Which Upcoming 2022 Movies Can Take Top Gun 2's Box Office Crown?
Top Gun: Maverick is the highest-grossing movie of 2022 so far, but with six more months left to go, there will be many movies hoping to challenge Maverick's box office dominance. Released over 30 years after the original, Maverick is a surprisingly heartfelt movie about nostalgia, legacy, and growing old gracefully. It also features Tom Cruise doing really cool stunts in a fighter jet, which guarantees big box office numbers. Maverick has, at the time of writing, grossed over $474 million in the US and $901.8 million worldwide. Continuing to perform well against recent releases, Jurassic World Dominion and Lightyear, Top Gun 2 could break the $1 billion barrier.
However, 2022 isn't over yet, and there are plenty more blockbuster movies on the way. Tom Cruise's relative charms, thrilling action sequences, and the '80s nostalgia for Top Gun may have performed well against empty IP cash-ins like Lightyear and Jurassic World Dominion, but it remains to be seen how Maverick will fare against some more robust competition. Upcoming releases in 2022 include returns for the Minions, Thor, and the long-awaited return to Wakanda and the world of James Cameron's Avatar.
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While Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is currently the highest-grossing film worldwide, its arrival on Disney+ marks the wrapping up of the theatrical window. This means that the record-breaking Top Gun: Maverick will likely close the increasingly narrow gap to claim the global top spot. There are several reasons why a sequel to a 36-year-old movie has beaten the juggernaut of the MCU and will likely do so again when Thor: Love and Thunder releases in July. However,
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