Top Gun: Maverick breakout star Glen Powell talks playing the bad boy, throwing up and his love for aviation Get ready for the Glenaissance. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 3, 2022
'Top Gun: Maverick' cruised to box office heights. Will more summer movies take flight? The success of "Top Gun: Maverick" has lifted hopes for a robust summer box office, after the long-awaited sequel generated $160 million in North American ticket sales over its Memorial Day weekend premiere. Los Angeles Times · Jun 3, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick restores Taiwan flag on Tom Cruise’s iconic jacket after controversy Moviegoers in Taiwan broke out into applause during an advanced screening of Top Gun: Maverick when they saw their flag on Tom Cruise's iconic jacket. The New Daily · Jun 3, 2022
No, Top Gun: Maverick’s success isn’t down to being pro-America and anti-woke Rightwing pundits have tried to claim the sequel’s box office success as their success but there are enough examples to show that this isn’t the case The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2022
My worst moment: ‘Top Gun’ co-star and ‘South Side’ creator Bashir Salahuddin on having a show canceled before it even aired. Twice CHICAGO — In “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise back in the cockpit as a fighter pilot, Bashir Salahuddin plays a chief warrant officer named Hondo. “In layman’s terms, he’s a super expert in multiple fields,” Salahuddin said. “And he’s kind of Mav’s right-hand man — he’s the guy who,… Chicago Tribune · Jun 2, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick is a film obsessed with its former self Legacy films are more than a sequel: they hand franchises down to a new generation of viewers, passing a cultural baton. The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a giant middle finger to bosses everywhere At its most basic, Maverick’s journey is one of a rebellious loner telling the jerks in the office to mind their own business. Mic · Jun 1, 2022
You need to watch Tom Cruise’s most gravity-defying action thriller on Netflix ASAP Brad Bird proved he was the perfect choice to direct a 'Mission: Impossible' movie with 'Ghost Protocol.' Inverse · Jun 1, 2022
First Thing: Biden approves sending rockets to Ukraine Moscow says US decision to supply rocket systems ‘increases risk’ of confrontation. Plus, Maverick sparks joy in Taiwan The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick sparks joy in Taiwan after its flag features on Tom Cruise jacket Reports of cheers at an advance screening as Hollywood risks anger in Beijing at depiction on apparel of Cruise’s Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2022
Top Gun's Maverick risks China's anger with Taiwan flag on jacket Tom Cruise isn’t simply taking on what appears to be Russian-made fighter jets in his update to the 1986 classic “Top Gun”: He’s also angering China. Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022
Chicago’s Charles Parnell rises through the acting ranks to a big-time role alongside Tom Cruise Chicago friends have been rooting on the Hyde Park native (and Harold’s Chicken fan) on his way to the high-flying blockbuster. Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2022
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ breaks longtime Memorial Day weekend record with $156 million opening “Top Gun: Maverick” soared to the highest-ever Memorial Day weekend opening by raking in an impressive $156 million at the domestic box office in its first four days of release. Los Angeles Times · May 30, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick breaks box office records on opening weekend Star Tom Cruise had his first $100m weekend and the belated sequel is fourth biggest opening since pandemic began The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022
Daily Mirror · May 30, 2022 Tom Cruise fans 'terrified' by his 'American Psycho' response in resurfaced interview The action star was grilled by Australian journalist Peter Overton about his failed marriage to Nicole Kidman but Tom was not in the mood for such questioning and snapped back at the questions
The Independent UK · May 30, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick becomes Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing box office debut as it passes $100m Sequel to the Eighties action classic is Cruise’s first film to surpass $100m on opening weekend
AAP · May 30, 2022 Top Gun in the Top End takes off over NT Australia's best airforce aviators are set to soar in the skies above the Northern Territory for a local version of Top Gun, named Exercise Diamond Storm.
Axios · May 30, 2022 "Top Gun: Maverick" breaks Memorial Day weekend box office record The film debuted 28% above Cruise's last big hit.
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 29, 2022 ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 Million Opening Forget breaking the sound barrier: Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. The 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with "Top Gun: Maverick." In its first three days in North American theaters, the long-in-the-works sequel earned an estimated $124 million in ticket sales, Paramount…
The Independent UK · May 29, 2022 'Top Gun: Maverick' wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 million opening Tom Cruise got his first $100 million opening weekend with “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick review – irresistible Tom Cruise soars in a blockbuster sequel Cinema’s favourite ageless fighter pilot returns with all the nail-biting aeronautics and emotional sucker punches that made the original an 80s-defining hit
Salon · May 28, 2022 The lost meaning of "Top Gun" No, it's not the much-vaunted theory about represssed homosexuality, but embracing a more nuanced masculinity
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022 What links Top Gun: Maverick to Dennis Rodman and The Outsiders? The new Tom Cruise flyboy sequel is out, so follow it down the rabbit hole to ER, a Bull in Korea and Francis Ford Coppola
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022 From Top Gun: Maverick to Tracey Emin – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Whether you want a film to take your breath away or some oversized maquettes, our critics have your culture for the next seven days covered
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 27, 2022 Monica Barbaro on Phoenix and her rise in Top Gun: Maverick Women weren't allowed to fly combat for the Navy until 7 years after the original Top Gun came out. Now Phoenix rules the sky in Top Gun: Maverick.