‘Top Gun: Maverick‘ starring Tom Cruise, will be released in theatres worldwide on May 27, 2022. Since its release, the film has received widespread acclaim from both audiences and critics, and it has now surpassed Benedict Cumberbatch‘s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ to become the highest-grossing film of 2022.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming only the second film in the pandemic era to do so. It is also the first time in Tom Cruise’s 40-year career that he has reached this milestone.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Top Gun: Maverick broke the $1 billion mark after finishing Sunday with an estimated domestic total of $521.7 million and an overseas total of $484.7 million.

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According to the report, the film saw a surge in its fifth weekend, grossing $30.5 million domestically and $44.5 million overseas for a weekend total of $30.5 million.

The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, has surpassed Benedict Cumberbatch’s Marvel superhero film ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, which grossed an estimated $943 million worldwide.

Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun, which starred Tom Cruise as Captain Pete Maverick and grossed $357.8 million at the box office.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ follows Maverick’s reluctant return to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor programme, where he must confront his past while training a group of younger aviators.

Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer also play important roles in this Tom Cruise film.

Top Gun: Maverick has become the world’s second highest-grossing film since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The nostalgia associated with the film title contributes to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’s’ meteoric rise in box office collections. Dazzling reviews and Cruise’s return to the game as Pete Mitchell has also piqued the interest of moviegoers.