Top Gun 2 is expected to be Tom Cruise's best opening movie of his career
Key Takeaways:
- Tom Cruise's latest film, Top Gun: Maverick, may have the largest opening of his career, according to industry sources.
- Tom Cruise's 2005 film War of the Worlds had the greatest opening weekend of any Tom Cruise film, grossing $64.9 million.
- Val Kilmer, who played a supporting role in the previous film, will reprise his role. On May 27, the film will be released.
According to industry sources, Tom Cruise's latest picture Top Gun: Maverick, could have the biggest opening of his career. Despite his notoriety, Tom has never had a film gross more than $100 million in its opening weekend.
However, according to reports, Maverick may be about to change that. According to some projections, the picture might gross $125 million in its first weekend in the United States alone.
"Top Gun 2 is easily bound for the highest opening of Tom Cruise's career at the domestic box office, with a 4-day gross of at least $92 million, according to official tracking," according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. That's a conservative estimate, by the way. Many industry insiders anticipate the critically praised sequel will gross well over $100 million in the United States. Still, tracking — one of Hollywood's favorite games — has become dangerous in the post-pandemic world. Exhibitors are very enthusiastic about the film, forecasting a gross of $125 million or more."
War of the Worlds, Tom Cruise's 2005 film, has had the highest opening of any Tom Cruise picture, at $64.9 million. Even his highest-grossing movie, Mission: Impossible: Fallout, had a modest $61 million start in 2012. On the other hand, Maverick has the advantage of being released on Thursday in a lot of regions throughout the world. Maverick will have the third-best opening weekend of the year if the $125 million forecast holds.
Such high starts are normally reserved for superhero flicks, so industry insiders are cautiously optimistic about these estimates. Only DC's The Batman, as well as Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, have premiered at $134 million and $187 million, respectively, this year.
Top Gun: Maverick is Tom Cruise's 1986 blockbuster Top Gun sequel. With a budget of $15 million, the film was essential in establishing him as a bankable star, earning $357 million. In Maverick, he returns as Naval aviator Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell. Joseph Kosinski's film stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, and Lewis Pullman. Val Kilmer, who appeared in the previous film as a supporting character, is returning. The movie will be released on May 27.