The Paramount and Skydance movie, its 18th day in release on Monday, passed up Marvel and Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to become the top-grossing domestic film of 2022 so far with $401.8 million in ticket sales through Monday.
There’s more for Tom Cruise star, Top Gun: Maverick is now the No. 2 film of the pandemic era domestically after Spider-Man: No Way Home ($573 million) and by far the most successful outside of the superhero genre.
Over the June 10-12 weekend, Top Gun: Maverick earned $51.9 million the fifth highest gross for any film in its third behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($90 million), Black Panther ($66 million), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($56 million) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($52.5 million).
Now, the movie stands as Cruise’s biggest film domestically. It has a shot at nearing $500 million domestically and $1 billion globally.
