Top Gun: Maverick Dethrones Doctor Strange 2 To Become The Highest-Grossing Film Of The Year
Paramount's brand-new film Top Gun: Maverick recently concluded its third theatrical weekend domestically, generating $50 million to bring its overall domestic total to $393.3 million. However, Monday saw the Tom Cruise adventure propel to new heights, as the film grossed over $400 million, making it the highest-grossing film of the year in the United States.
Top Gun: Maverick is a sequel to the 1986 cult classic Top Gun, which starred Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, and Anthony Edwards. The story takes place thirty years after the events seen in the original film. It places Pete Mitchell in the shoes of an instructor tasked with training a detachment of graduates for a dangerous assignment. Demons, fears, and an unforgotten past become a melting pot that Mitchell must navigate while prepping for a mission that may garner no return.
Top Gun: Maverick, A Sequel For All The Right Reasons
Per Deadline, the Paramount film has generated $401.8 million at the box office, making it the year's highest-grossing film ahead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Marvel Studios sequel previously held the title as the highest earner, accumulating $398.7 million over its six theatrical weekends. The performance by Top Gun: Maverick, however, places it in restricted airspace as the second highest-grossing domestic film of the pandemic behind Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The coveted top spot in the domestic box office hasn't been safe the past few months, and things will only continue to shift as more highly anticipated projects arrive in theaters. Matt Reeves' The Batman, which has generated roughly $369 million, previously sat upon the illustrious throne as the year's highest earner but saw the tide shift as the heavily
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