Top Gun: Maverick

Why Top Gun: Maverick Is The Pro-American Movie We Need Right Now

OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other opinion content provide insights into issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. Why is “Top Gun: Maverick” so popular? Now, let’s not think about it too much. It’s a fun, big-budget action movie full of Hollywood superstars. It also helps that …

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Another Blue Angel, Jim Haley, Gives ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ a Boost

MIAMI, FL – MAY 08: The Blue Angels fly over downtown Miami on May 08, 2020 in Miami Florida. … [+] The Blue Angels flew out to pay tribute to frontline workers battling COVID-19. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) Getty Images US Navy LCDR James “Rocket” Haley, 35, was a Blue Angels F-18 pilot (No. …

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‘Top Gun 2’ Surpasses $1.35 Billion as ‘Thor 4’ Surpasses ‘Thor 3’

‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Warner Bros. In the weekend box office news, DC League of Super Pets fell 52% to gross $11.2 million in the second weekend. It’s a not-so-great take for an animated film that didn’t really open very high. DreamWorks and Universal The villains fell 32% from its debut at $24 million. To …

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‘Top Gun 2’ and ‘Jurassic World 3’ should end Hollywood’s problematic reliance on China

“Top Gun: Maverick”, “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Paramount, Universal and Disney Top Gun: Maverick, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Jurassic World Dominion earned $3 billion worldwide, of which only 4% ($132 million for Jurassic World 3) from China. As we await receipts from the Thursday …

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Maverick ‘approaches $1.2 billion as ‘Minions 2’ nears $400 million

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Universal In weekend box office news that isn’t about Thor: Love and ThunderIllumination and Universal Minions: The Rise of Gru earned an additional $45.5 million (-57%) for a new domestic cume of $210 million after ten days. This makes it the first animated film to exceed $200 million domestic since …

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‘Top Gun 2’ is Paramount’s biggest blockbuster since ‘Titanic’

Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick”, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Titanic” and Harrison Ford in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Paramount and Ghetty With $2 million on Monday, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick will now exceed $600 million in gross domestic revenue. This keeps him in twelfth place behind Incredibles 2 ($609 million), …

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Box Office: ‘DC Super Pets’ plunges 64% as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ overtakes ‘Titanic’

DC League of Super Pets Warner Bros. In Friday’s news, DC League of Super Pets plunged sharply, earning $3.35 million (-64%) on its second Friday. That paves the way for a Friday-Sunday picture of $10.8 million (-53%), which isn’t a good catch for a big animated movie that didn’t open well. For example, DreamWorks and …

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Box Office: ‘DC Super Pets’ plunges 65% as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ overtakes ‘Titanic’

DC League of Super Pets Warner Bros. In Friday’s news, DC League of Super Pets plunged sharply, earning $3.29 million (-65%) on its second Friday. That paves the way for a Friday-Sunday picture of $10.8 million (-53%), which isn’t a good catch for a big animated movie that didn’t open well. For example, DreamWorks and …

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Box Office: ‘Top Gun 2’ tops ‘Star Wars: Last Jedi’ and ‘Avengers’

Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick” Paramoun and Skydance As part of Netflix’s shareholder call yesterday, in which they announced that they had “only” lost 972,000 subscribers in the previous quarter, they launched a graph showing conversations on Twitter for major Memorial Day weekend entertainment properties. Simply put, social media content related to stranger things …

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