Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun 2’ Rockets to Record $160.5M Opening | THR News - video Dailymotion

The sequel — earning a coveted A+ CinemaScore — scored the biggest opening of Cruise's career and the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever.

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00:00You think up there you're dead? Believe me.

00:07This episode of THR News is brought to you by The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime for your Emmy consideration.

00:13Top Gun Maverick is flying high.

00:15The film has scored the best Memorial Day opening of all time,

00:19with a projected three-day domestic haul of $126.7 million and $160.5 million for the four days.

00:26The previous record holder was Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End with $153 million.

00:32Top Gun Maverick's launch is without a doubt a career best for star Tom Cruise,

00:36and is the first time he has had a film open to $100 million or more.

00:40Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell.

00:44Let me be perfectly blunt. You are not my first choice.

00:47You are here at the request of Admiral Kaczanski, a.k.a. Iceman.

00:51The long-awaited sequel to the iconic 1986 movie sees Cruise return as the ultra-gifted and confident Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell.

00:58The film also stars Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Glenn Powell, and Ed Harris, among others.

01:07What do we have here?

01:09Yeah, here I thought we were special.

01:10Fellas, this here's bag man.

01:12Hangman.

01:13Whatever.

01:13This news comes after the release of the film was delayed for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

01:18For more on this story and the latest box office numbers, go to THR.com.

01:22For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.