- The initial release date for Top Gun: Maverick was July 12, 2019, but it was postponed because of the global blackout.
- The film topped the box office with a $1.489 billion global gross after its May 2022 release.
- Thirty years after the events of the first film, Maverick returns to Top Gun in the sequel.
Top Gun: Maverick has been selected the Best Film of 2022 by Rotten Tomatoes, according to Deadline. For a variety of reasons, fans have a soft spot in their hearts for the Tom Cruise-starring film. It reinstated their preferred character. The emotional foundation of the film and the relationship between Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Goose’s kid Rooster hit the proper emotional note thirty years after the original film’s release (played by Miles Teller). Dogfights, crew assembly, and high-stakes combat all serve to further the plot.
The film is also praised by the industry for reviving theatre attendance after the pandemic decimated the sector. The initial release date for Top Gun: Maverick was July 12, 2019, but it was postponed because of the global blackout. Many streamers attempted to buy the film’s streaming rights, but Paramount and Cruise held back and maintained the movie would only be released in theatres. They made the right choice, too, as the film topped the box office with a $1.489 billion global gross after its May 2022 release.
The film’s screenplay, written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie from stories by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, is directed by Joseph Kosinski. The film was nominated for six Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and the American Film Institute ranked it one of the best 10 movies of 2022. The film has a 96 percent fresh rating from critics and a 99 percent fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes’ audience.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, Maverick returns to Top Gun in the sequel. A mission that requires the utmost sacrifice from him and his students culminates in the training of a detachment of graduates for a particular assignment while he must face the demons of his past and his innermost fears.
Along with Cruise and Teller, other actors in the film include Val Kilmer as Iceman, Jennifer Connelly as Penny, Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson, Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain, Glen Powell as LT Jake “Hangman” Seresin, Lewis Pullman as LT Robert “Bob” Floyd, Monica Barbaro as LT Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, Jay Ellis Cruise, McQuarrie, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David Ellison all contributed to the film’s production.
The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Turning Red, Happening, The Batman, Fire of Love, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, and Till are among the other films in Rotten Tomatoes’ top ten.
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