{"id":1970169,"date":"2023-07-11T19:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-guns-tom-cruise-set-to-save-hollywood-again-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:48:31","slug":"top-guns-tom-cruise-set-to-save-hollywood-again-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-guns-tom-cruise-set-to-save-hollywood-again-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise to Rescue Hollywood Once More This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-guns-tom-cruise-set-to-save-hollywood-again-this-weekend%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=1970169&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--><h2>Top Gun&#8217;s Tom Cruise Set to Save Hollywood AGAIN This Weekend<\/h2>\n<p>Many believe Tom Cruise\u2019s 2022 hit <strong>\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d<\/strong> may have very well saved the movie industry.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at a time when the industry is yet again reaching a low point, the 61-year-old action star might just save the industry all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise\u2019s new film, <strong>\u201cMission: Impossible \u2014 Dead Reckoning Part One,\u201d<\/strong> which hits theaters this weekend, is predicted to smash the series\u2019 box office record by netting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-guns-tom-cruise-set-to-save-hollywood-again-this-weekend\/\" title=\"Tom Cruise to Rescue Hollywood Once More This Weekend\">massive 0 million 5-day worldwide total<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/07\/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-tom-cruise-box-office-1235433443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <strong>\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d<\/strong> posted a similar five-day worldwide total, $256.4 million, before eventually reaching a monumental $1.49 billion by the end of its run.<\/p>\n<p>Given the film\u2019s reportedly broad appeal and franchise-best reviews (it currently boasts a 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes score), Deadline predicts the Cruise-led flick will have long legs after its hot start. Such success wouldn\u2019t be new for the series; the last installment, 2018\u2019s <strong>\u201cMission: Impossible \u2014 Fallout,\u201d<\/strong> garnered 73 percent of its total U.S. box office after its opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A summer box office hit would be massive for the movie industry, especially given Hollywood\u2019s recent struggles.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 2023 has been filled with massive box office disappointments, including Warner Bros.\u201dThe Flash,\u201d Disney\u2019s <strong>\u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others\/\" title=\"Disney Cancels Gina Carano Over Tweets While Ignoring Far Worse From Others\">live-action remake<\/a> of <strong>\u201cThe Little Mermaid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Flash\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/the-flash-movie-box-office-breakdown\/#:~:text=The%20Flash%20currently%20sits%20at,studio%20and%20the%20movie%20theaters.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to lose over $100 million<\/a>, and \u201cIndian Jones\u201d will be lucky if it even breaks even according to <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-box-office-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collider<\/a>. In a similar fashion, reports indicate \u201cThe Little Mermaid\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-little-mermaid-reboot-set-record-flop-hollywood-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a record flop<\/a> for Disney.<\/p>\n<p>As the film industry heads into 2023\u2019s back half, summer releases will be depended upon to pick up the slack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore movies on the slate have boosted the year-to-date bottom line, while some underperforming summer films have placed intense pressure on the releases awaiting their turn at the multiplex to deliver on the promise of their pedigree and marketing,\u201d senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/07\/04\/2023-movie-box-office-needs-strong-second-half-after-inconsistent-start.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <strong>The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong>, one top executive described the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ups-forgets-to-make-nantucket-ferry-reservations-wealthy-island-panics\/\" title=\"UPS Forgets to Make Nantucket Ferry Reservations; Wealthy Island Panics\">upcoming summer season<\/a> as a \u201cstress test,\u201d as studios hope to entice movie lovers back to theaters in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-surgeon-general-declares-epidemic-lefts-pandemic-policies-caused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post-pandemic<\/a> world where many now prefer streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood was facing similar woes in 2022 as it tried to recover from pandemic restrictions. Then came \u201cMaverick\u201d which, according to acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, likely saved both the film and theatrical industries.<\/p>\n<p>Spielberg was filmed telling Cruise as much during an Academy luncheon in February, according to <strong>The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Warning: This video contains language some readers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steven Spielberg tells Tom Cruise that \u201cyou saved Hollywood\u2019s ass and you might have saved theatrical distribution. Seriously, \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 might have saved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-saved-hollywoods-a-spielberg-praises-cruise-for-top-gun-maverick\/\" title=\"\u2018You Saved Hollywood\u2019s A**\u2019: Spielberg Praises Cruise For \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019\">entire theatrical industry<\/a>.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPWR5BqiUV\">pic.twitter.com\/nPWR5BqiUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1625558256352370689?\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou saved Hollywood\u2019s a** and you might have saved theatrical distribution,\u201d Spielberg said. \u201cSeriously, \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 might have saved the entire theatrical industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/culture\/shows\/the-business\/dopesick-hulu-movie-theater-chain-finances\/amc-regal-theater-chain-financial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theater chains<\/a> and movie studios continuing to struggle, the industry may very well be saved by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-gun-maverick-first-film-ever-top-memorial-labor-day-weekend-box-office-patriotism-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Cruise-led blockbuster<\/a> yet again.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-guns-tom-cruise-set-save-hollywood-weekend\/\">Top Gun&#8217;s Tom Cruise Set to Save Hollywood AGAIN This Weekend<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theaters in 2023, is highly anticipated and expected to bring in massive box office numbers. With his star power and dedication to performing his own stunts, Cruise continues to prove that he is a force to be reckoned with in the movie industry, capable of reviving it in times of crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":1970170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970169","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\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}