'Top Gun: Maverick' is projected to gross $151 million over the four-day holiday weekend, according to studio estimates.
Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick.""Top Gun: Maverick" is projected to gross $151 million over the four-day holiday weekend, according to studio estimates released Sunday — a commanding haul that gives Tom Cruise his best-ever debut at the box office.
"We planted our flag on Memorial Day for this movie, and I think the results have borne that decision out to be a good one," Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at Paramount Pictures, told NBC News on Sunday. "There can be life beyond superhero movies," he added,"and though the ensemble of fighter pilots are indeed superheroes, the movie is a throwback to the big-screen storytelling of a bygone era."
Fifty-five percent of the audience was over the age of 35, according to data compiled by the studio.
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