Top Gun: Maverick overtakes Black Panther as fifth highest grossing movie of all time in US following National Cinema Day
Top: Gun Maverick continues its box office reign, after a successful weekend following National Cinema Day.
The Tom Cruise-led sequel has now replaced Disney’s and Marvel’s hit Black Panther as the fifth best-grossing movie of all time.
The calculation was confirmed on Monday after the film earned $7.9 million Labor Day Weekend, per Deadline.
Supreme: Top: Gun Maverick continues its box office reign, after a successful weekend following National Cinema Day
On Saturday, Cinema Day sent audiences to theaters across the country in droves, as moviegoers could view films for just $3.
By Sunday, Spider-Man: No Way home and Top Gun: Maverick were toe-to-toe for the number one spot of the weekend, with the 80s revival ultimately surpassing the superhero blockbuster.
The latter film was already the top-grossing feature of the year so far, crossing the $700 million mark before Labor Day.
And as for the rerelease of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, it raked in $7.6 million in just four days of being back on the silver screen.
Move over: The Tom Cruise-led sequel has now replaced Disney’s and Marvel’s hit Black Panther as the fifth best-grossing movie of all time; the late Chadwick Boseman is pictured in the 2018 film
Furthermore, Top Gun: Maverick became the best-selling digital title in the United States in its first week of availability on online services.
Paramount, however, did not provide a specific amount to show how much Top Gun: Maverick earned digitally.
The digital release of the movie also includes over 100 minutes of extra content, including several behind-the-scenes features.
Other material included a featurette with Cruise that was filmed at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, as well as music videos from Lady Gaga and OneRepublic.
Plot: Top Gun 2 was centered on Captain Pete Mitchell, who was tasked with training a new team of pilots for a dangerous mission while confronting the demons of his past
Top Gun: Maverick was centered on Captain Pete Mitchell, who was tasked with training a new team of pilots for a dangerous mission while confronting the demons of his past.
In addition to Cruise, who reprised his role as Mitchell and served as one of the movie’s producers, cast members included Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm, among numerous others.
Val Kilmer was also brought back to fill his old role as Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky.
Development on the now-released project took place over much of the mid-2010s.
Extra material: The digital release of the movie consists of over 100 minutes of extra content, including several behind-the-scenes features
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