Golden Goose
If you’re feeling the need for more speed, you’re in luck. Paramount has announced plans to get a third film in the Top Gun franchise off the ground following the dizzying success of 2022’sTop Gun: Maverick, which raked in nearly $1.5 billion worldwide and topped the US domestic box office that year.
The news comes just days after reports that actor Tom Cruise, star of the blockbuster flicks, has struck up a lofty deal with Warner Bros., in a strategic partnership that will see Cruise and his production company work with the studio to jointly develop original and franchise theatrical films.
While Cruise will continue to work with other studios under the non-exclusive deal — including Paramount to shoot another of his franchises; the latest installment of Mission: Impossible — the world-famous actor had previously largely remained a free agent across his major pictures in recent years.
Movie Maverick
Since making his silver screen debut in 1981, Tom Cruise’s pulling power at theaters has really taken flight as of late. And, although he may be renowned for heart-string-tugging features in Rain Man (1988) and Jerry Maguire (1997), it’s action movies that have cemented Cruise as a box office behemoth.
The hugely popular 7-partMission: Impossible series has seen each installment consistently gross over $400m since 1996, with the 6th sequel taking in a massive $800m in 2018 — proving that, even at 61 and somehow still doing all of his own stunts, Cruise’s star still burns brightly.
