Box Office: Top Gun Maverick Becomes 10th Highest-Grossing Film In North America

Los Angeles, July 20 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick continues its record-breaking spree at the box office, despite running in its 8th week.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, "Top Gun 2" recently surpassed the initial box office record of James Cameron's "Titanic and now, the blockbuster sequel has stormed into top 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the North American box office by crossing "Star Wars: The Last Jedi".



"Star Wars: The Last Jedi", which was released in 2017, scored $620.2 million in North America. The Tom Cruise-starrer movie grossed $620.10 million through Monday. As per the estimates, the movie stands at $622 million, including the collection on Tuesday (July 19).

The highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise's career will not stop by surpassing "Star Wars TLJ" only. Today, it will cross "The Avengers" ($623.4M) to become the 9th highest-grossing movie in Hollywood history. The movie is currently tracking to earn over $660 million in its lifetime domestic run, which will make it the 7th highest-grossing film in North America.

Meanwhile, the Paramount Pictures film is super strong at the overseas box office as well with a collection to date is $620.6 million, for a worldwide total of $1.24 billion. It is now the 20th highest-grossing film worldwide of all time and is likely to finish at 16th position. It is also the biggest-grosser ever for Paramount Studio.

Stay tuned...