'Top Gun: Maverick' becomes the first $1 billion Tom Cruise film - CNN
That's notable because this demographic has been somewhat reluctant to return to theaters since the onset of the pandemic.
It's also only the second movie of the pandemic era to make $1 billion at the global box office, joining December's "Spider-Man: No Way Home.""For any film to join the $1 billion club is a monumental achievement," Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscor, (SCOR) told CNN Business."But 'Top Gun: Maverick' hitting $1 billion during the pandemic is a bit different."
"It was the perfect movie at the perfect time because it starred one of Hollywood's last movie stars, in a movie that delivered on all fronts to all audiences around the world," he added.Critics have also piled on praise.The movie, in which Maverick returns to teach a new set of pilots how to take on an impossible mission, has a near-perfect 97% score on review site Rotten Tomatoes.