Top Gun: Maverick has officially passed Avengers: Infinity War at the US box office.
When it comes to summer 2022, perhaps no blockbuster has been celebrated more than Top Gun: Maverick. The film, which stars Tom Cruise returning to one of his most iconic characters, continued to perform beyond expectations and was the eventual winner at the box office. Now the film can celebrate another victory: passing Avengers: Infinity War.
Since August 20, 2022, Top Gun: Maverick grossed an impressive $679.07 million, topping Avengers: infinity war, which grossed $678.8 million in 2018. The Tom Cruise film is now the sixth highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office, just behind Black Panther, Avatar, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
In addition to passing Avengers: infinity war, seeing how Tom Cruise’s sequel continues to soar is pretty amazing. In particular, the summer 2022 blockbusters once again generated a lot of excitement and crowds in theaters. Movies such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: Rise of Gru, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Elvis all reported impressive numbers, which certainly bodes well for the recovery of the industry after two difficult years.
Here is the synopsis of Top Gun: Maverick:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s finest airmen, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is in his place, pushing the envelope as a brave test pilot and dodging advancement. in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself forming a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick meets Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster”, the son of Maverick’s late friend and radar intercept officer, Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice of those chosen to pilot it.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, based on a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Top Gun: Maverick stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer.
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