Maverick ‘became Tom Cruise’s biggest box office film – The Hollywood Reporter

Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick shows no signs of slowing down.

The Paramount and Skydance tentpole, starring Tom Cruise, is doing huge business this second weekend. If estimates are maintained, the sequel will earn $ 85 million or more in its sophomore, boasting the smallest drop so far – 33 percent – for a film that opens in the country to $ 100 million more.

In North America, the summer tent earned $ 25 million on Friday to end the day with $ 230 million jet fuel.

That number is expected to rise to $ 290 million by the end of Sunday and to $ 540 worldwide. Top Gun 2 also continues to fly high abroad, where it crossed the $ 200 million mark on Friday and is also holding strong.

On Saturday, Top Gun: Maverick became Cruise’s highest-grossing film in the country after passing The War of the Worlds in 2005 ($ 243.3 million), without adjusting for inflation. This is after the approach of the first films Top Gun ($ 180.3 million) and Cruise’s Mission: Impossible, including the last part, Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($ 220.2 million).

Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick is well ahead of the $ 176 million earned by the first Top Gun, without adjusting for inflation. The United Kingdom leads with $ 39.7 million.

The presentation of the film is a huge victory for the summer box office and shows that people are eager to return to the cinemas after two years of scarce Hollywood product due to the pandemic.

In North America, Top Gun: Maverick has the playing field largely on its own until next weekend, when Jurassic World: Dominion lands in the United States

Abroad, Jurassic World 3 began opening in the middle of the week in 15 markets for $ 25.9 million by Friday. He does strong business in Mexico, Brazil and Italy in particular.

This weekend in the special box office of the United States opens the participation in the Cannes Film Festival Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg. Neon launched the film in more than 750 cinemas, a wide print for a special title. Estimates show the beginning of the film in the range of 1 million dollars.