in the USA and Canada. The film was shown in 4727 cinemas. Top Gun 2 surpassed the number of screens for The Lion King (4725), Spider-Man: No Way Home (4336) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (4534).
Biggest success so far: “War of the Worlds”
Tom Cruise’s hitherto successful theatrical release in the United States was the 2005 science fiction film “War of the Worlds,” which grossed $64.8 million. In terms of global openings, the actor’s best-ever grossing to date was 2017’s The Mummy at $172.3 million.
Spectacular staging
Most recently, we reported on Cruise’s Cannes comeback, where he received the Palme d’honneur in gold. The performance of the actor was introduced impressively. To kick things off, French fighter jets took to the skies, spraying blue, white and red smoke. The squadron made a second flyby before the Top Gun: Maverick star took the stage.
In an interview ahead of the Cannes premiere, Tom Cruise also stressed that despite Top Gun: Maverick’s two-year delay, releasing the film on a streaming platform was never an option. Even when cinemas were closed during the pandemic.