Top Gun: Maverick(2022);Titanic(1997).Photo: Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection; 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection
Top Gun: Maverickcontinues to giveTitanica run for its money.
After adding to its ticket-sale totals this weekend, theTom Cruisesequel has now made $662 million at the domestic box office, surpassing 1997’sTitanic’s $660 million, according toVariety. (Titanic’s number includes both its original theatrical run and several subsequent re-releases in theaters, not adjusted for inflation.)
The milestone makesTop Gun: Maverickthe seventh-highest grossing movie of all time domestically. PerVariety, still ahead of it isAvengers: Infinity War($678 million),Black Panther($700 million),Avatar($760 million),Spider-Man: No Way Home($804 million),Avengers: Endgame($853 million) andStar Wars: The Force Awakens($936 million).
To date,Top Gun: Maverickhas made $1.3 billion worldwide.Titanic, meanwhile, has grossed $2.2 billion worldwide.
Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski.Hector Vivas/Getty for Paramount Pictures
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This is the first of Cruise’s films to have made$1 billion in box-office receiptsworldwide, a rare milestone. His next-highest global earner is 2018’sMission: Impossible – Fallout, which made $791.1 million. His next movie isMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1,in theaters July 14, 2023.
The sequel to 1986’sTop Gunalso stars Miles Teller,Glen Powell,Greg Tarzan Davis,Jay Ellis, Monica Barbaro andLewis Pullman.Jennifer ConnellyandJon Hammalso star, whileVal Kilmerreprises his role from the original.
Top Gun: Maverickis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
