{"id":1499096,"date":"2022-06-01T07:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499096"},"modified":"2022-06-01T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:45:00","slug":"top-gun-maverick-easily-eclipses-third-installment-of-pirates-of-the-caribbean-with-record-box-office-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-gun-maverick-easily-eclipses-third-installment-of-pirates-of-the-caribbean-with-record-box-office-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d Easily Eclipses Third Installment of \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d With Record Box Office Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-gun-maverick-easily-eclipses-third-installment-of-pirates-of-the-caribbean-with-record-box-office-numbers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221;<\/a> beat the third installment of the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; in record Memorial Day weekend opening box office numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tom Cruise&#8217;s &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; sequel brought in $160.5 million over the four days, while &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#8217;s End&#8221; brought in $153 million in 2007, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; marks a career best opening for Cruise who, up until this point, had not had an opening exceed $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>The $160.5 million was revised from Monday&#8217;s reported $156 million and Sunday&#8217;s $151 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Top-Gun-Maverick-Tom-Cruise.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Cruise attends the U.K. premiere of \" Top Gun: Maverick \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Cruise attends the U.K. premiere of &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022, in London.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Eamonn M. McCormack\/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/top-gun-tom-skerritt-movie-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018TOP GUN\u2019 STAR TOM SKERRITT EXPLAINS WHY THE ORIGINAL FILM WAS ICONIC, DETAILS FILMING WITH TOM CRUISE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Top Gun&#8221; was off to a staggering $51.8 million start on Friday with more than $19 million in previews from 4,700 theaters in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket buyers gave the Jerry Bruckheimer film an A+ on CinemaScore, with more than 70% of the audience over the age of 25 and 55% of viewers over the age of 35.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>one of Hollywood\u2019s heaviest hitters<\/u>, Cruise<\/a> had never had a bigger opening since 2005\u2019s &#8220;War of the Worlds&#8221; with Dakota Fanning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The science-fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg grossed $64.9 million during the three-day weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Tom.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Cruise attends the Japan premiere of \" Top Gun: Maverick \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Cruise attends the Japan premiere of &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; on May 24, 2022, in Yokohama.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ken Ishii)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comscore also noted &#8220;Mission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout&#8221; earned $61.2 million in 2018, but Cruise\u2019s films have all opened to less than $60 million.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise said &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; would &#8220;never&#8221; make its theatrical debut on a streaming network despite years of setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he felt pressure to release the film in any capacity on a streaming network, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick-never-going-streaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruise assured <u>the audience it would &#8220;never&#8221; happen<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was not going to happen ever,&#8221; Cruise said while laughing in excerpts published on The Hollywood Reporter. &#8220;That was never going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cruise recalled picking up his phone and calling each cast member every time the movie&#8217;s release date was pushed back just to reassure everyone to remain calm and focused on what they created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cruise remembered telling his co-stars: &#8220;Don\u2019t worry, this is going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1240450150.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Cruise arrives by helicopter to the world premiere of \" Top Gun: Maverick \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Cruise arrives by helicopter to the world premiere of &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, California, on May 4, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Robyn Beck\/AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Days before the worldwide shutdown in March 2020, Paramount moved the film up two days early for a release on June 24, 2020, but that was subsequently pushed back to Dec. 23. In July 2020, the film received another new schedule change by one year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>due to the coronavirus pandemic<\/u><\/a>, Cruise&#8217;s schedule, and &#8220;Mulan&#8221; and &#8220;Tenet&#8221; being scheduled for release on the same days.<\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s scheduling woes continued when the film was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/top-gun-maverick-mission-impossible-release-dates-postponed-paramount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>pushed back again in April 2021<\/u><\/a> for a November release and again in September 2021, when executives finally landed on the May 27, 2022, launch date.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Tracy Wright contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; beat the third installment of the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; in record Memorial Day weekend opening box office numbers.Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}