How Much Money Will Tom Cruise Make For Top Gun: Maverick?
With Top Gun: Maverick a huge success at the box office, star Tom Cruise understandably looks to earn a sizable amount of money. While not without his share of controversy over the years, Cruise has proven to be one of the most consistently popular and bankable stars in Hollywood for well over 30 years. Cruise first made his mark on pop culture in the 1980s, and while he scored several hits prior, it was arguably 1986's Top Gun that really cemented him as a leading man.
Since Top Gun first felt the need for speed, Cruise has become producer and star of the enormous Mission: Impossible franchise, worked with iconic director Steven Spielberg on multiple occasions, and even shown a more comedic side playing Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. Cruise by no means needed to return to the Top Gun well to revive a flagging career, yet still took the time to play major roles both in front of and behind the camera on the high-flying sequel.
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As the title touts, Top Gun: Maverick sees Cruise reprise the role of naval aviator Pete «Maverick» Mitchell, an incredibly skilled but highly volatile fighter pilot. Despite sporting a massive budget of $170 million, Top Gun 2 is already a runaway smash, earning over $600 million worldwide in only a few weeks. As he's done in the past, Cruise bet big on the sequel's success, opting to take a smaller than normal upfront fee of $13 million in hopes of earning big bucks via the overallTop Gun 2 box office take. He's entitled to about 10% of Paramount's first-dollar gross, a figure that usually encompasses roughly half the box office total. That means Cruise has already likely earned around an additional $30 million,
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