Box Office: Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Will Absolutely Pass $1 Billion

Over the Juneteenth holiday weekend, Top Gun: Maverick earned another $42 million, a 20% decrease from the previous weekend. It will make up to $473 million in 25 days ofrelease. It is now Tom Cruise's largest domestic grosser. It was the third-biggest fourth-weekend gross of all time, just ahead of Black Panther and The Force Awakens, and behind onlyAvatar. Spider-Man dropped 37% in weekend four over the Memorial Day holiday in 2002, which is close to the drop of the other two Spider-Man movies.

The Paramount/Skydance movie has topped $885 million worldwide and should pass $900 million tomorrow or Tuesday. Since Titanic was distributed overseas by 20th Century Fox, Top Gun: Maverick is Paramount's biggest "all mine" global grosser of all time. It will pass $1 billion worldwide with help from South Korea next weekend. It will be the biggest earner of the summer at home and also the leader for the worldwide crown. For the rest of the year, there is only one legitimate chance to replace it, and that is Black Panther: Wakanda FOREVER in November.

It is possible that Tom Cruise's Top Gun sequel has a chance at passing $600 million domestic, which would make it Paramount's biggest "original release" grosser of all time. It would take a normal rate of descent from this point onward to give it $550 million by the end. There aren't many big live-action tentpoles between now and the September 23 re-release of Warner Bros.' " On October 21 there was a black man. Even though Lightyear wasn't an obstacle, Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru will likely sink or swim.

There are irregular adults who saw the trailer for Top Gun before it opens. Brad Pitt's Bullet Train will be released on August 6th and Jordan Peele's Nope will be released on July 22nd. Disney prioritized Disney+ over theatrical due to a number of factors, including a Covid-caused post-production log jam that kept Black Adam out of the summer.

It is on track to be the most expensive opener in history. When it passes $479 million on Tuesday, it will be leggier than The Force Awakens, which cost almost $1 billion. When it hits $517 million, it will be leggier than Wonder Woman, which had a $103 million debut. When it passes $487 million, it will be leggier than Aladdin, which opened with $117 million. It is taking smaller drops at the moment than it is at this point. Does that mean it will clear a billion dollars? It isn't like the picture has done to expectations at any point in its run.

The reviews, buzz and pre-sold factors make Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick one of the best movies of the year. It is the date night movie that gets seen theatrically by irregular and general moviegoers who may leave the kids at a sitter and check out a movie once a month or two. The kids can tag along as well as the adults because the film is more "wholesome" than the original. Adult audiences are showing up for a star-driven ’80s/90s blockbuster instead of just a superhero movie that pretends to be one.