Top Gun: Maverick To Outpace Avengers: Infinity War At Box Office
Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick continues to soar to unimaginable heights in its twelfth theatrical weekend, inching closer to a milestone many may not have anticipated once the film initially arrived in May. The Tom Cruise film finished second this weekend at the domestic box office, and is walking distance away from surpassing Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War as the sixth highest-grossing film all-time domestically.
Top Gun: Maverick comes from veteran director Joseph Kosinski and is a sequel to the original 1986 classic Top Gun, which starred Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, and Val Kilmer. The new addition to the Pete «Maverick» Mitchell story has earned over $1 billion worldwide and currently sits as Paramount's best-performing film. The film has already surpassed The Avengers and Titanic domestically to become the seventh highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.
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This weekend, Top Gun: Maverick took home roughly $7.15 million, placing second behind Sony'sBullet Train, which finished first at the domestic box office for a second consecutive weekend, generating $13.4 million. The newly added box office revenue for Top Gun: Maverick brought its overall domestic total to $673.8 million. This places the film approximately $5 million behind Avengers: Infinity War, which has earned $678.8 million at the domestic box office.
If the consistent box office pattern persists, Top Gun: Maverick will push by Marvel Studios Avengers: Infinity War into unexpected airspace. Not many predicted the film's ground-breaking performance, especially after numerous delays and the pandemic pushed back its debut almost two years from its
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