'Top Gun 2' sets career best release
Tom Cruise: My movies are made for the big screen
After 35 years, Tommy released the sequel of "Top Gun", "Defender Warrior: Lone Ranger". The film was released in North America on May 27. The box office achieved outstanding results, and the fans and the early stage reaped 19.3 million US dollars, setting a new record for Tom. Brother's career-best release performance - breaking through $100 million in the first four days.
When asked at the 75th Cannes Film Festival a few days ago if the movie will be premiered on streaming media because of the epidemic, Tom Cruise replied: "This will never happen, my film is only for the big screen. pregnancy."
"Top Gun: The Lone Ranger" is directed by Joseph Kosinski ("Tron: Legacy") and stars Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller , Jon Hamm and other new players.
It tells the story of the "Lone Ranger" played by Tom, who returned to be an instructor and led new members back to the blue sky.
"Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger" was originally scheduled to be released in June 2020, but due to the raging epidemic, the production and distribution schedule was disrupted, causing the film to be delayed by two years.
The film recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received good reviews, with a freshness rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Affected by the epidemic, many movies have chosen to premiere on streaming media, but Tom said that "Top Gun 2" will not.
"No, it's never going to happen," he said, referring to the fact that in the past two years, when the theaters faced difficult operations, he had contacted the theater people and hoped that everyone could survive together.
He made it clear that the movies he made were not oriented to streaming media, "My movies are made for the big screen." Tom believes that filming a movie in theaters and streaming movies are two completely different experiences, and a theater-level enjoyment There is no substitute for streaming platforms. "I've always loved audiences, and I've always been an audience. I love theaters, and I'm passionate about it. I often go to see new movies and sit in the middle of the audience with my hat on. watch together."
According to analytics site the Numbers, 39 films starring Tom Cruise have grossed nearly $8.5 billion worldwide at the global box office, and Top Gun: The Lone Ranger could increase in the U.S. alone. As much as 390 million US dollars (about 2.7 billion yuan) in box office revenue.
The brave state of Tom, who will be 60 years old on July 3 this year, also amazed people. The American media commented that he "has no signs of slowing down like his peers."
"Top Gun: The Lone Ranger" didn't use too many special effects, and it was mostly shot at an altitude of 6,000 meters. Six cameras were set up in the fighter plane, four facing the actors and two facing the outside.
The actors are also photographers and lighting engineers. They have to grasp the angle of the performance, but also to the correct angle, and the lines must be performed in place. Tom Cruise is the only actor in the crew who can get into the cabin to perform without vomiting.
Therefore, foreign media also described "Top Gun 2" as the "extra story" of Tom's "Mission: Impossible", because the difficult shooting is no less than the "Mission: Impossible" series.
Regarding the filming of "Top Gun 2" after many years, Tom said that for many years, in order not to destroy the classics, he did not plan to make a sequel, "I am always asked when to shoot the "Top Gun" sequel, but it just doesn't feel right. , until we had a great story, plus the technology was catching up to where I wanted to be, so it felt like it was time to create a new story for fighter pilots.”
Tom said that since it must be filmed, it must be real, so the crew cooperated with the Naval School to study how to shoot fighter jets in real life, and designed more comprehensive flight training for all actors.
Text / reporter Xiao Yang