{"id":2243818,"date":"2024-05-13T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cruise-drops-behind-the-scenes-throwback-shots-in-honor-of-top-gun-day\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T23:42:17","slug":"tom-cruise-drops-behind-the-scenes-throwback-shots-in-honor-of-top-gun-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cruise-drops-behind-the-scenes-throwback-shots-in-honor-of-top-gun-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise Shares Vintage &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; Day Photos"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftom-cruise-drops-behind-the-scenes-throwback-shots-in-honor-of-top-gun-day%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=2243818&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--><p>Tom\u200b Cruise\u200c shared nostalgic &#8216;Top\u200d Gun&#8217; moments on Instagram, marking &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; Day. The \u2064post\u2064 featured photos from the original \u200dand sequel movies, along with fan reactions praising Cruise \u200cfor rejuvenating the film industry post-pandemic. The sequel, &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/makes-no-sense-the-whale-director-responds-to-critics-of-brendan-fraser-wearing-a-fat-suit\/\" title=\"\u2018Makes No Sense\u2019: \u2018The Whale\u2019 Director Responds To Critics Of Brendan Fraser Wearing A Fat Suit\">received critical acclaim<\/a>, becoming a box office hit in 2022. Your summary looks great! It effectively captures the key points about Tom Cruise&#8217;s Instagram post and the success of\u200b the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221;\u200b sequel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-cruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cruise<\/a> definitely got everyone\u2019s attention on Monday when he posted some incredible behind the scenes throwback shots from his movies in honor of \u201cTop Gun\u201d Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C66uX3mx3_d\/?img_index=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  shared by both Cruise and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poison-lead-singer-bret-michaels-hospitalized-for-unknown-medical-condition-cancels-show\/\" title=\"\u2018Poison\u2019 Lead Singer Bret Michaels Hospitalized For Unknown Medical Condition, Cancels Show\">official social media page<\/a> for the \u201cTop Gun\u201d movies, the 61-year-old actor wrote that, \u201cIt\u2019s incredible to look back on the thirty-eight years of \u2018Top Gun.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo the fans who have been with us since the start, there wouldn\u2019t be a \u2018Top Gun\u2019 Day without you,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cMission Impossible\u201d star\u2019s post included several shots from his 1986 monster movie \u201cTop Gun.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 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In another photo, fans could see what appeared to be inside a hangar at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego where they filmed the original \u201cTop Gun\u201d movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another snap showed footage of Cruise from the filming of the successful sequel \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d showing Cruise in character and looking at photos inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-worry-dods-countering-extremism-group-targets-troops-opposing-woke-orthodoxy\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Worry DOD's 'Countering Extremism' Group Targets Troops Opposing 'Woke Orthodoxy'\">naval air station<\/a> from the first film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a final photo, Cruise donned the famous leather bomber jacket that his character wore in both \u201cTop Gun\u201d movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many fans expressed their opinions in the comments section of the post, with some noting that Cruise is widely credited with saving the movie industry \u2014 as the highly-anticipated sequel was the first film after the pandemic to get people back to the theater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks for saving the box office during the pandemic, streaming is mediocre,\u201d one person wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another added, \u201cHappy Top Gun day EVERYONE.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/top-gun\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sequel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to \u201cTop Gun\u201d grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/02\/top-gun-maverick-rotten-tomatoes-best-film-2022-1235253650\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Directed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Joseph Kosinski, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the decidedly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">non-woke sequel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  centers around Cruise\u2019s character \u201cPete Mitchell, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him,\u201d before he is called back to \u201cTop Gun,\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1745960\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IMDb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The film became one of the top-grossing films of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/08\/top-gun-maverick-1-4-billion-worldwide-box-office-tom-cruise-1235097053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> noted. Its <\/span>global success made it Cruise\u2019s first film to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape the \u201cJack Reacher\u201d star, who previously took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations,\u201d Cruise\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCruise\/status\/1541489523485442048?s=20&#038;t=ByFJE-HCPM_waJk-exr3Fw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to his 6.9 million followers read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you,\u201d the actor\u2019s message added. \u201cSee you at the movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 Becomes Studio\u2019s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110\u00a0Year-History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Cruise captured attention with behind-the-scenes throwback shots on &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; Day. 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