Tom Cruise Does it Again: Top Gun: Maverick is Now the 6th Highest Grossing Movie of All Time in Domestic Box Office, Officially Surpasses Avengers: Infinity War

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Top Gun: Maverick, the follow-up to the 1986 film Top Gun, has achieved the spectacular success of becoming the sixth most grossing film at the domestic box office!

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Fans of the actor and the film eagerly anticipated the debut of the most recent action film. Naturally, everyone immediately began making reservations for their seats as soon as the film opened in theatres, which may account for this incredible news.

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Top Gun Maverick

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Top Gun And Its Success

The first Top Gun movie was released in 1986 in the genres of Action and Adventure.

The film featured our all-time favorite Tom Cruise as teenage Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who was given the opportunity to train at the US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, along with Nick Bradshaw or Goose, his radar intercept officer.

Tom Cruise In The 1986 Top Gun Maverick
Tom Cruise In The 1986 Top Gun Maverick

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After its debut, the film quickly rose to fame and became the highest-grossing film of 1986 for a period of six months. In addition, it generated about $180.3 Million in worldwide income.

Top Gun: Maverick Surpasses Infinity War!

Top Gun: Maverick, which came out 36 years after the first one, has likewise achieved record-breaking popularity because it travels the same road as the first film.

The global box office for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War exceeded $2.048 billion, making it the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time, the highest-grossing MCU movie, and the highest-grossing superhero movie.

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According to reports, Top Gun Maverick has eclipsed Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War this year to rank as the sixth-highest-grossing movie of all time!

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It is indisputable that the production company’s incredible promotions and the fans’ tireless viewing of the film worked together to help the film achieve this degree of popularity.

Top Gun: Maverick will be available for streaming from 23 August 2022 on Paramount+.

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