Box Office: ‘Top Gun 2’ Heads for Record $85M 2nd Weekend, Becomes Tom Cruise’s Biggest Film


The Paramount and Skydance tentpole, starring Tom Cruise, is doing massive

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business in its second weekend. If estimates hold, the sequel will earn $85

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million or more in its sophomore outing to boast the smallest decline ever

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33 percent — for a movie opening domestically to $100 million more.

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In North America, the summer tentpole earned $25 million on Friday to finish the day with a jet-fueled cume of $230 million.

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That number should rise to $290 million by the end of Sunday and as much as $540 globally.

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Top Gun 2 also continues to fly high overseas, where it crossed the $200 million mark on Friday and is likewise holding strong.

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On Saturday, Top Gun: Maverick became Cruise’s top-grossing film domestically

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when passing up 2005’s The War of the Worlds ($243.3 million), not adjusted for inflation.

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