Skydance and Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick has become the fourth highest-grossing movie this year, leading to a massive challenge for Tom Cruise and his next movie, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. The audience is certainly feeling the need for speed as Top Gun: Maverick is getting universal acclaim along with the astonishing box-office success. The patriotic action drama film marks Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the domestic box office.
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One will be the seventh and penultimate installment of the Mission: Impossible film series. The upcoming action movie is currently scheduled to be released on July 14, 2023. Both Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 suffered from filming and release delays because of the ongoing global pandemic. Due to the lengthy delay of almost four years, Top Gun: Maverick raised debates about its potential box office performance prior to its release. But the uncertainty came to an end when the movie debuted with $126.7M in its opening weekend alone and garnered massive critical praise.
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The widespread acclaim and the commercial success of Top Gun: Maverick have set high standards for Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 7, which is one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2023. A number of moviegoers and critics alike proclaimed Top Gun: Maverick better than its predecessor, partly due to the tight story and the eye-popping aerial stunts, which were done practically. The actor will face a massive challenge next year, as the standard has now been set for another major blockbuster and a remarkably written entertainer from Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
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