Steven Spielberg says Tom Cruise may have saved the entire theatrical industry with ‘Top Gun.’
, that both became major hits. Since then, they haven’t teamed on another movie. But clearly their relationship is still pretty good.
Spielberg and Cruise bumped into one another at the annual Academy Luncheon for 2023, where all of the year’s Oscar nominees get together for a big group photo. At the lunch, Spielberg was caught on camera telling Cruise “you saved Hollywood’s ass” with his chart-topping 2022 hitThen Spielberg went even further. “You might have saved theatrical distribution,” he added as Cruise gave him an incredulous nod. “wound up grossing $1.488 billion in theaters worldwide, including $718 million in the U.
Selling it as a spectacle that needed to be seen in a theater helped it become one of the biggest hits in history — and likely accounts for some of the credit that Spielberg is giving it as a boon to the entire theatrical experience. , but he didn’t have nearly the same degree of success at the box office; to date, his film has earned just $28 million worldwide.
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