Top Gun: Maverick continues to soar after becoming the best-selling week-one digital release

Last Updated on September 9, 2022

Unlike the rest of the world, I’ve yet to see Top Gun: Maverick. Does this make me a terrible person? Probably. However, my lack of experience with this cultural phenomenon hasn’t kept the film from selling like hotcakes in theaters and digital platforms. According to Paramount Home Entertainment, Top Gun: Maverick is flying higher than ever after blowing past the competition to become the #1 Week-One Digital sell-through title of all time in the U.S. and in major territories worldwide.

Released for sale across Digital platforms on August 23, Top Gun: Maverick has already hot dogged its way to becoming one of the Top 20 best-selling digital releases in history after being available for only one week. Is there anything this movie can’t do? Is James Cameron about to pick a fight with Tom Cruise? Adding another star to its flight helmet, Top Gun: Maverick was the top-selling item on Amazon.com in the U.S. across every category on the site on Day 1.

Before we move on, let’s consider how much money Tom Cruise makes from Maverick‘s runaway success. Most of us can’t wrap our minds around what that amount of money looks like in real life. It’s enough to make us simple audience members go fetal with jealousy and dashed dreams of ever making it over the poverty line.

Let’s not forget that Top Gun: Maverick earned over $1.4 billion worldwide. I’m not trying to add insult to injury. I truly am in awe of this film’s appeal and power at the box office. Every person I know who has seen this movie has come back raving about how incredible it is. I mean, it’s got to have something special going on, considering it’s currently the #6 highest-grossing film in domestic box office history. You know what? I think I will buy a digital copy for myself and watch it this weekend. I want to be a part of the club. It’s cold out here on No Maverick Island.

Have you seen Top Gun: Maverick? Are you one of the many who already purchased the film digitally? Or are you waiting for the film’s physical release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ra