Top Gun Maverick.Photo:Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures
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Top Gun: Maverickis still breaking records a year after its release.
On Tuesday,Deadlinereported that the sequel toTop Gunrecently hit $101.5 million at the box office in Japan, where it is still playing in theaters, leading it to unseat 2003’sThe Last Samuraias the biggestTom Cruisevehicle ever in the Asian country.
Maverickpreviously became Paramount Pictures' No. 1 movie ever in Japan, as well as Skydance’s, and is Cruise’s highest-earning film to date.
The film has raked innearly $1.5 billion worldwidesince its release last May, and is the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and 12th-highest in the world.
It wasnominated for six Oscarsat this year’s ceremony in March, taking home theaward for Best Sound.
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Top Gun: Maverick’s success still has Hollywood buzzing since its release last May. A video from theOscars nominees luncheonon Feb. 15 showedSteven Spielbergtelling Cruise, 60, thathe “saved Hollywood’s ass"with the film.
The director, 76, added that Cruise “might have saved theatrical distribution” entirely with the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 hit.
TheJoseph Kosinski-directed movie sees Cruise reprise his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell decades after the events of the original film as he’s recruited back to the Top Gun facility in San Diego, to train a new team of pilots for a deadly mission.
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Given the wild success ofTop Gun: Maverick,fans are already hoping for another film— and some cast members are hoping the same.
Miles Tellerrevealed in July 2022 that he and Cruise had “been having some conversations” aboutthe possibility of another movie.
“It’s all up to Tom,” said Teller, 36, who plays Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s late best friend Goose (Anthony Edwardsin the original film).
“There’s definitely been conversations [but] it’s above my pay grade,” their costarGlen Powelltold PEOPLE in August 2022 ofa potentialMavericksequel. “It’s really up to Tom. It’s up to [producerJerry Bruckheimer]. It’s up to all the powers that be, but if they call me back to Miramar, I’ll be there.”
source: people.com
