Tom Cruise has a billion good reasons to fly on his own.
"Love in the Sky: Maverick", the sequel to the classic hit "Love in the Sky" from 1986, crossed the $ 1 billion mark in revenue over the weekend and officially became the biggest box office hit of his glorious career.
In addition, it is also the most lucrative film of 2022 (when "Dr. Strange in the Dimensions of Madness" loses its premiere and drops to second place) and the most successful film by Paramount Studios since "Transformers: Age of Extinction" in 2014.
The dizzying success of "Maverick" - which has so far divided its revenues evenly between the United States ($ 520.8 million) and the rest of the world ($ 486.1 million) - is really not self-evident and comes after a few particularly difficult years for cinemas (against the backdrop of the corona plague and strengthening The various streaming platforms).
Tom Cruise in "Love in the Sky: Maverick."
"No matter what they tell him, he will do what he wants," Photo: AP
Meanwhile, despite the difficulties and temptations, the stubborn Cruz remained loyal to the cinemas.
For over two years he refused to give up the release of "Maverick" for big screen screening, and today he is also honored to be the only Hollywood star who has not yet collaborated with one of the streaming platforms.
Upon learning of Maverick's impressive achievement, Cruz released a short message on Twitter in which he congratulated all the films showing in theaters and thanked the audience of ticket buyers.
"Thank you for leaving the house and allowing us to entertain you," he wrote.
"See you at the cinema."
Aside from "Maverick," which continued to impress in its fifth week on screen with revenue of $ 29.6 million, the rest of the films shown in U.S. theaters over the weekend demonstrated encouraging abilities that make analysts optimistic.
The reason?
This is the first weekend since the pre-Corona days that four different films - "Maverick", "Elvis", the horror film "The Black Phone" and "Shooter World" - sweep over $ 20 million at the box office.
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