Tom Cruise Reacts To Top Gun 2 Opening Weekend Box Office Record
Tom Cruise has reacted to Top Gun: Maverick's record-breaking opening weekend success at the box office, thanking fans for supporting the sequel. The long-awaited sequel to Cruise's and Tony Scott's 1986 action drama sees Cruise return to the role of ace pilot Pete «Maverick» Mitchell.Top Gun: Maverick was released on May 27th, 2022, following numerous delays.
Over 36 years after audiences were introduced to the high-paced, breathtaking skills of US Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete Mitchell, the pilot finally returned to the big screen in Top Gun: Maverick. Despite avoiding promotion for many years, Maverick finds himself assigned to train a new generation of TOPGUN pilots through the intervention of the now-Admiral Tom «Iceman» Kazansky (Val Kilmer), forcing him to once more face one of his greatest mistakes when he learns one of his students is Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of Maverick's fallen wingman, «Goose» (Anthony Edwards). After having the best opening weekend of Cruise's entire career to date and becoming the fourth film to earn over $100 million in its opening weekend since theatres reopened following the pandemic, Cruise has thanked fans for supportingTop Gun: Maverick.
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In a brief statement posted to his personal Twitter account, Cruise addressed Top Gun: Maverick's impressive box-office performance. The actor thanked fans for going to see the film in theatres, as well as their support for the film and for helping it break records. Check out Cruise's brief comment below.
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