Top Gun: Maverick Becomes Year's First Film To Cross $1 Billion Worldwide
Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick has been an addictive topic of conversation since its May release and continues to climb past milestones as the momentum behind the high-speed narrative propels to greater heights. The Tom Cruise-led film has officially become the first film of 2022 to slingshot past $1 billion worldwide after only thirty-one theatrical days in theaters.
Top Gun: Maverick has been commanding the box office, appealing to a specific demographic that has allowed audiences to come together to experience the long-awaited film. The sequel to the 1986 classic was initially set to release in 2020 but suffered delays due to the pandemic and Paramount's unwillingness to release the film straight to streaming to combat the potential loss of time. However, waiting out the proverbial storm seems to have paid off tremendously.
Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick Has A Very Specific Audience
Per Deadline, Top Gun: Maverick has officially earned $1.006 billion worldwide, which is an accumulated sum of the movie's $521.7 million domestic earnings and the $484.7 million it has generated internationally. Crossing milestones seem to be no difficult task for this highly-entertaining drama above the clouds, which recently surpassed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as the best-performing film of the year domestically.
The tremendous accomplishment is the first time Cruise has reached such a milestone within this career, which just speaks to the level of care and promotional strategy the studio placed within the film to see it undoubtedly perform well. The earned worldwide total places the film in rare company, as the second project to cross the coveted number within the pandemic era. Only Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home has put
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