Hook, line and sinker.
“Top Gun: Maverick” has toppled “Titanic” as the seventh-biggest film ever at the domestic box office, earning 662 million in ticket sales.For Paramount, “Top Gun: Maverick” has also overtaken “Titanic” as the studio’s biggest film in its 110-year history.
However, James Cameron’s disaster epic is still outpacing Tom Cruise’s fighter-jet adventure outside of North America with 1.5 billion at the international box office and 2.2 billion globally.Impressively, “Top Gun: Maverick” has sold a similar number of tickets overseas as it has domestically, with the film’s international tally standing at 671 million.
Without playing in China or Russia, the blockbuster follow-up to 1986’s “Top Gun” has grossed 1.3 billion to date.Thanks to glowing word-of-mouth and repeat customers, “Top Gun: Maverick” is pulling in audiences in a way that would have been monumental even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Now, it’s close to reaching Marvel
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