The overwhelming success of the Tom Cruise movie.. 134 million dollars in its first week

Tom Cruise has taken perhaps one of his most daring stunts of his career: luring audiences into a movie that isn't about superheroes.

"Top Gun: Maverick" was a smash hit at the box office in its first weekend of release, bringing in $134 million from 4,732 North American theaters.

The film is expected to have raised $151 million by Monday, exceeding expectations and setting a new high standard for film earnings on its opening weekend, which coincides with the US Memorial Day holiday.

This great turnout came thanks to the great dose of nostalgia for many fans of the first movie (Top Gun).

It turned into the highest-grossing movie in Cruise's 40-year career, and its first to top $100 million in its opening weekend.

He comes in second place in that, after the first was before his new movie, "War of the Worlds" or "War of the Worlds", which had grossed $64 million at the beginning of its release.

Only one Disney and Twentieth Century movie, "The Pops Burgers Movie," dared make its debut with "Top Gun," a movie based on the long-running animated television series that grossed $12 million from 3,425 cinemas, which guaranteed him 3rd place this week in box office revenue.

Thriller and horror film "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" fell to second place after three weeks in the lead and achieved 16 million in the fourth week of its release from 3,805 cinemas, bringing the film starring Benedict Cumberbatch to 375 million dollars.

In fourth place was "Downton Abbey: A New Era", which raised $5.9 million between Friday and Sunday.

In fifth place came the animated comedy "The Bad Guys", produced by Universal, which collected $4.6 million.

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