Top Gun: Maverick On Track to Become 5th Biggest Movie at US Box Office
Top Gun: Maverick is soaring even higher into the stratosphere as the sequel is on its way to becoming the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time.
The film, which is a decades-later follow-up to the 1986 Tom Cruise hit Top Gun, features the star returning to the role of hotshot pilot Maverick.
He is now in charge of teaching a brand-new crop of young pilots who are preparing for the mission of their lives.
Maverick’s new class includes Rooster Bradshaw (MIles Teller), the son of his former comrade, Goose, who died during the events of the original film.
The rest of the ensemble cast includes Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, and Val Kilmer reprising the role of Iceman.
While some may have thought that 36 years was too long to wait for a sequel to Top Gun, Maverick proved them all wrong with its titanic box office haul.
Even in the pandemic era, where box office receipts have been notably wonky even for films that would once have been thought of as sure things, it has been consistently breaking records and climbing up the Top 10 list of the best-performing domestic films of all time.
