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'Top Gun: Maverick ' soars to stratospheric $151 million debut

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is back where he belongs in Top Gun: Maverick. Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/04/29/tom-cruise.jpg"/><figcaption>Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is back where he belongs in Top Gun: Maverick. <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - Much-anticipated action film &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; was expected to have a big opening and it did not disappoint, taking in an estimated $151 million in North America for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported.</p><p>Viewers had to wait 36 years to see the sequel to the original &quot;Top Gun,&quot; but critics say the Paramount/Skydance production was worth the wait, with some calling it superior to the original film.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/25/22/review-top-gun-maverick-takes-your-breath-away">Movie review: &#x27;Top Gun: Maverick&#x27; takes your breath away</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The source material remains strong, the execution is excellent, and Tom Cruise makes it work impeccably well,&quot; said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.</p><p>The film -- whose release had been delayed two years by the Covid-19 pandemic -- notched $124 million for the first three days of the holiday weekend and took in the same amount overseas, despite not playing in China or Russia. It was Cruise&#x27;s first opening to top $100 million.</p><p>He again plays cocky (if grayer) navy test pilot Pete &quot;Maverick&quot; Mitchell, now a captain, as he trains to bomb a rogue nation&#x27;s uranium enrichment facility. A strong supporting cast includes Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Jon Hamm; original &quot;Top Gun&quot; veteran Val (Iceman) Kilmer appears briefly.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/06/22/tom-cruise-shows-why-hes-the-biggest-movie-star">Tom Cruise shows why he&#x27;s the biggest movie star at &#x27;Top Gun: Maverick&#x27; premiere</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m3Tge8HLgj8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Slipping a notch to second place was &quot;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,&quot; which in its fourth weekend took in $16.4 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period and $21.1 million for the full four days. </p><p>The Disney film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, had opened to a year&#x27;s best $187 million.</p><p>In third spot was 20th Century&#x27;s new &quot;Bob&#x27;s Burgers Movie.&quot; The animated film, based on a popular television show, earned $12.6 million for three days and $15 million for four. </p><p>Focus Features&#x27; &quot;Downton Abbey: A New Era&quot; took fourth place, with $5.9 million for three days and $7.5 million for four. Based on the hugely popular British series, it again stars Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Michelle Dockery.</p><p>And in fifth was Universal&#x27;s family-friendly animation &quot;The Bad Guys,&quot; at $4.6 million for three days and $6.1 million for four.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;Sonic the Hedgehog 2&quot; ($2.5 million for three days; $3.1 million for four)</p><p>&quot;Everything Everywhere All at Once&quot; ($2.5 million; $3.1 million)</p><p>&quot;The Lost City&quot; ($1.8 million; $2.3 million)</p><p>&quot;Men&quot; ($1.2 million; $1.5 million)</p><p>&quot;Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore&quot; ($905,000; $1.1 million)</p><p>bbk/sw</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kh7OZYI-tNQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Top Gun: Maverick' soared to an estimated $151 million debut in North America for the four-day Memorial Day weekend.