Top Gun: Maverick The box office skyrocketed in the weeks leading up to its release, but how does it compare to the original? Top Guns?Firstly Top Guns It was also a resounding box office success, but due to changing inflation and the development of the theatrical market, the box office returns of the two films are not directly comparable.
Top Guns was the highest-grossing film of 1986 and one of the films that made Tom Cruise a superstar. It may have been 36 years since the sequel came out, but the movie and Tom Cruise are still blockbusters, as the chart below shows: Top Gun: Maverick box office results.
Top Guns After grossing nearly $8.2 million domestically in May 1986, the film actually jumped 15% to $9.4 million in its second weekend (Memorial weekend). It then dropped only 27% to $6.9 million by the end of the third week, before falling back to $8.2 million by the fourth weekend, several thousand dollars more than the total. opening weekend. The film has been in theaters for more than six months, with a domestic gross of $176.8 million.
After adjusting for inflation, Top GunsThe film grossed $21.9 million in its opening weekend, for a domestic total of $471.5 million. According to these numbers, Top Gun: MaverickIts $156 million domestic launch is clearly better, and with a domestic total of $357.4 million to date, it looks like it will also surpass the domestic total. of the first part. The average fare was just $3.71 in 1986 and $9.17 in 2022. Divide the 1986 domestic income by the fare for a rough result. Top Guns About 47.6 million tickets were sold domestically, while Top Gun: Maverick Around 38.9 million tickets were sold in just a few weeks and will likely exceed Top Guns Within two to three weeks.
Top Guns The film premiered in 1028 theaters, increased to 1531 a few weeks later, and maintained over 1,000 theaters for 24 weeks. Top Gun: Maverick Played on 4,735 screens, more than triple that of the original Top Guns.in spite of Top Guns Maintain more than 1,000 screens for 24 out of 30 running weeks, Top Gun: MaverickThe box office will be even sooner. Other recent Paramount films have started hitting theaters in 45 days, and Tom Cruise is sure to push for a longer theatrical exclusivity. Top Gun: MaverickGuarantee less than 30 weeks.
Top Guns was the highest-grossing film of 1986, ranked by wide margin Dundee Crocodile 116.8 million USD Karate Boy Part Two $115 million. Top Gun: Maverick currently second Doctor Strange in the Mad Multiverse At the domestic box office, it is likely to surpass it in the coming weeks, although there are still some blockbuster releases like Avataryet to be released in 2022. None of this, of course, can explain the international box office, as the market has grown enormously since 1986, warranting Top Gun: Maverickbox office revenue will be eclipsed Top Gunsbelong to. Top Gun: Maverick Definitely more money than the original Top GunsBut much of that success is built on the brand power and star power Tom Cruise built from the original movie.