Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun Maverick’ has had an incredibly positive, record-setting streak at the Box Office since its release a few weeks ago, as it continues to skyrocket past $900 million in worldwide sales.
The film, a sequel to 1986’s ‘Top Gun’ plans to garner over $1 billion in total sales, something rarely seen at the Box Office. In fact, analysts see the threshold being hit over next week, seeing as it doesn’t have any current competition. Marvel’s ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ will pose as its first serious threat when Disney Releases it on July 8th however.
As things stand, North American domestic markets have amassed $475 million of the film’s current ticket sales, while foreign markets have made around $430 million. It’s nearly a 50/50 split, says Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
“Reflecting the film’s universal appeal, a near 50/50 split of domestic versus international revenues is a rare feat for most modern blockbusters.”
‘Maverick’ opened its first week in May with a strong start of $126.7 million, the best weekend for a single Tom Cruise film.
It was also his first movie to ever garner over $100 million in its first week.
In its second week it made $90 million, putting it on top compared to the average Hollywood film’s performance, as sales tend to fall between 50 to 70 percent in week two. It continued to pull in high sales throughout its third and fourth week of $52 million and $44 million.
Its main demographic, adults over 35, are pulling in most of the film’s sales, a trend in behavior we haven’t seen in a long while. Dergarabedian praised Paramount studios for their timing of the film’s release.
“Kudos should be given to Paramount Pictures, who have been a perfect partner for Tom Cruise over the years, and waited for the perfect moment to open the film exclusively in theaters and not consider a streaming release as an option due to the challenges of the pandemic.”
”‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a textbook example of how you build the perfect billion-dollar box office beast.”
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