Top Gun: Maverick has soared to a $124 million domestic weekend box office victory and has become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing domestic debut.
As reported by Variety, Top Gun: Maverick has dominated the Memorial Day weekend and is estimated to collect $151 million in North America through Monday, May 30. If it can't grab a few more million, it will sit just behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End's $153 million from the Memorial Day weekend in 2017.
Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick has added another $124 million, all without China and Russia. Globally, the sequel to the 1986 original has earned $248 million. For context, Top Gun: Maverick had a $170 million production budget before marketing.
Prior to Maverick, Cruise's top-performing opening weekend was 2005's War of the Worlds with $64 million.
Paramount has struck gold once again in 2022 and continues its streak of impressive box office performances in North America. For Paramount, Top Gun: Maverick follows Sonic the Hedgehog's $182 million, The Lost City's $100 million, Scream's $81 million, and Jackass Forever's $57 million.
In our Top Gun: Maverick review, we said that "Maverick is back to his old tricks in Top Gun: Maverick, which flies higher as a sequel that delivers spectacular action with an afterburner punch."
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness held off the sole other newcomer this weekend - The Bob's Burgers Movie - by placing second with $16.5 million in its fourth weekend. Multiverse of Madness has earned $375 million in North America and has crossed $868 million globally.
The Bob's Burger's Movie still performed well and placed third with $12.6 million in ticket sales, holding off Downton Abbey: A New Era's $5.9 million. The Downton Abbey film has grossed $30 million in North America and $68.9 million worldwide.
The Bad Guys rounded out the top five with $4.6 million, bringing its domestic tally to $82 million.
For more, check out our explainer of Top Gun: Maverick's ending, a US Navy fighter pilot reacting to Top Gun, and the top 10 aerial dogfights of all time.
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As reported by Variety, Top Gun: Maverick has dominated the Memorial Day weekend and is estimated to collect $151 million in North America through Monday, May 30. If it can't grab a few more million, it will sit just behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End's $153 million from the Memorial Day weekend in 2017.
Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick has added another $124 million, all without China and Russia. Globally, the sequel to the 1986 original has earned $248 million. For context, Top Gun: Maverick had a $170 million production budget before marketing.
Prior to Maverick, Cruise's top-performing opening weekend was 2005's War of the Worlds with $64 million.
Paramount has struck gold once again in 2022 and continues its streak of impressive box office performances in North America. For Paramount, Top Gun: Maverick follows Sonic the Hedgehog's $182 million, The Lost City's $100 million, Scream's $81 million, and Jackass Forever's $57 million.
In our Top Gun: Maverick review, we said that "Maverick is back to his old tricks in Top Gun: Maverick, which flies higher as a sequel that delivers spectacular action with an afterburner punch."
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness held off the sole other newcomer this weekend - The Bob's Burgers Movie - by placing second with $16.5 million in its fourth weekend. Multiverse of Madness has earned $375 million in North America and has crossed $868 million globally.
The Bob's Burger's Movie still performed well and placed third with $12.6 million in ticket sales, holding off Downton Abbey: A New Era's $5.9 million. The Downton Abbey film has grossed $30 million in North America and $68.9 million worldwide.
The Bad Guys rounded out the top five with $4.6 million, bringing its domestic tally to $82 million.
For more, check out our explainer of Top Gun: Maverick's ending, a US Navy fighter pilot reacting to Top Gun, and the top 10 aerial dogfights of all time.
Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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