Top Gun: Maverick has officially passed Avengers: Infinity War at the US box office.
When it comes to the summer of 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 has continued to perform above and beyond expectations, and has been the definitive winner at the box office. Now, the film can celebrate another victory: passing Avengers: Infinity War.
As of August 20, 2022, Top Gun: Maverick grossed an impressive $679.07 million, passing 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, right behind Black Panther, Avatar, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Summer winds down, Tom Cruise reigns.
Along with passing Avengers: Infinity War, seeing how high the Tom Cruise sequel continues to soar is quite astonishing. In particular, summer 2022 blockbusters have brought a lot of excitement and crowds into theaters again. Films such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: Rise of Gru, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Elvis have all brought in some impressive numbers, which certainly bodes well for the industry’s recovery following a rough two years.
Here is the synopsis for Top Gun: Maverick:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters 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 from those who will be chosen to fly it.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski from a script 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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