Paramount is having its best year at the domestic box office in nearly a decade and it has Top Gun: Maverick to thank for it.
While Paramount's theatrical releases over the past year have enjoyed successful runs, Tom Cruise's long-awaited sequel zooms past its stablemates with numbers that put all competition save for last year's Spider-Man: No Way Home to shame. A few weeks ago, Top Gun: Maverick reached over $1 billion at the global box office.
But, just when you thought that was the end of it, Maverick broke past another record like how the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet speeds past the sound barrier in no time.
According to Deadline, Top Gun: Maverick has amassed $601.9 million in its initial theatrical run at the United States box office. This is higher than how Titanic did at $600.7 million all the way back.
Here is what Paramount Pictures President and CEO Brian Robbins just said about Top Gun: Maverick:
