Paramount Pictures is heading back into the Danger Zone for another flight aboard Top Gun: Maverick. The wildly-successful sequel starring Tom Cruise and a hot-shot crew of pilots hot-dogging through the sky will be re-released in theaters nationwide. The event starts on December 2nd and runs through December 15th. In addition to returning to standard cinemas, Top Gun: Maverick will do a barrel roll on participating IMAX screens.
During its initial release, Top Gun: Maverick banked $1.48 billion worldwide. Knowing how successful the film performed under Covid restricted viewing, Paramount is looking to cash in after protocols relaxed a little. It hardly matters that the film is available in Digital and Blu-ray formats. People will undoubtedly flock to theaters to experience the movie on the big screen again. I know a couple who saw Top Gun: Maverick 13 times in theaters. People are over-the-moon about this film, and Paramount is ready to give more of their hard-earned dollars a good home.
“Top Gun: Maverick truly epitomizes the magic of the moviegoing experience, and we wanted to provide fans the opportunity to once again enjoy this cinematic spectacle as it was meant to be seen,” says Chris Aronson, President of Domestic Distribution for Paramount Pictures. “This feels like the perfect time to bring Top Gun: Maverick back to theaters so audiences everywhere can once again experience how special this film is.”
Per Paramount’s official press release:
The film has been celebrated by critics and audiences alike, receiving an A+ CinemaScore, and earning a 97% critics’ score and 99% audience score from Rotten Tomatoes. In addition to marking Tom Cruise’s biggest opening and highest-grossing film ever, it also opened domestically to the largest Memorial Day Weekend of all time; is Paramount Pictures’ highest-grossing domestic release ever; is the first movie ever to be #1 at the box office for both Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend; and is the highest-grossing film for Skydance, one of the film’s producers, followed by Mission Impossible: Fallout.
Will you return to theaters for another round of Top Gun: Maverick? Please feel free to let us know in the comments.