Barely released, on May 25 in French cinemas, Top Gun: Maverick was a hit at the box office. The film directed by Joseph Kosinski succeeded in its immediate take-off. Over the first two days, he boarded 650,000 spectators aboard supersonic planes piloted by the indestructible Tom Cruise and his band of young daredevil actors, Miles Teller in the lead.
A supersonic takeoff
Action film packed with unrivaled and unforgettable aerial combat scenes, stunning with its real shots, Top Gun: Maverick signs the best start of the year, with more than 1.3 million French spectators in five days. It must be said that the wait has been long for this sequel stuck in the hell of the development of the project for three decades. The filming of the film had ended up starting in 2018 for a release initially planned for 2019, but the pandemic of COVID-19 had shaken up this calendar.
Released everywhere in France, XXL format with 790 copies, Maverick attracted 1.58 million spectators in total during its first week of operation, crushing the competition. A breath of fresh air for movie theaters struggling to bring audiences back after more than two brutal years of the pandemic.
Tom Cruise in the stars
Released on May 27 in the United States, Top Gun is already orbiting the planet of billionaire blockbusters. He propelled Tom “Maverick” Cruise to new heights: his return to the iconic role of test pilot Pete Mitchell ensures the actor, soon to be 60, the best start to his 40-year career.
The first Top Gun directed by Tony Scott, in 1986, had entered Tom Cruise into legend, with a role that has become legendary. Always heroic, the American star outdoes herself in this second full-throttle part which generated 156 million dollars in revenue in four days in the United States. Maverick does better than Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End by Gore Verbinski and its $153 million in 2007.
Screenings of Maverick in the immersive Imax format were a hit, accounting for 37% of first-weekend receipts in the United States, attracting young audiences.
Tom Cruise and Maverick are the newest superheroes at the global box office, grossing over $300 million. The Paramount film, which cost 170 million dollars, exceeds forecasts and has already reached a profitability of 197%.
Lady Gaga’s Maverick song “Hold my hand” is also number 1 in singles sales
Maverick’s story
After being one of the best fighter pilots in the United States Navy for more than thirty years, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) continues to push his limits as a test pilot. He refuses to rise in rank, because it would force him to give up flying.He is tasked with training a detachment of young Top Gun school graduates for a special mission that no pilot would ever have imagined.
On this mission, Maverick meets Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his late friend, navigator Nick “Goose” Bradshaw. Faced with an uncertain future, haunted by his ghosts, Maverick will have to face his worst nightmares during a mission that will require the greatest sacrifices.