‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Flies Past ‘Doctor Strange 2’ as Highest-Grossing Movie of the Year in the U.S.

Maverick-2022-movie-posters/”>Top Gun: Maverick” soared past 400 million at the domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year in the U.S.With 401.8 million in North American ticket sales, Tom Cruise’s patriotic blockbuster has surpassed “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (398 million) to claim the No.

1 spot.

It’s only the second movie in pandemic times (“Spider-Man: No Way Home” was the first) to cross 400 million Stateside.Of course, it’s only June, so “Maverick” will have to fight off heavyweights like “Thor: Love and Thunder” (July 8), “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (July 1) and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Nov.

11) to keep the domestic crown through 2022.Internationally, the sequel to 1986’s “Top Gun” has earned 362 million, taking its global total to a massive 783.8 million.

Even by pre-covid standards, “Maverick” is smashing box office expectations.

Since ticket sales have stayed strong in recent weeks, industry analysts believe the film

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