With no major new wide releases this weekend, Paramount/Skydance’s “Top Gun: Maverick” is continuing to dominate the box office with $25 million grossed on its second Friday in theaters — on track for an incredible $84.5 million second weekend total.
Not only is that just a 33% drop from the Tom Cruise film’s $126.7 million 3-day opening, but it is also higher than the opening weekend of every other film in Cruise’s career, including every “Mission: Impossible” film. With this result, “Top Gun: Maverick” will see its domestic total soar to $290 million by the end of the weekend, already making it the top domestic grosser of Cruise’s career before inflation adjustment.