'Top Gun: Maverick' Sets Release Date on Paramount+
With $1.4 billion USD at the global box office, the movie is the highest-grossing release of this year.
Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled to finally hit Paramount+ on December 22 in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the U.K. and Latin America.
Following its premiere in theaters on Memorial Day weekend, the film charted historical numbers, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing movie in the history of the domestic box office, passing Black Panther, with ticket sales of over $700 million USD. With $1.4 billion USD in global sales, the film is the highest-grossing release of 2022. Notably, Top Gun: Maverick is the only movie to ever chart No. 1 at the domestic box office during both Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski, sees the return of the original film’s star Tom Cruise as test pilot Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who comes across his late friend Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s son, Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), while training a squad of graduates.
Aside from Cruise and Teller, the film stars Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Val Kilmer, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Monica Barbaro, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Manny Jacinto, Bashir Salahuddin, Jay Ellis, Jake Picking, Raymond Lee and Jean Louisa Kelly. Cruise also produced the sequel, alongside Jerry Bruckheimer, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison.
Stream Top Gun: Maverick on Paramount+ beginning December 22.
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