Top Gun: Maverick Just Took An Incredible Box Office Award Away From James Cameron's Titanic
It’s no secret that Joseph Kosinski’s sequel Top Gun: Maverick is an historic achievement, breathing extremely necessary life into an unpredictable movie market
The question no longer is “Will Top Gun: Maverick be a hit?” The question is, “How big of a hit will it be once the dust finally has settled?
Top Gun sequel passed James Cameron’s Titanic as the highest-grossing domestic release in Paramount Studios history.
So when Top Gun: Maverick pushed its domestic box office tally north of $662 million in tickets sold, it officially became the sixth-highest grossing U.S. release, and the highest one ever released by Paramount.
Globally, the director’s Titanic film is still outperforming Top Gun: Maverick by a wide margin, with $2.2 billion in total tickets sold to the roughly $1.3 billion worldwide that has been earned by Tom Cruise and company since opening
The next movie in Top Gun: Maverick’s way on the domestic box office charts is Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, which posted $700 million in U.S. tickets sold.
Top Gun: Maverick even made small changes to Maverick’s wardrobe to try and appease Chinese officials, but the movie still has not secured a release date in this still-coveted marketplace.
The next movie in Top Gun: Maverick’s way on the domestic box office charts is Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, which posted $700 million in U.S. tickets sold.
Avatar continues to be the box-office champ after a re-release in China pushed it ahead of Joe and Anthony Russo’s Avengers: Endgame.