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Top Gun: Maverick

November 23, 2023

"Top Gun 2" redirects here. For the video game, see Top Gun 2 (video game).

Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie from stories by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. The film is a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun. Tom Cruise reprises his starring role as the naval aviator Maverick. It is based on the characters of the original film created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. It also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, who reprises his role as Iceman. The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission.

Top Gun: Maverick
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Kosinski
Screenplay by
Story by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Edited byEddie Hamilton
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) (CinemaCon)
  • May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$170–177 million[3][1]
Box office$1.496 billion[4][5]

Development of a Top Gun sequel was announced in 2010 by Paramount Pictures. Tom Cruise, along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, were asked to return. Craig wrote a draft of the screenplay in 2012, but the project stalled when Scott died later that year.[6] Top Gun: Maverick was later dedicated to Scott's memory.[7] Production resumed in 2017, after Kosinski was hired to direct. Principal photography, which involved the use of IMAX-certified 6K full-frame cameras, took place from May 2018 to April 2019 in California, Washington and Maryland. It was initially scheduled to be released July 12, 2019, but it was delayed several times due to its complex action sequences and later the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, several streaming companies attempted to purchase the streaming rights to the film from Paramount, but all offers were declined on the orders of Cruise, who insisted that it be released exclusively in theaters.[8]

Top Gun: Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022, and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27, 2022. The film was acclaimed by critics, with many calling it better than the original.[9] It won Best Film from the National Board of Review and was also named one of the top-ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute. Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six awards at the 95th Academy Awards (including Best Picture), winning Best Sound, and received numerous other accolades. The film grossed $1.496 billion worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2022 and the highest-grossing of Cruise's career.

Plot edit

More than 30 years after graduating from Top Gun,[a] United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a decorated test pilot whose repeated insubordination has kept him from flag rank.[b] When Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain plans to cancel Maverick's hypersonic "Darkstar" scramjet program, Maverick unilaterally changes the target speed for that day's test from Mach 9 to the final contract specification of Mach 10. However, the prototype is destroyed when he cannot resist pushing beyond Mach 10.

After the flight, Cain tells Maverick that he would be grounded if not for Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Maverick's friend and former Top Gun rival. Iceman, now commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, has assigned Maverick to the Top Gun school at NAS North Island.

The Navy has been ordered to destroy an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant before it becomes operational. The plant, located in an underground bunker at the end of a canyon, is defended by surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), GPS jammers, and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters as well as older F-14 Tomcats. Maverick devises a plan employing two pairs of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets armed with laser-guided bombs, but instead of participating in the strike, he is to train an elite group of Top Gun graduates assembled by Air Boss Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson.

Maverick dogfights his skeptical students and prevails in every contest, winning their respect. Two of the students clash: Lieutenants Jake "Hangman" Seresin and Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw—son of Maverick's deceased best friend and RIO Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. Rooster dislikes Hangman's cavalier attitude, while Hangman criticizes Rooster's cautious flying. Maverick reunites with former girlfriend Penny Benjamin, to whom he reveals that he promised Rooster's dying mother that Rooster would not become a pilot. Rooster, unaware of the promise, angrily resents Maverick for blocking his Naval Academy application—impeding his military career—and blames him for his father's death. Maverick is reluctant to further interfere with Rooster's career, but the alternative is to send him on the extremely dangerous mission. He tells his doubts to Iceman, who has terminal throat cancer. Iceman tells him, "It's time to let go" and reassures him that both the Navy and Rooster need Maverick.

Iceman dies soon after, and after an F/A-18F crashes during training, Cyclone removes Maverick as instructor. He relaxes the mission parameters, so they are easier to execute but make escape much more difficult. During Cyclone's announcement, Maverick makes an unauthorized flight through the course with the original parameters, proving that it can be done. Despite the act of insubordination, Cyclone reluctantly appoints Maverick as team leader.

Maverick flies the lead F/A-18E, accompanied by a buddy-lasing F/A-18F[c] flown by Lieutenant Natasha "Phoenix" Trace and WSO Lieutenant Robert "Bob" Floyd. Rooster leads the second strike pair, which includes Lieutenant Reuben "Payback" Fitch and WSO Lieutenant Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia. The four jets launch from an aircraft carrier, and Tomahawk cruise missiles destroy the nearby air base as they approach. The teams destroy the plant, but the SAMs open fire during their escape. Rooster runs out of countermeasures, and Maverick sacrifices his plane to protect him from an incoming strike. Believing Maverick to be dead, all jets are ordered back to the carrier, but Rooster disobeys and returns to find that Maverick ejected and is being pursued by an Mi-24 attack helicopter. After destroying the gunship, Rooster is shot down by a SAM and ejects. The two rendezvous and steal an F-14 from the damaged air base. Maverick and Rooster destroy two intercepting Su-57s, but a third attacks as they run out of ammunition and countermeasures. Hangman unexpectedly arrives in time to shoot it down, and the planes return safely.

Later, Rooster helps Maverick work on his P-51 Mustang. Rooster looks at a photo of their mission's success, pinned alongside a photo of his late father and a young Maverick, as Penny and Maverick fly off in the P-51.

Cast edit

Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, as well as Aaron and Adam Weis appear as the Bradshaw family in archive footage from Top Gun, along with Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.

Production edit

Development edit

In 1990, during the promotion of Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Tom Cruise dismissed the notion of a sequel to Top Gun (1986) as "irresponsible".[14] Paramount Pictures began development on the film in 2010 after making offers to Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott to create a sequel to Top Gun with Tom Cruise reprising his role. When asked about his idea for a new Top Gun film, Scott replied, "This world fascinated me, because it's so different from what it was originally. But I don't want to do a remake. I don't want to do a reinvention. I want to do a new movie."[15] It was reported that the film would focus on the end of the dogfighting era,[16] the role of drones in modern aerial warfare,[17] and would see Cruise's character, Maverick, fly an F/A-18E Super Hornet.[18] Following Scott's suicide in 2012, the sequel's future became uncertain, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer remained committed to the project, especially given interest expressed by Cruise and Kilmer.[19]

Cruise revealed in June 2017 that the sequel would be titled Top Gun: Maverick, noting that he did not want a number in the title.[20] He added that the film is "going to be a competition film, similar to the first one", but clarified it as "a progression for Maverick".[21][22] By July 2017, Joseph Kosinski was announced as the director, after previously collaborating with Cruise on Oblivion (2013).[23][24] Kosinski met with Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), providing a lookbook, a poster, and a title, Top Gun: Maverick, prior to his hiring. Cruise then contacted Jim Gianopulos and requested to make the film.[25]

On June 19, 2019, at CineEurope in Barcelona, attendees were able to watch for the first time some early footage of the film from a special Paramount presentation. During the presentation the President of International Theatrical Distribution Mark Viane and co-president of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Mary Daily appeared in flight clothes, as a part of the promotion.[26] In 2019, China's Tencent invested 12.5% of the film but later pulled out of the project at the end of that year over concerns that the film's themes could anger the Chinese government.[27]

Writing edit

By mid-2010, Christopher McQuarrie received an offer to write the sequel's screenplay, which was rumored to have Cruise's character Maverick in a smaller role.[28] The following year, Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz were credited as screenwriters on the project.[29] The studio would later move onto Peter Craig to draft a new script under Scott's direction in March 2012.[30] However, the project was unexpectedly stalled due to Scott's suicide in August of that year.[31] In March 2014, Bruckheimer said the filmmakers were taking a new approach, which involved pilots being rendered obsolete by drones.[32]

In September 2014, the sequel was officially revived. Justin Marks entered negotiations to write the screenplay.[33] Marks said that the sequel to Top Gun was his "dream project" and that the original was "an iconic film in his memory" that inspired him to write screenplays.[34] He researched the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to gain insight into "how Top Gun would be represented in the current period".[34]

"Maverick in that film was in his early twenties and now he's in his fifties. It had to be a different journey, but it was important it was a journey for a man at a different part of his life. We think of Top Gun as an action film, but I think of it as a drama. It has some incredible action scenes in it, but there is a drama at the center of it."

— Kosinski, on the new script of Top Gun: Maverick[35]

Scott had apparently finalized the script and begun scouting locations. He and Cruise toured Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, a week before his death.[36] The Hollywood Reporter said the Top Gun sequel was one of three directing projects in "advanced development".[37]

During scripting discussions in Paris in 2017, where Cruise was shooting for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Kosinski pitched two ideas to Cruise.[25][38] The first focused on the severed relationship between Maverick and Goose's son, set against a dangerous combat mission. The second focused on Maverick's current place in the Navy as part of the "Darkstar" program and the secrecy surrounding it.[38] With Kosinski in place as director, Only the Brave (2017) screenwriter Eric Warren Singer boarded the film to rewrite the script by August 2017.[39][40] In October 2018, McQuarrie, a frequent collaborator of Cruise, was brought in for rewrites during production.[41] McQuarrie opted to mostly ignore the first film during the writing process; he also flew with the Blue Angels in preparation.[42] By January 2020, final screenplay credits were given to Ehren Kruger, Singer, and McQuarrie, while story credit was attributed to Craig and Marks.[43][44]

Casting edit

 
Jennifer Connelly played Cruise's love interest.

Cruise's involvement in Top Gun: Maverick was announced in January 2016.[45] He was paid between $12 and $14 million[46] plus a portion of the film's box office gross, which totaled more than $100 million.[47] Val Kilmer, now cancer-free, had campaigned on his Facebook page to reprise his role in the film.[48] In June 2018, TheWrap reported that he would appear in the film.[49] While Bruckheimer and the filmmakers wanted to bring Kilmer back, Cruise insisted on it.[50] A trailer released in March 2022 featured a photograph of Kilmer wearing a uniform of a four-star admiral. In July 2018, Miles Teller was cast in the role of Goose's son, against Nicholas Hoult and Glen Powell.[51] Later that month, Jennifer Connelly joined the film's cast to play a single mother running a bar near the naval base.[52][53]

In August 2018, Powell joined the cast in a pilot trainee role that was enlarged for him, having impressed Cruise, Bruckheimer, and executives at Paramount and Skydance Media, with his auditions.[54] He was cast as the arrogant "Hangman" (originally named "Slayer" when he read the script). Powell was initially unimpressed by the prospect of taking the role, feeling the character was a unidimensional "dick garnish" and a "Navy Draco Malfoy" with no payoff nor reason to exist other than adding conflict to "Rooster"'s character arc. Cruise, Bruckheimer, Kosinski, and McQuarrie managed to convince him that he could shape his performance to make "Hangman" a more well-rounded character. Cruise advised Powell on body language in different cultures, helping him to play "Hangman" so that global audiences would emotionally connect with the character.[55] In the same month, Monica Barbaro, Thomasin McKenzie, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Jon Hamm, and Lewis Pullman joined the cast of the film; Barbaro, Pullman, Ellis, and Ramirez portrayed aviator trainees, while McKenzie was to portray the daughter of Connelly's character.[56][57][58]

Hamm signed onto the film before he was given an official offer or script.[59] In September 2018, Manny Jacinto joined the cast.[60] In October 2018, Kara Wang, Jack Schumacher, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Raymond Lee, Jean Louisa Kelly and Lyliana Wray joined the cast;[61] Wray replaced McKenzie, who dropped out of the film after signing onto Lost Girls (2020).[62] In November 2018, Chelsea Harris joined the cast.[63] Kelly McGillis, Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis, all of whom appeared in the original film, were not asked to appear in the sequel.[64][65][66]

According to an interview with Vanity Fair, Lewis Hamilton was offered a fighter pilot role because of his friendship with Cruise but turned down the offer due to his Formula One commitments.[67]

Filming edit

 
Filming took place on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

To create the illusion that the actors were piloting the jets during flying scenes, the producers paid the Navy $11,374 per flight hour for F/A-18E (single seat) and F/A-18F (dual seat) Super Hornets and pilots to fly them. For external shots, real Navy pilots flew the E version. For shots of the actors in flight, the F version was used with the actual pilot in the front seat.[68] One F/A-18F was rigged with special cameras to film an actor in the back seat. Cruise designed a three-month "boot camp" to train the actors with flying roles to get them used to aerobatics and high g-forces, as well as build the spatial awareness they would need to operate the camera equipment. Some of the training was required by the Navy for passengers in tactical jets, including underwater evacuation.[69] Barbaro said the cast endured aerobatics riding in the Extra 300L flown by Chuck Coleman, including right before flights in the F/A-18F, to ensure their bodies had the required tolerance. She also praised the female pilots she had worked with during the filming process, and commented that while the "military aviation community [is] progressive, there's no way that [sexism] doesn't still exist in little moments here and there. It's par for the course for women in historically male-dominated spaces. So I was glad we kept that in."[70] The actors also had to learn lighting, cinematography, and editing to properly run the cameras, because, as Bruckheimer put it, "when they're up in the jet, they have to direct themselves, essentially."[71]

Preliminary production on the film officially started on May 30, 2018, in San Diego.[72][73] The crew filmed aerial shots at Naval Air Station Fallon.[74] In late August, a 15-person film crew from Paramount and Bruckheimer Films shot flight deck operations aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.[75][76] In mid-February 2019, Cruise and the production crew were sighted on board USS Theodore Roosevelt at NAS North Island.[77] In March, filming in the Cascade Mountains was completed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington, where routes were scouted by helicopter and the L-39 before filming the F/A-18s.[78][74][79] On June 19, 2019, Miles Teller revealed in an interview that he had finished filming two days earlier.[80] Principal photography was scheduled until April 15, 2019, in San Diego, Lemoore, China Lake,[81] Chico,[82] and Lake Tahoe in California;[83] Seattle;[84] and Patuxent River, Maryland.[85] The low-pass scene with Ed Harris was filmed at China Lake with flying a Blue Angels plane at less than 50 ft (15 m) around 450 kn (520 mph; 830 km/h), which on the 20th and last pass pulled roofing material from the guard shack flying off held only by romex cable.[74] The post-production and editing works were supervised by Kosinski at his home during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.[86]

The film was shot in IMAX format using IMAX-certified Sony Venice 6K full frame cameras.[87] Kosinski said that the team spent more than a year with Navy forces to use the IMAX cameras inside the cockpit, with four cameras facing toward the actors and two facing forward, in addition to cameras mounted all over the exteriors of the aircraft. He said "the audience should feel the authenticity, strain, speed and gravitational forces, something that cannot be achieved through soundstage or visual effects, which needed a tremendous amount of effort and work." NAVAIR engineers used wind tunnel testing and computer modeling to rig cameras to the aircraft to withstand the speeds and g-forces sustained during maneuvering and carrier landings while maintaining safety in the event of ejection.[74][35] The crew shot the aerial footage outside the F/A-18s with gimbal-stabilized cameras on three platforms: a nose-mounted rig on one of two modified Aero L-39 Albatros that could film at 350 kn (403 mph; 648 km/h) and 3 g, nose- and tail-mounted cameras on an Embraer Phenom 300, and a nose-mounted rig on an Airbus AS350 helicopter.[88][89][78] More than 800 hours of aerial footage was shot for the film,[74] exceeding the combined footage shot for the films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.[90]

The old military bar was constructed in the beach side in Los Angeles. The steel structure was assembled off-site for visual inspection, then dismantled and re-built on set.[91]

Aircraft edit

For most of the planes including the F/A-18E/F, the production crew acquired 20 working aircraft from all over the country. Hindle said that Kosinski had made specifications for every detail during design, including the helmets, suits, props, and several others.[91]

Darkstar edit

The fictional "Darkstar" aircraft was designed with help from engineers from Lockheed Martin and its Skunk Works division. A full-scale mockup of the aircraft was built and filmed at China Lake.[92] Kosinski said, "The reason we approached Skunk Works is because I wanted to make the most realistic hypersonic aircraft we possibly could. In fact, as you saw, we built it full-scale in cooperation with them. But the reason it looks so real is because it was the engineers from Skunk Works who helped us design it. So those are the same people who are working on real aircraft who helped us design Darkstar for this film."[93] Lockheed denied that Darkstar is related to the uncrewed Lockheed Martin SR-72, whose existence the company has never confirmed.[94]

F-14 edit

 
A screenshot of the F-14 Tomcat, from Top Gun: Maverick. For the dogfighting scene, the jet was shown completely through visual effects.

Production designer Jeremy Hindle said that using a F-14 Tomcat (which is featured in the first film) would have been difficult. "There are no F-14s that fly because they [have been decommissioned in the U.S.] and all the engines have been taken out of them."[91] He said that they were not able to use the active F-14 Tomcats in Iran, the only other country that acquired the aircraft, due to sanctions. The U.S. scuttled or disabled its vast fleet of F-14s once they were retired to prevent the illicit export of spare parts.[95]

With help from the Navy, the production team secured one F-14A from the San Diego Air & Space Museum in California.[96] Hindle described further challenges, including dismantling and shipping the plane's components, and making the aircraft as functional as possible, though still without engines.[91]

Post-production edit

VFX artist Fred Lyn said CGI was used extensively in the film. The F-14 and Su-57 were visualized entirely by computer,[97] while the F/A-18 dogfighting and final strike scenes were shot with a single jet, producing footage that was used to create multiple jets onscreen.[97]

The film had about 2,400 VFX shots, all produced under visual effects supervisor Ryan Tudhope.[98] Most work was done by Method Studios and MPC Film, though Lola VFX and Blind provided the 2D motion graphics, training visualizations, and the jet's head-up displays.

Skywalker Sound worked on sound design and temp mixing for the film. They created aviation sound effects, working closely with GE Aviation, a jet engine manufacturer out of Cincinnati.[99] Final sound editing and mixing n Dolby Atmos and IMAX was handled by London-based Soundbyte Studios[100] and Twickenham Film Studios. Recording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor worked in two theaters with different audio configurations to complete the mixes, which took place in June and July 2020.[101]

After his treatment and operation for throat cancer, Val Kilmer lost his ability to speak effectively.[102] In 2021, he worked with Sonantic, a UK-based software company that specializes in voice synthesis, to digitally recreate his voice using AI technology and archived audio recordings of his voice.[103] The collaboration with Sonantic led to a successful vocal model program that Kilmer could apply in future projects.[103][104] For Top Gun: Maverick, however, this technology was not used. Director Joseph Kosinski said in an interview that they used Kilmer's actual voice, digitally altering it to increase clarity.[105]

Footage from the original film was used in a scene where Maverick watches Rooster playing "Great Balls of Fire" on the piano, invoking memories of Goose's family and death.[106] The footage was used as a flashback, to help explain the characters' relationship and to deepen the emotional conflicts involved. This was not planned in the original script; Kosinski introduced the idea in the film editing phase.[107]

Music edit

Main article: Top Gun: Maverick (soundtrack)

Top Gun composer Harold Faltermeyer reprised his role, being joined by Lady Gaga, OneRepublic, and Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack was produced by Lorne Balfe. The soundtrack was released on May 27, 2022, through Interscope Records and Paramount Music.[108][109] It was promoted by two singles, "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga and "I Ain't Worried" by OneRepublic. From the first film, the score also incorporates elements of the original "Top Gun Anthem",[110][111] and the song "Danger Zone", composed by Giorgio Moroder and sung by Kenny Loggins.[112]

Marketing edit

The film's first teaser trailer premiered during a surprise appearance by Cruise at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con on July 18, 2019.[113][114] The first trailer received high praise from fans, with many lauding the return of the series and some comparing it to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[115] The Hollywood Reporter wrote that some fans noticed that the flag of the Republic of China (the flag used by the government of the Republic of China based on the island of Taiwan) and the Flag of Japan were missing from the flight jacket of Cruise's character and accused Paramount of removing it to appease China-based co-financier Tencent Pictures.[116] However, the Republic of China and Japanese flags were later restored, as Tencent would end up pulling out of the production, leading to them being uncredited in the final film.[117] The second trailer was released in December 2019,[118] and a new Snapchat filter for the film was introduced by Paramount, to engage "young-generation audiences".[119]

In February 2020, toy manufacturer Matchbox (owned by Mattel) announced that they were releasing a series of Top Gun die-cast models and products, including the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and the P-51 Mustang, as well as role play items. They were scheduled for public release on June 1, 2020, despite the delayed theatrical release.[120] In June 2020, plastic model manufacturer Revell released a series of 1/48 scale Top Gun plastic models, including an F-14A Tomcat and an F/A-18E Super Hornet based upon the aircraft in the movie. These are versions of previous Revell offerings with modified decals and markings.[121] In July 2020, Hasbro announced a Top Gun-themed Transformers toy, "Maverick", which was released later in the year.[122] Hasbro later re-released the toy as a Walmart exclusive to tie into the film's final release date.

On August 26, 2021, the first 13 minutes of the film were previewed at CinemaCon along with a new trailer with Tom Cruise marking his presence virtually at the event.[123] In January 2022, CBS Sports released a new clip from the film, coinciding with the AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals.[124] In February 2022, the final trailer of the film tied to Porsche was aired before Super Bowl LVI.[125] In April 2022, Project ACES, the developers of the Ace Combat series, announced the release of an aircraft collaboration DLC for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown with Top Gun: Maverick, released on May 26, one day before the film's release.[126][127] A free expansion based on Top Gun Maverick was also released for Microsoft Flight Simulator on the same day, containing the F/A-18E/F Superhornet and fictional "Darkstar" planes as playable aircraft.[128] An interactive website was also launched on the same month.[129] On May 23, Cruise collaborated with The Late Late Show host James Corden for recreating a fighter sequence as a part of promotions.[130][131]

A three-week promotional tour was conducted in Mexico City, Tokyo, Cannes, London, San Diego and Los Angeles.[132] Event Cinemas announced Top Gun: Maverick Collector Combo, featuring a medium large salt-popcorn with refreshments in a collector cup, being marketed with stills featuring Cruise.[133] Other marketing deals were arranged with Applebee's restaurant chains[134] and Vudu.[135]

Release edit

 
(From left) Christopher McQuarrie, Vice Admiral Kenneth R. Whitesell, Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, and Jerry Bruckheimer at the premiere of the film on May 4, 2022

Theatrical edit

Top Gun: Maverick was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27, 2022, with advance screenings starting the day before.[136] It was originally scheduled to be released on July 12, 2019, but was delayed to June 26, 2020, in order to shoot several complex action sequences.[8] By March 2020, Paramount moved the film up two days early on June 24, 2020,[137] and it was then moved to December 23 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization.[138][139] On July 23, 2020, the film was delayed again to July 2, 2021, due in part to scheduling conflicts with Cruise, as well as the recent delays of Mulan and Tenet due to the rise of COVID-19 cases,[140] and was further delayed to November 19, 2021,[141] before finalizing the May 2022 release date.[136]

The film had its world premiere at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022[142] which was followed by a global premiere hosted at the San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego, on May 4, which was also streamed live through YouTube.[143][144] It also screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18 in an Official Selection Screening, where it received a five-minute standing ovation from the audience. The Cannes premiere included a tribute to Cruise and his career.[145][146] The following day it had its UK premiere at the Royal Film Performance at London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in aid of the Film & TV Charity. The film was the last Royal Film Performance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign as she died later that same year.[147] ScreenX theaters[148] and AMC Theatres[149][150] held Early Access Event screenings at limited locations across the United States on May 24, 2022.

Home media edit

Apple TV+ attempted to purchase the distribution rights to Top Gun: Maverick, but Paramount declined to sell them. When asked at the film's CinemaCon premiere about Apple and other streaming companies attempting to purchase the distribution rights, Bruckheimer said that the film had always had a big-screen destination. At the film's premiere at Cannes, Cruise also denied that the film was going to streaming.[151][152][153] Despite the model that most films debut on streaming 45 days after their theatrical releases,[154] Paramount decided to keep Top Gun: Maverick in theaters for an extended run due to Cruise's insistence and the successive week-to-week box office results of the film. The film was released digitally in standard definition, high definition and UHD on August 23, 2022, followed by the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD releases on November 1, 2022, in the United States[155] and October 31, 2022, in the United Kingdom.[156] It includes the expanded aspect ratio of 1.90:1 in select sequences as seen in IMAX screenings, four featurettes on the making of the film, Cruise discussing his career at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and two music videos of the songs featured in the film.[157]

Paramount+ and SkyShowtime (under the joint venture between both Paramount Global and Sky Group) made Top Gun: Maverick available to stream on December 22, 2022, as part of a customer's subscription to either service.[158][159] In the United States, Top Gun: Maverick became the most-watched film to debut on Paramount+.[160]

Reception edit

Box office edit

Top Gun: Maverick grossed $718.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $777 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.496 billion.[4][5] The film became the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career on June 17, 2022, after crossing $800 million worldwide.[161] On June 26, the film crossed $1 billion, becoming the second film to do so during the pandemic era.[162][163] It is the second-highest-grossing film released in 2022 (behind Avatar: The Way of Water).[164] Sonny Bunch, writing for The Washington Post, argued that the film's financial success along with that of Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrates that securing a theatrical release in China is not mandatory for a Hollywood film to be profitable.[165] Deadline Hollywood calculated the film's net profit as $391.1 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2022's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".[1]

In the United States and Canada, Top Gun: Maverick was the highest-grossing film released in 2022.[4][166] It grossed $126.7 million in its opening three-day weekend and $160.5 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, finishing first at the box office and nearly doubling Cruise's previous career-best. The film also had the largest Memorial Day four-day opening weekend.[167] In its second weekend, it grossed $90 million; the 29% drop was the smallest-ever for a film that had an opening of over $100 million, surpassing Shrek 2 (33% drop in its second weekend from a $108 million debut in May 2004).[168] The film was dethroned by newcomer Jurassic World Dominion in its third weekend, though still grossed $51.9 million.[169] The film remained in the top five at the box office throughout its first ten weeks of release.[170] The film finally dropped out of the top five at the box office in its 11th weekend, finishing sixth with $7 million.[171] In its 12th weekend the film was re-released in over 400 theaters and made $7.1 million, returning to second place.[172][173] In its 15th weekend, the film made $6 million (and a total of $7.9 million over the four-day Labor Day frame), returning to the top of the box office.[174] Box office analysts attributed the film's longevity at the box office to positive critical reviews and word of mouth.[175][176]

Outside the US and Canada, the film grossed $124 million from 62 markets in its opening weekend. It was Cruise's biggest opening ever in 32 of those markets and Paramount's best opening for a live-action film in 18 of them. The largest markets in its opening weekend were the United Kingdom ($19.4 million), France ($11.7 million), Australia ($10.7 million), Japan ($9.7 million), and Germany ($6.5 million). The film had the best debut of Cruise's career in the Middle East ($6.3 million), Brazil ($5.3 million), the Netherlands ($2.4 million), Sweden ($2.2 million), Belgium ($1.7 million), New Zealand ($1.4 million), Poland ($1.2 million), Argentina ($1.2 million), Finland ($1.1 million), and Portugal ($770,000). IMAX accounted for $10.4 million of its opening weekend outside the US and Canada.[177] The following weekend, it made $85.8 million, a mere 16% drop that included $18.5 million from IMAX screenings.[178] As of September 18, 2022, the top markets are the United Kingdom ($102 million), Japan ($93.6 million), South Korea ($67.2 million), Australia ($64.3 million), and France ($58.2 million).[179]

Critical response edit

 
Tom Cruise received critical acclaim for his performance in the film, with some reviewers saying it is one of the best of his career.[9]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 470 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.20/10. The website's consensus reads: "Top Gun: Maverick pulls off a feat even trickier than a 4G inverted dive, delivering a long-belated sequel that surpasses its predecessor in wildly entertaining style."[180] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 63 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[181] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 96% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 84% saying they would definitely recommend it.[167]

Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood called the sequel better than the original movie.[182] The New York Times-based critic A. O. Scott called it a "thin, over-strenuous and sometimes very enjoyable movie" and "an earnest statement of the thesis that movies can and should be great."[183] Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian that "Cruise presides over some surprising differences from his first outing as the navy pilot hotshot in a film that's missing the homoerotic tensions of the 80s original."[184] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote that the movie "counts as a worthy sequel in that it succeeds and fails in many of the same ways as the original."[185]

Entertainment.ie's Brian Lloyd's 4-star review said the film "exceeds with flying colours" and "exists in a world that is all of its own making. There are golden sunsets, perfectly crisp white t-shirts, exquisitely coiffed hair, and long-held flames of romance that make it all impossible to resist."[186] Clarrise Loughery, chief editor of The Independent, wrote that the film is "as thrilling as blockbusters get. It's the kind of edge-of-your-seat, fist-pumping spectacular that can unite an entire room full of strangers sitting in the dark and leave them with a wistful tear in their eye."[187] Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote, "The new film, less of a sequel than a renovation, infuses the 1986 drama of airborne combat with today's politics."[188] Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert.com wrote, "Equally worthy of that big screen is the emotional strokes of Maverick that pack an unexpected punch."[189]

Response from filmmakers edit

On August 3, 2022, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino called Top Gun: Maverick "fantastic", as the film, alongside Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, "provided a true cinematic spectacle, the kind that I'd almost thought that I wasn't going to see anymore." As a long-time admirer of the original Top Gun director, the late Tony Scott, he added: "There was just this lovely, lovely aspect because I love both Tony Scott's cinema so much, and I love Tony so much that that's as close as we're ever going to get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie ... The respect and the love of Tony was in every frame. It was almost in every decision. It was consciously right there, but in this really cool way that was really respectful."[190]

Ridley Scott, Tony's older brother and whom Cruise worked with in the 1985 film Legend, was given a private screening for Maverick.[191][192] Bruckheimer stated, "One of the most heartwarming things I experienced is when we showed the movie to Tony’s brother, Ridley. He was laudatory in his praise for the film and the kind of care that Tom took to honor Tony throughout the movie. That was foremost in everybody's mind." However, Fede Álvarez, director of Alien: Romulus (produced by Scott), later stated that Scott had more negative feelings on Maverick. Álvarez stated "I asked him about the new ‘Top Gun’ and he’s like ‘meh.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he was like, ‘My brother’s was original and this is like eh.’ He really respected it, but you could see how tough he was."[191][192][193]

Role of the U.S. military edit

The film was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention.[74] The U.S. Air Force also ran recruitment ads before the film's screenings.[194] This led some critics, scholars and journalists to criticize the film as propaganda.[195][196][197][198]

Accolades edit

Main article: List of accolades received by Top Gun: Maverick

At the 95th Academy Awards, Top Gun: Maverick received nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects; and won Best Sound.[199] The film's other nominations include four British Academy Film Awards,[200] six Critics' Choice Movie Awards (winning one),[201] and two Golden Globe Awards.[202] It received two National Board of Review Awards and was named one of the top-ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute.[203][204]

Lawsuit edit

In June 2022, the family of Israeli author Ehud Yonay, who wrote the California article "Top Guns" in May 1983 that inspired the first film, sued Paramount for copyright infringement over the release of Top Gun: Maverick and sought damages as well as an injunction against the film's distribution. Jerry Bruckheimer produced the original film, whose screenplay was written by Jim Cash (died 2000) and Jack Epps Jr.; all three men participated in the sequel.[205] According to the lawsuit, Paramount had obtained exclusive film rights to Yonay's article but ignored the 35-year copyright law, wherein the rights reverted to Yonay's widow Shosh and son Yuval in January 2020 after the writer's death in 2012.[206]

The lawsuit claims that Maverick contains elements similar to the original article and that Paramount continued with the filming, even after receiving notice of the copyright's termination. The film distributor considers most of the sequel to have been complete before then and denies that Maverick is derived from Yonay's article.[207][208]

Future edit

In May 2022, Teller revealed that he had been pitching a sequel, which would be tentatively titled Top Gun: Rooster and centered around his character, to Paramount Pictures.[209] By July of the same year, he stated that he has been having ongoing discussions with Cruise regarding a sequel.[210]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ As depicted in Top Gun (1986)
  2. ^ Navy Personnel Command stated that a captain with more than 35 years of service like Maverick would be very unusual, but not impossible.[10]
  3. ^ A two-seat F/A-18 points a laser at the target to assist other strike aircraft in dropping their laser-guided bombs, a tactic known as buddy lazing.[11]
  4. ^ Penny Benjamin's name was given in the previous movie by Goose to identify the "admiral's daughter" mentioned by the air group commander, Commander Tom "Stinger" Jardian, and later Carole Bradshaw, Goose's wife, mentioned Penny Benjamin by name.
  5. ^ Cain's informal nickname is the "Drone Ranger."
  6. ^ According to LT Jake "Hangman" Seresin, perhaps in jest, Floyd's call-sign "Bob" stands for "Baby On Board."

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Top Gun 2 redirects here For the video game see Top Gun 2 video game Top Gun Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie from stories by Peter Craig and Justin Marks The film is a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun Tom Cruise reprises his starring role as the naval aviator Maverick It is based on the characters of the original film created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr It also stars Miles Teller Jennifer Connelly Jon Hamm Glen Powell Lewis Pullman Ed Harris and Val Kilmer who reprises his role as Iceman The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates including the son of his deceased best friend for a dangerous mission Top Gun MaverickTheatrical release posterDirected byJoseph KosinskiScreenplay byEhren Kruger Eric Warren Singer Christopher McQuarrieStory byPeter Craig Justin MarksBased onCharactersby Jim CashJack Epps Jr Produced byJerry Bruckheimer Tom Cruise Christopher McQuarrie David EllisonStarringTom Cruise Miles Teller Jennifer Connelly Jon Hamm Glen Powell Ed Harris Val KilmerCinematographyClaudio MirandaEdited byEddie HamiltonMusic byHarold Faltermeyer Lady Gaga Hans ZimmerProductioncompaniesParamount Pictures Skydance TC Productions New Republic Pictures 1 uncredited Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsDistributed byParamount PicturesRelease datesApril 28 2022 2022 04 28 CinemaCon May 27 2022 2022 05 27 United States Running time130 minutes 2 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 170 177 million 3 1 Box office 1 496 billion 4 5 Development of a Top Gun sequel was announced in 2010 by Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott were asked to return Craig wrote a draft of the screenplay in 2012 but the project stalled when Scott died later that year 6 Top Gun Maverick was later dedicated to Scott s memory 7 Production resumed in 2017 after Kosinski was hired to direct Principal photography which involved the use of IMAX certified 6K full frame cameras took place from May 2018 to April 2019 in California Washington and Maryland It was initially scheduled to be released July 12 2019 but it was delayed several times due to its complex action sequences and later the COVID 19 pandemic During the pandemic several streaming companies attempted to purchase the streaming rights to the film from Paramount but all offers were declined on the orders of Cruise who insisted that it be released exclusively in theaters 8 Top Gun Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28 2022 and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27 2022 The film was acclaimed by critics with many calling it better than the original 9 It won Best Film from the National Board of Review and was also named one of the top ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute Top Gun Maverick was nominated for six awards at the 95th Academy Awards including Best Picture winning Best Sound and received numerous other accolades The film grossed 1 496 billion worldwide making it the second highest grossing film of 2022 and the highest grossing of Cruise s career Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Writing 3 3 Casting 3 4 Filming 3 5 Aircraft 3 5 1 Darkstar 3 5 2 F 14 3 6 Post production 4 Music 5 Marketing 6 Release 6 1 Theatrical 6 2 Home media 7 Reception 7 1 Box office 7 2 Critical response 7 2 1 Response from filmmakers 7 3 Role of the U S military 7 4 Accolades 8 Lawsuit 9 Future 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksPlot editMore than 30 years after graduating from Top Gun a United States Navy Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell is a decorated test pilot whose repeated insubordination has kept him from flag rank b When Rear Admiral Chester Hammer Cain plans to cancel Maverick s hypersonic Darkstar scramjet program Maverick unilaterally changes the target speed for that day s test from Mach 9 to the final contract specification of Mach 10 However the prototype is destroyed when he cannot resist pushing beyond Mach 10 After the flight Cain tells Maverick that he would be grounded if not for Admiral Tom Iceman Kazansky Maverick s friend and former Top Gun rival Iceman now commander of the U S Pacific Fleet has assigned Maverick to the Top Gun school at NAS North Island The Navy has been ordered to destroy an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant before it becomes operational The plant located in an underground bunker at the end of a canyon is defended by surface to air missiles SAMs GPS jammers and fifth generation Su 57 fighters as well as older F 14 Tomcats Maverick devises a plan employing two pairs of F A 18E F Super Hornets armed with laser guided bombs but instead of participating in the strike he is to train an elite group of Top Gun graduates assembled by Air Boss Vice Admiral Beau Cyclone Simpson Maverick dogfights his skeptical students and prevails in every contest winning their respect Two of the students clash Lieutenants Jake Hangman Seresin and Bradley Rooster Bradshaw son of Maverick s deceased best friend and RIO Nick Goose Bradshaw Rooster dislikes Hangman s cavalier attitude while Hangman criticizes Rooster s cautious flying Maverick reunites with former girlfriend Penny Benjamin to whom he reveals that he promised Rooster s dying mother that Rooster would not become a pilot Rooster unaware of the promise angrily resents Maverick for blocking his Naval Academy application impeding his military career and blames him for his father s death Maverick is reluctant to further interfere with Rooster s career but the alternative is to send him on the extremely dangerous mission He tells his doubts to Iceman who has terminal throat cancer Iceman tells him It s time to let go and reassures him that both the Navy and Rooster need Maverick Iceman dies soon after and after an F A 18F crashes during training Cyclone removes Maverick as instructor He relaxes the mission parameters so they are easier to execute but make escape much more difficult During Cyclone s announcement Maverick makes an unauthorized flight through the course with the original parameters proving that it can be done Despite the act of insubordination Cyclone reluctantly appoints Maverick as team leader Maverick flies the lead F A 18E accompanied by a buddy lasing F A 18F c flown by Lieutenant Natasha Phoenix Trace and WSO Lieutenant Robert Bob Floyd Rooster leads the second strike pair which includes Lieutenant Reuben Payback Fitch and WSO Lieutenant Mickey Fanboy Garcia The four jets launch from an aircraft carrier and Tomahawk cruise missiles destroy the nearby air base as they approach The teams destroy the plant but the SAMs open fire during their escape Rooster runs out of countermeasures and Maverick sacrifices his plane to protect him from an incoming strike Believing Maverick to be dead all jets are ordered back to the carrier but Rooster disobeys and returns to find that Maverick ejected and is being pursued by an Mi 24 attack helicopter After destroying the gunship Rooster is shot down by a SAM and ejects The two rendezvous and steal an F 14 from the damaged air base Maverick and Rooster destroy two intercepting Su 57s but a third attacks as they run out of ammunition and countermeasures Hangman unexpectedly arrives in time to shoot it down and the planes return safely Later Rooster helps Maverick work on his P 51 Mustang Rooster looks at a photo of their mission s success pinned alongside a photo of his late father and a young Maverick as Penny and Maverick fly off in the P 51 Cast editTom Cruise as Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell A test pilot and flight instructor training a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission 12 Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley Rooster Bradshaw An F A 18E pilot in the mission training group He is the son of Maverick s late RIO and best friend LTJG Nick Goose and Carole Bradshaw Rooster was previously portrayed by twins Aaron and Adam Weis in Top Gun in uncredited roles Jennifer Connelly as Penelope Penny Benjamin Maverick s rekindled love interest who is a single mother a bar owner and the daughter of an admiral d Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau Cyclone Simpson The commander of Naval Air Forces Glen Powell as LT Jake Hangman Seresin An F A 18E pilot and mission candidate Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester Hammer Cain Maverick s superior and head of the Darkstar program e 13 Val Kilmer as Admiral Tom Iceman Kazansky The commander of U S Pacific Fleet close friend and former rival of Maverick Lewis Pullman as LT Robert Bob Floyd Phoenix s F A 18F WSO and mission candidate f Charles Parnell as Rear Admiral Solomon Warlock Bates The commander of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center and an acquaintance of Maverick Bashir Salahuddin as Chief Warrant Officer Four Bernie Hondo Coleman A friend of Maverick s Monica Barbaro as LT Natasha Phoenix Trace An F A 18F pilot and mission candidate Jay Ellis as LT Reuben Payback Fitch An F A 18F pilot and mission candidate Danny Ramirez as LT Mickey Fanboy Garcia Payback s F A 18F WSO and mission candidate Greg Tarzan Davis as LT Javy Coyote Machado An F A 18E pilot and mission candidate Manny Jacinto as LT Billy Fritz Avalone An F A 18E pilot and mission candidate Raymond Lee as LT Logan Yale Lee An F A 18F pilot and mission candidate Jake Picking as LT Brigham Harvard Lennox Yale s F A 18F WSO and mission candidate Jack Schumacher as LT Neil Omaha Vikander An F A 18F pilot and mission candidate Kara Wang as LT Callie Halo Bassett Omaha s F A 18F WSO and mission candidate Lyliana Wray as Amelia Benjamin Penny s daughter Jean Louisa Kelly as Sarah Kazansky Iceman s wife James Handy as Jimmy An old bartender at Penny s bar Chido Nwokocha as Mission Controller Chelsea Harris as Admiral s Aide Anthony Edwards Meg Ryan as well as Aaron and Adam Weis appear as the Bradshaw family in archive footage from Top Gun along with Kelly McGillis as Charlotte Charlie Blackwood Production editDevelopment edit In 1990 during the promotion of Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Tom Cruise dismissed the notion of a sequel to Top Gun 1986 as irresponsible 14 Paramount Pictures began development on the film in 2010 after making offers to Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott to create a sequel to Top Gun with Tom Cruise reprising his role When asked about his idea for a new Top Gun film Scott replied This world fascinated me because it s so different from what it was originally But I don t want to do a remake I don t want to do a reinvention I want to do a new movie 15 It was reported that the film would focus on the end of the dogfighting era 16 the role of drones in modern aerial warfare 17 and would see Cruise s character Maverick fly an F A 18E Super Hornet 18 Following Scott s suicide in 2012 the sequel s future became uncertain but producer Jerry Bruckheimer remained committed to the project especially given interest expressed by Cruise and Kilmer 19 Cruise revealed in June 2017 that the sequel would be titled Top Gun Maverick noting that he did not want a number in the title 20 He added that the film is going to be a competition film similar to the first one but clarified it as a progression for Maverick 21 22 By July 2017 Joseph Kosinski was announced as the director after previously collaborating with Cruise on Oblivion 2013 23 24 Kosinski met with Cruise on the set of Mission Impossible Fallout 2018 providing a lookbook a poster and a title Top Gun Maverick prior to his hiring Cruise then contacted Jim Gianopulos and requested to make the film 25 On June 19 2019 at CineEurope in Barcelona attendees were able to watch for the first time some early footage of the film from a special Paramount presentation During the presentation the President of International Theatrical Distribution Mark Viane and co president of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Mary Daily appeared in flight clothes as a part of the promotion 26 In 2019 China s Tencent invested 12 5 of the film but later pulled out of the project at the end of that year over concerns that the film s themes could anger the Chinese government 27 Writing edit By mid 2010 Christopher McQuarrie received an offer to write the sequel s screenplay which was rumored to have Cruise s character Maverick in a smaller role 28 The following year Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz were credited as screenwriters on the project 29 The studio would later move onto Peter Craig to draft a new script under Scott s direction in March 2012 30 However the project was unexpectedly stalled due to Scott s suicide in August of that year 31 In March 2014 Bruckheimer said the filmmakers were taking a new approach which involved pilots being rendered obsolete by drones 32 In September 2014 the sequel was officially revived Justin Marks entered negotiations to write the screenplay 33 Marks said that the sequel to Top Gun was his dream project and that the original was an iconic film in his memory that inspired him to write screenplays 34 He researched the F 35 Joint Strike Fighter to gain insight into how Top Gun would be represented in the current period 34 Maverick in that film was in his early twenties and now he s in his fifties It had to be a different journey but it was important it was a journey for a man at a different part of his life We think of Top Gun as an action film but I think of it as a drama It has some incredible action scenes in it but there is a drama at the center of it Kosinski on the new script of Top Gun Maverick 35 Scott had apparently finalized the script and begun scouting locations He and Cruise toured Naval Air Station Fallon Nevada a week before his death 36 The Hollywood Reporter said the Top Gun sequel was one of three directing projects in advanced development 37 During scripting discussions in Paris in 2017 where Cruise was shooting for Mission Impossible Fallout Kosinski pitched two ideas to Cruise 25 38 The first focused on the severed relationship between Maverick and Goose s son set against a dangerous combat mission The second focused on Maverick s current place in the Navy as part of the Darkstar program and the secrecy surrounding it 38 With Kosinski in place as director Only the Brave 2017 screenwriter Eric Warren Singer boarded the film to rewrite the script by August 2017 39 40 In October 2018 McQuarrie a frequent collaborator of Cruise was brought in for rewrites during production 41 McQuarrie opted to mostly ignore the first film during the writing process he also flew with the Blue Angels in preparation 42 By January 2020 final screenplay credits were given to Ehren Kruger Singer and McQuarrie while story credit was attributed to Craig and Marks 43 44 Casting edit nbsp Jennifer Connelly played Cruise s love interest Cruise s involvement in Top Gun Maverick was announced in January 2016 45 He was paid between 12 and 14 million 46 plus a portion of the film s box office gross which totaled more than 100 million 47 Val Kilmer now cancer free had campaigned on his Facebook page to reprise his role in the film 48 In June 2018 TheWrap reported that he would appear in the film 49 While Bruckheimer and the filmmakers wanted to bring Kilmer back Cruise insisted on it 50 A trailer released in March 2022 featured a photograph of Kilmer wearing a uniform of a four star admiral In July 2018 Miles Teller was cast in the role of Goose s son against Nicholas Hoult and Glen Powell 51 Later that month Jennifer Connelly joined the film s cast to play a single mother running a bar near the naval base 52 53 In August 2018 Powell joined the cast in a pilot trainee role that was enlarged for him having impressed Cruise Bruckheimer and executives at Paramount and Skydance Media with his auditions 54 He was cast as the arrogant Hangman originally named Slayer when he read the script Powell was initially unimpressed by the prospect of taking the role feeling the character was a unidimensional dick garnish and a Navy Draco Malfoy with no payoff nor reason to exist other than adding conflict to Rooster s character arc Cruise Bruckheimer Kosinski and McQuarrie managed to convince him that he could shape his performance to make Hangman a more well rounded character Cruise advised Powell on body language in different cultures helping him to play Hangman so that global audiences would emotionally connect with the character 55 In the same month Monica Barbaro Thomasin McKenzie Charles Parnell Jay Ellis Bashir Salahuddin Danny Ramirez Ed Harris Jon Hamm and Lewis Pullman joined the cast of the film Barbaro Pullman Ellis and Ramirez portrayed aviator trainees while McKenzie was to portray the daughter of Connelly s character 56 57 58 Hamm signed onto the film before he was given an official offer or script 59 In September 2018 Manny Jacinto joined the cast 60 In October 2018 Kara Wang Jack Schumacher Greg Tarzan Davis Jake Picking Raymond Lee Jean Louisa Kelly and Lyliana Wray joined the cast 61 Wray replaced McKenzie who dropped out of the film after signing onto Lost Girls 2020 62 In November 2018 Chelsea Harris joined the cast 63 Kelly McGillis Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis all of whom appeared in the original film were not asked to appear in the sequel 64 65 66 According to an interview with Vanity Fair Lewis Hamilton was offered a fighter pilot role because of his friendship with Cruise but turned down the offer due to his Formula One commitments 67 Filming edit nbsp Filming took place on the USS Abraham Lincoln To create the illusion that the actors were piloting the jets during flying scenes the producers paid the Navy 11 374 per flight hour for F A 18E single seat and F A 18F dual seat Super Hornets and pilots to fly them For external shots real Navy pilots flew the E version For shots of the actors in flight the F version was used with the actual pilot in the front seat 68 One F A 18F was rigged with special cameras to film an actor in the back seat Cruise designed a three month boot camp to train the actors with flying roles to get them used to aerobatics and high g forces as well as build the spatial awareness they would need to operate the camera equipment Some of the training was required by the Navy for passengers in tactical jets including underwater evacuation 69 Barbaro said the cast endured aerobatics riding in the Extra 300L flown by Chuck Coleman including right before flights in the F A 18F to ensure their bodies had the required tolerance She also praised the female pilots she had worked with during the filming process and commented that while the military aviation community is progressive there s no way that sexism doesn t still exist in little moments here and there It s par for the course for women in historically male dominated spaces So I was glad we kept that in 70 The actors also had to learn lighting cinematography and editing to properly run the cameras because as Bruckheimer put it when they re up in the jet they have to direct themselves essentially 71 Preliminary production on the film officially started on May 30 2018 in San Diego 72 73 The crew filmed aerial shots at Naval Air Station Fallon 74 In late August a 15 person film crew from Paramount and Bruckheimer Films shot flight deck operations aboard the Norfolk based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln 75 76 In mid February 2019 Cruise and the production crew were sighted on board USS Theodore Roosevelt at NAS North Island 77 In March filming in the Cascade Mountains was completed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor Washington where routes were scouted by helicopter and the L 39 before filming the F A 18s 78 74 79 On June 19 2019 Miles Teller revealed in an interview that he had finished filming two days earlier 80 Principal photography was scheduled until April 15 2019 in San Diego Lemoore China Lake 81 Chico 82 and Lake Tahoe in California 83 Seattle 84 and Patuxent River Maryland 85 The low pass scene with Ed Harris was filmed at China Lake with flying a Blue Angels plane at less than 50 ft 15 m around 450 kn 520 mph 830 km h which on the 20th and last pass pulled roofing material from the guard shack flying off held only by romex cable 74 The post production and editing works were supervised by Kosinski at his home during the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown 86 The film was shot in IMAX format using IMAX certified Sony Venice 6K full frame cameras 87 Kosinski said that the team spent more than a year with Navy forces to use the IMAX cameras inside the cockpit with four cameras facing toward the actors and two facing forward in addition to cameras mounted all over the exteriors of the aircraft He said the audience should feel the authenticity strain speed and gravitational forces something that cannot be achieved through soundstage or visual effects which needed a tremendous amount of effort and work NAVAIR engineers used wind tunnel testing and computer modeling to rig cameras to the aircraft to withstand the speeds and g forces sustained during maneuvering and carrier landings while maintaining safety in the event of ejection 74 35 The crew shot the aerial footage outside the F A 18s with gimbal stabilized cameras on three platforms a nose mounted rig on one of two modified Aero L 39 Albatros that could film at 350 kn 403 mph 648 km h and 3 g nose and tail mounted cameras on an Embraer Phenom 300 and a nose mounted rig on an Airbus AS350 helicopter 88 89 78 More than 800 hours of aerial footage was shot for the film 74 exceeding the combined footage shot for the films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy 90 The old military bar was constructed in the beach side in Los Angeles The steel structure was assembled off site for visual inspection then dismantled and re built on set 91 Aircraft edit For most of the planes including the F A 18E F the production crew acquired 20 working aircraft from all over the country Hindle said that Kosinski had made specifications for every detail during design including the helmets suits props and several others 91 Darkstar edit The fictional Darkstar aircraft was designed with help from engineers from Lockheed Martin and its Skunk Works division A full scale mockup of the aircraft was built and filmed at China Lake 92 Kosinski said The reason we approached Skunk Works is because I wanted to make the most realistic hypersonic aircraft we possibly could In fact as you saw we built it full scale in cooperation with them But the reason it looks so real is because it was the engineers from Skunk Works who helped us design it So those are the same people who are working on real aircraft who helped us design Darkstar for this film 93 Lockheed denied that Darkstar is related to the uncrewed Lockheed Martin SR 72 whose existence the company has never confirmed 94 F 14 edit nbsp A screenshot of the F 14 Tomcat from Top Gun Maverick For the dogfighting scene the jet was shown completely through visual effects Production designer Jeremy Hindle said that using a F 14 Tomcat which is featured in the first film would have been difficult There are no F 14s that fly because they have been decommissioned in the U S and all the engines have been taken out of them 91 He said that they were not able to use the active F 14 Tomcats in Iran the only other country that acquired the aircraft due to sanctions The U S scuttled or disabled its vast fleet of F 14s once they were retired to prevent the illicit export of spare parts 95 With help from the Navy the production team secured one F 14A from the San Diego Air amp Space Museum in California 96 Hindle described further challenges including dismantling and shipping the plane s components and making the aircraft as functional as possible though still without engines 91 Post production edit VFX artist Fred Lyn said CGI was used extensively in the film The F 14 and Su 57 were visualized entirely by computer 97 while the F A 18 dogfighting and final strike scenes were shot with a single jet producing footage that was used to create multiple jets onscreen 97 The film had about 2 400 VFX shots all produced under visual effects supervisor Ryan Tudhope 98 Most work was done by Method Studios and MPC Film though Lola VFX and Blind provided the 2D motion graphics training visualizations and the jet s head up displays Skywalker Sound worked on sound design and temp mixing for the film They created aviation sound effects working closely with GE Aviation a jet engine manufacturer out of Cincinnati 99 Final sound editing and mixing n Dolby Atmos and IMAX was handled by London based Soundbyte Studios 100 and Twickenham Film Studios Recording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor worked in two theaters with different audio configurations to complete the mixes which took place in June and July 2020 101 After his treatment and operation for throat cancer Val Kilmer lost his ability to speak effectively 102 In 2021 he worked with Sonantic a UK based software company that specializes in voice synthesis to digitally recreate his voice using AI technology and archived audio recordings of his voice 103 The collaboration with Sonantic led to a successful vocal model program that Kilmer could apply in future projects 103 104 For Top Gun Maverick however this technology was not used Director Joseph Kosinski said in an interview that they used Kilmer s actual voice digitally altering it to increase clarity 105 Footage from the original film was used in a scene where Maverick watches Rooster playing Great Balls of Fire on the piano invoking memories of Goose s family and death 106 The footage was used as a flashback to help explain the characters relationship and to deepen the emotional conflicts involved This was not planned in the original script Kosinski introduced the idea in the film editing phase 107 Music editMain article Top Gun Maverick soundtrack Top Gun composer Harold Faltermeyer reprised his role being joined by Lady Gaga OneRepublic and Hans Zimmer The soundtrack was produced by Lorne Balfe The soundtrack was released on May 27 2022 through Interscope Records and Paramount Music 108 109 It was promoted by two singles Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga and I Ain t Worried by OneRepublic From the first film the score also incorporates elements of the original Top Gun Anthem 110 111 and the song Danger Zone composed by Giorgio Moroder and sung by Kenny Loggins 112 Marketing editThe film s first teaser trailer premiered during a surprise appearance by Cruise at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con on July 18 2019 113 114 The first trailer received high praise from fans with many lauding the return of the series and some comparing it to Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker 115 The Hollywood Reporter wrote that some fans noticed that the flag of the Republic of China the flag used by the government of the Republic of China based on the island of Taiwan and the Flag of Japan were missing from the flight jacket of Cruise s character and accused Paramount of removing it to appease China based co financier Tencent Pictures 116 However the Republic of China and Japanese flags were later restored as Tencent would end up pulling out of the production leading to them being uncredited in the final film 117 The second trailer was released in December 2019 118 and a new Snapchat filter for the film was introduced by Paramount to engage young generation audiences 119 In February 2020 toy manufacturer Matchbox owned by Mattel announced that they were releasing a series of Top Gun die cast models and products including the F 14 Tomcat F A 18E F Super Hornet and the P 51 Mustang as well as role play items They were scheduled for public release on June 1 2020 despite the delayed theatrical release 120 In June 2020 plastic model manufacturer Revell released a series of 1 48 scale Top Gun plastic models including an F 14A Tomcat and an F A 18E Super Hornet based upon the aircraft in the movie These are versions of previous Revell offerings with modified decals and markings 121 In July 2020 Hasbro announced a Top Gun themed Transformers toy Maverick which was released later in the year 122 Hasbro later re released the toy as a Walmart exclusive to tie into the film s final release date On August 26 2021 the first 13 minutes of the film were previewed at CinemaCon along with a new trailer with Tom Cruise marking his presence virtually at the event 123 In January 2022 CBS Sports released a new clip from the film coinciding with the AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals 124 In February 2022 the final trailer of the film tied to Porsche was aired before Super Bowl LVI 125 In April 2022 Project ACES the developers of the Ace Combat series announced the release of an aircraft collaboration DLC for Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown with Top Gun Maverick released on May 26 one day before the film s release 126 127 A free expansion based on Top Gun Maverick was also released for Microsoft Flight Simulator on the same day containing the F A 18E F Superhornet and fictional Darkstar planes as playable aircraft 128 An interactive website was also launched on the same month 129 On May 23 Cruise collaborated with The Late Late Show host James Corden for recreating a fighter sequence as a part of promotions 130 131 A three week promotional tour was conducted in Mexico City Tokyo Cannes London San Diego and Los Angeles 132 Event Cinemas announced Top Gun Maverick Collector Combo featuring a medium large salt popcorn with refreshments in a collector cup being marketed with stills featuring Cruise 133 Other marketing deals were arranged with Applebee s restaurant chains 134 and Vudu 135 Release edit nbsp From left Christopher McQuarrie Vice Admiral Kenneth R Whitesell Tom Cruise Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer at the premiere of the film on May 4 2022Theatrical edit Top Gun Maverick was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27 2022 with advance screenings starting the day before 136 It was originally scheduled to be released on July 12 2019 but was delayed to June 26 2020 in order to shoot several complex action sequences 8 By March 2020 Paramount moved the film up two days early on June 24 2020 137 and it was then moved to December 23 due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization 138 139 On July 23 2020 the film was delayed again to July 2 2021 due in part to scheduling conflicts with Cruise as well as the recent delays of Mulan and Tenet due to the rise of COVID 19 cases 140 and was further delayed to November 19 2021 141 before finalizing the May 2022 release date 136 The film had its world premiere at CinemaCon on April 28 2022 142 which was followed by a global premiere hosted at the San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego on May 4 which was also streamed live through YouTube 143 144 It also screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18 in an Official Selection Screening where it received a five minute standing ovation from the audience The Cannes premiere included a tribute to Cruise and his career 145 146 The following day it had its UK premiere at the Royal Film Performance at London s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in aid of the Film amp TV Charity The film was the last Royal Film Performance of Queen Elizabeth II s reign as she died later that same year 147 ScreenX theaters 148 and AMC Theatres 149 150 held Early Access Event screenings at limited locations across the United States on May 24 2022 Home media edit Apple TV attempted to purchase the distribution rights to Top Gun Maverick but Paramount declined to sell them When asked at the film s CinemaCon premiere about Apple and other streaming companies attempting to purchase the distribution rights Bruckheimer said that the film had always had a big screen destination At the film s premiere at Cannes Cruise also denied that the film was going to streaming 151 152 153 Despite the model that most films debut on streaming 45 days after their theatrical releases 154 Paramount decided to keep Top Gun Maverick in theaters for an extended run due to Cruise s insistence and the successive week to week box office results of the film The film was released digitally in standard definition high definition and UHD on August 23 2022 followed by the Ultra HD Blu ray Blu ray and DVD releases on November 1 2022 in the United States 155 and October 31 2022 in the United Kingdom 156 It includes the expanded aspect ratio of 1 90 1 in select sequences as seen in IMAX screenings four featurettes on the making of the film Cruise discussing his career at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and two music videos of the songs featured in the film 157 Paramount and SkyShowtime under the joint venture between both Paramount Global and Sky Group made Top Gun Maverick available to stream on December 22 2022 as part of a customer s subscription to either service 158 159 In the United States Top Gun Maverick became the most watched film to debut on Paramount 160 Reception editBox office edit Top Gun Maverick grossed 718 7 million in the United States and Canada and 777 million in other territories for a worldwide total of 1 496 billion 4 5 The film became the highest grossing film of Cruise s career on June 17 2022 after crossing 800 million worldwide 161 On June 26 the film crossed 1 billion becoming the second film to do so during the pandemic era 162 163 It is the second highest grossing film released in 2022 behind Avatar The Way of Water 164 Sonny Bunch writing for The Washington Post argued that the film s financial success along with that of Spider Man No Way Home demonstrates that securing a theatrical release in China is not mandatory for a Hollywood film to be profitable 165 Deadline Hollywood calculated the film s net profit as 391 1 million accounting for production budgets marketing talent participations and other costs box office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2022 s Most Valuable Blockbusters 1 In the United States and Canada Top Gun Maverick was the highest grossing film released in 2022 4 166 It grossed 126 7 million in its opening three day weekend and 160 5 million over the four day Memorial Day weekend finishing first at the box office and nearly doubling Cruise s previous career best The film also had the largest Memorial Day four day opening weekend 167 In its second weekend it grossed 90 million the 29 drop was the smallest ever for a film that had an opening of over 100 million surpassing Shrek 2 33 drop in its second weekend from a 108 million debut in May 2004 168 The film was dethroned by newcomer Jurassic World Dominion in its third weekend though still grossed 51 9 million 169 The film remained in the top five at the box office throughout its first ten weeks of release 170 The film finally dropped out of the top five at the box office in its 11th weekend finishing sixth with 7 million 171 In its 12th weekend the film was re released in over 400 theaters and made 7 1 million returning to second place 172 173 In its 15th weekend the film made 6 million and a total of 7 9 million over the four day Labor Day frame returning to the top of the box office 174 Box office analysts attributed the film s longevity at the box office to positive critical reviews and word of mouth 175 176 Outside the US and Canada the film grossed 124 million from 62 markets in its opening weekend It was Cruise s biggest opening ever in 32 of those markets and Paramount s best opening for a live action film in 18 of them The largest markets in its opening weekend were the United Kingdom 19 4 million France 11 7 million Australia 10 7 million Japan 9 7 million and Germany 6 5 million The film had the best debut of Cruise s career in the Middle East 6 3 million Brazil 5 3 million the Netherlands 2 4 million Sweden 2 2 million Belgium 1 7 million New Zealand 1 4 million Poland 1 2 million Argentina 1 2 million Finland 1 1 million and Portugal 770 000 IMAX accounted for 10 4 million of its opening weekend outside the US and Canada 177 The following weekend it made 85 8 million a mere 16 drop that included 18 5 million from IMAX screenings 178 As of September 18 2022 update the top markets are the United Kingdom 102 million Japan 93 6 million South Korea 67 2 million Australia 64 3 million and France 58 2 million 179 Critical response edit nbsp Tom Cruise received critical acclaim for his performance in the film with some reviewers saying it is one of the best of his career 9 On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes 96 of 470 critics reviews are positive with an average rating of 8 20 10 The website s consensus reads Top Gun Maverick pulls off a feat even trickier than a 4G inverted dive delivering a long belated sequel that surpasses its predecessor in wildly entertaining style 180 Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100 based on 63 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 181 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare A grade on an A to F scale while PostTrak reported 96 of audience members gave it a positive score with 84 saying they would definitely recommend it 167 Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood called the sequel better than the original movie 182 The New York Times based critic A O Scott called it a thin over strenuous and sometimes very enjoyable movie and an earnest statement of the thesis that movies can and should be great 183 Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian that Cruise presides over some surprising differences from his first outing as the navy pilot hotshot in a film that s missing the homoerotic tensions of the 80s original 184 Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote that the movie counts as a worthy sequel in that it succeeds and fails in many of the same ways as the original 185 Entertainment ie s Brian Lloyd s 4 star review said the film exceeds with flying colours and exists in a world that is all of its own making There are golden sunsets perfectly crisp white t shirts exquisitely coiffed hair and long held flames of romance that make it all impossible to resist 186 Clarrise Loughery chief editor of The Independent wrote that the film is as thrilling as blockbusters get It s the kind of edge of your seat fist pumping spectacular that can unite an entire room full of strangers sitting in the dark and leave them with a wistful tear in their eye 187 Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote The new film less of a sequel than a renovation infuses the 1986 drama of airborne combat with today s politics 188 Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert com wrote Equally worthy of that big screen is the emotional strokes of Maverick that pack an unexpected punch 189 Response from filmmakers edit On August 3 2022 filmmaker Quentin Tarantino called Top Gun Maverick fantastic as the film alongside Steven Spielberg s West Side Story provided a true cinematic spectacle the kind that I d almost thought that I wasn t going to see anymore As a long time admirer of the original Top Gun director the late Tony Scott he added There was just this lovely lovely aspect because I love both Tony Scott s cinema so much and I love Tony so much that that s as close as we re ever going to get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie The respect and the love of Tony was in every frame It was almost in every decision It was consciously right there but in this really cool way that was really respectful 190 Ridley Scott Tony s older brother and whom Cruise worked with in the 1985 film Legend was given a private screening for Maverick 191 192 Bruckheimer stated One of the most heartwarming things I experienced is when we showed the movie to Tony s brother Ridley He was laudatory in his praise for the film and the kind of care that Tom took to honor Tony throughout the movie That was foremost in everybody s mind However Fede Alvarez director of Alien Romulus produced by Scott later stated that Scott had more negative feelings on Maverick Alvarez stated I asked him about the new Top Gun and he s like meh I m like What are you talking about And he was like My brother s was original and this is like eh He really respected it but you could see how tough he was 191 192 193 Role of the U S military edit The film was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U S military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention 74 The U S Air Force also ran recruitment ads before the film s screenings 194 This led some critics scholars and journalists to criticize the film as propaganda 195 196 197 198 Accolades edit Main article List of accolades received by Top Gun Maverick At the 95th Academy Awards Top Gun Maverick received nominations for Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Song Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects and won Best Sound 199 The film s other nominations include four British Academy Film Awards 200 six Critics Choice Movie Awards winning one 201 and two Golden Globe Awards 202 It received two National Board of Review Awards and was named one of the top ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute 203 204 Lawsuit editIn June 2022 the family of Israeli author Ehud Yonay who wrote the California article Top Guns in May 1983 that inspired the first film sued Paramount for copyright infringement over the release of Top Gun Maverick and sought damages as well as an injunction against the film s distribution Jerry Bruckheimer produced the original film whose screenplay was written by Jim Cash died 2000 and Jack Epps Jr all three men participated in the sequel 205 According to the lawsuit Paramount had obtained exclusive film rights to Yonay s article but ignored the 35 year copyright law wherein the rights reverted to Yonay s widow Shosh and son Yuval in January 2020 after the writer s death in 2012 206 The lawsuit claims that Maverick contains elements 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