Top Gun: Maverick Thursday Box Office Highest In Paramount History
Top Gun: Maverick soars to a massive $19.3 million in preview showings, the highest in Paramount history and a career-high for Tom Cruise. Set 36 years after the events of Tony Scott's classic 1986 film Top Gun, the long-awaited sequel finds the titular test pilot, Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell, returning to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (better known as Top Gun) to train a new generation of young fighter pilots. Among this group is Lieutenant Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw, the son of Maverick's late RIO and best friend, Nick «Goose» Bradshaw.
Tom Cruise returns to lead the Maverick cast alongside a star-studded ensemble that includes Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Monica Barbaro, and Val Kilmer. Oblivion helmer Joseph Kosinski reunites with Cruise on Maverick, directing a script that Mission: Impossible's Christopher McQuarrie had a hand in writing. Reviews for Top Gun: Maverick have been showering the film with praise, deeming it far superior to its predecessor for everything from its dazzling aerial sequences to its heartfelt story.
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Now, the first box office figures for the film are in via Deadline. Top Gun: Maverick soared to a massive $19.3 million at the box office during its preview showings. This is the highest-grossing preview in the history of Paramount Pictures and a career-best for Cruise.
Before Maverick, Paramount's biggest preview was 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, grossing $16 million on its opening night, which was actually a Tuesday. Paramount gave Maverick a similar treatment, hosting a «Top Gun Tuesday» event with premium formats hosting
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