Top Gun: Maverick keep breaking records increasing in the historical collection table. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster starring Tom Cruise is already the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in the United States.

The film in which Cruise returns to put himself in the role of the military pilot raised 679 million dollarsmanaging to move from that place to Avengers: Infinity Warreleased in 2018, which was $ 678.8.

According to the specialized site Varietywhat to say top Gun It is even more valuable and impressive when you take into account that the film that brought together the Marvel heroes had a stronger and more anticipated promotion as the first part of the end of the saga, which would end with Avengers: end of the game in 2019.

In addition, all deliveries of The Avengers and many more than twenty films centered around one of his superheroes were box office tanks in its own right over the course of a decade.

In fact now Maverick will be looking to take fifth place in the historical rankings from Black Panther, another Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film. It will not be easy: Top Gun must now break the 700.4 million barrier if you want to reach the superhero of Wakanda.

No competitor in sight

No one can deny that Tom Cruise is a global star alone it cuts millions of tickets. But the reality is that not even the most optimists expected the sequel top Gun It would be a hit of this scale, and it’s not that fans of the original were asking for a continuation of the story.

The truth is Maverick is expected to continue growing at the box officesince stiff competition is not in sight until at least November, when Black Panther: Wakanda forever, the sequel to the 2018 film, hits theaters, no more Chadwick Boseman who died two years ago.

Disney’s promotional strategy is re-release the original Black Panther sometime before the sequel, which will once again have Ryan Coogler as director. Waking up will further increase gross income of Black Pantherbut it remains to be seen whether it will be enough to recover the place that has been taken from him Nonconformist.

An international box office phenomenon

Internationally, Top Gun: Maverick it generated over $ 700 million, a figure it reached even without being released in China and Russia, which places it among the thirteenth highest-grossing film in history with a total of $ 1,379 million.

And also the first production starring Tom Cruise to exceed 100 million in a weekend and the first to reach $ 1 billion worldwide.

From Top Gun: Maverick Debuting in May and breaking a new record on Memorial Day opening weekend ($ 160.5 million), the film remained an unstoppable phenomenon at the box office.

Already Ten consecutive weeks have gone by without falling from the top five in the weekend box office chart.

The long-awaited sequel to this action classic was directed by Joseph Kosinski. The story picks up decades after the original and follows Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.the characters of Tom Cruise, as they train a group of young aviators for a dangerous mission.

The cast includes Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer, who played Maverick Iceman’s rival in the first. top Gun.