Tom Cruise Praises Theaters & Fans After Top Gun 2 Hits $1 Billion
Tom Cruise praises theaters and thanks fans in response to Top Gun: Maverickcrossing $1 billion at the global box office. Released more than 35 years after the original Top Gun, Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick sees the return of Cruise's hotshot pilot, Pete «Maverick» Mitchell. The new film puts Maverick in a leadership role this time around, with the Naval aviator tasked with training a new batch of Top Gun recruits for a dangerous mission in enemy territory. Top Gun: Maverick has fared well with audiences and critics, with particular praise levied at the film's thrilling sequences of aerial combat.
Several weeks ago, Top Gun: Maverick became the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career, beating the likes of Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Yesterday, it was announced that Top Gun: Maverick officially crossed $1 billion at the box office, making it only the second movie to do so since Avengers: Endgame in 2019. The film has benefited from very positive word-of-mouth, which is reflected in the film's stellar 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. In addition to Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick brings back Val Kilmer, also introducing characters played by Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Lewis Pullman, among others.
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In a new tweet, Cruise reacts to Top Gun: Maverick crossing $1 billion at the box office, praising studios and theaters while also thanking fans for going to the movies. Cruise also makes sure to thank the other movies that are currently playing in theaters, before signing off with, "See you at the movies." Check out Cruise's tweet below:
To all the films in release, to all the
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