Jon Hamm is taking the old Superman catchphrase “it’s a bird, it’s a plane” quite seriously.The “Maverick-2022-movie-posters/”>Top Gun: Maverick” star celebrated the record-breaking success of the long-awaited sequel film, led by Tom Cruise.“It’s the only film to be number one on Memorial Day and number one on Labor Day,” Hamm told Entertainment Tonight.
“That’s unprecedented in many ways.”The “Mad Men” alum added, “It’s one of the only top five [films] that doesn’t have somebody in a cape or on a spaceship.
It’s a story about real people, it’s got a lot of emotional resonance, people are really responding to it.”Most recently, as National Cinema Day offered discounted 3 tickets for films, “Maverick” bested the re-release of Marvel’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which placed number three at the box office, behind both the “Top Gun” sequel and “Bullet Train” over Labor Day weekend.
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