https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-opens-box-office-tom-cruise-1235155078/ $124 million opening. $151 million over the 4 day Memorial Day weekend
I love how much of a sincere, whole-hearted old fashioned movie this was. They kept it just cheesy enough to achieve those "magic of cinema" moments. No meta jokes or self references. Just believed in its characters and the story it could tell. Really great start to end, did not feel the runtime.
There isn’t anything more exciting that a summer blockbuster that screams “this is why we go to the movies” from first frame to last frame. I nearly teared up at “A Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production” at the start of this
Need a gif/clip of the ending with everyone looking and nodding at one another other. I live and die for that shit.
I can imagine this will have a measurable effect on the number of people who enroll in pilot training programs/Air Force trainees
Two of my favorite bits of the movie were the audio of the flares going off from the jets - in the theater I could feel the loud "thumping" as they went off. And then when the 5th gen fighter did that artificial stall to get itself behind Maverick and co (looks like this is called a Cobra maneuver); looked super dope Also: Top Gun: Maverick, an aviation review
But it's a Navy film... But, yeah. https://taskandpurpose.com/entertainment/navy-is-trying-to-recruit-at-top-gun-maverick/
As a fan of fighter jets and action movies this was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Saw it at a local theater so ima have to see it in imax.
Airshows always seem like a good idea until they happen during the hottest part of summer and you’re standing on hot asphalt wanting to do anything else.