‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Becomes Biggest Opening for Tom Cruise with $150M Weekend

I'm never giving that fucking Clam a penny of my money.

Are people really back at movie theaters like that? I’m blown away. I thought most people waited for stuff to come to streaming these days.

The movies are back, baby! All that streaming stuff is kaput, y’hear?

How do they explain away Kelly McGillis?

[quote]Are people really back at movie theaters like that? I’m blown away. I thought most people waited for stuff to come to streaming these days.

I guess you somehow missed all of the reports on the phenomenal grosses of the most recent SPIDER MAN movie. What cave do you live in?

I won't see it unless Tom presents hole.

I would think that there’s some new younger, hotter pilots in the movie whose holes I’d rather see. And no, I don’t mean Miles Teller.

great movie! entertaining summer flick!

Here's the fucking plot to the CLAM movie.

People must just be starved for entertainment.

I like Tom Cruise. His action movies are still solid entertainment so I’m happy to see the love for him.

King

R10 It’s a big budget, fun dumb movie that’s not based on a fucking comic book. Sounds like an improvement.

I went to see Downton Abbey: A New Era last night and it was a big, long, disappointment. Downton Abbey belongs on television, not in the cinema. I wish I had gone to see Top Gun: Maverick instead.

Tom Cruise sucks. Only deplorables would go see this stupid movie.

The world is a depressing place, this movie is an escape from that for a couple of hours. good fun. enjoyable for the whole family...

A huge box office smash!

R15 and ignorant massive self absorbed celebrity worshippers! this is truly TRULY eye opening for me!

Cruise could be the public face of the KKK and a child abuser and MILLIONS would still pay to see his movies, support and defend and even worship him and why? because it's all about them being entertained for 2 hours by him and his movies! You could tell people what he is and involved in and they don't want to know and/or don't care to know!...

TO me, this is literal moral and ethical bankruptcy in so many! simply sick!...

meanwhile cruise and his cult are laughing at them...

Maybe most people aren’t as unforgiving, bitter, judgmental, and petty as you.

Audiences are praising it for no woke nonsense.

People desperately want to go back to the eighties or nineties right now. I expect more reboots like this.

R19... R18 here.. yeah, it's ME whose the problem, not the public face of evil organization. How dare I be "bitter, judgmental and petty!"... say that to those in this cult trapped and abused and their families! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND?!....shame on you!....

all the way to the Bank (of Scientology)

We watched Top Gun on Netflix last night.

I forgot how cringy the dialogue was. It was like watching a cartoon.

We turned it off after 30 minutes, lest we had to listen to any more cheesy 1980s synthesizers during the flying scenes.

I’ve actually never seen it, R24.

I can’t wait to see it tonight

I mean people should enjoy themselves before COVID rises again. I personally see no reason to go out and pay money for this movie. The last movies I went out to see were John Wick.

^^Before COVID rises again.

Oh, boy. Stay in your basement.

Before COVID rises again, R27? Covid is over, honey.

You people are dense as hell. It is rising again. But I expect people who like pro-war propaganda with a middling actor like Tammy Cruise would not be that bright.

R28 I go to work everyday. I walk the streets every day. I'm vaxxed and don't wear a mask. But I am not wasting my money and most likely shitty sequel with a Scientologist and sitting in an enclosed space with complete strangers who are fat, unhygienic and can spread shit. I watch stuff from home and invite my friends over. Cheaper and safer.

The lost meaning of "Top Gun" (repressed homosexuality):

You can enjoy a movie if you don’t like the actor’s personal life. He’s acting, that’s his job and apparently he is still bankable.

Sorry, read it wrong. The writer is saying that it was NOT repressed homosexuality.

How much of the box office goes to Scientology? People will pay to see anything including a military entertainment.

Miss Cruise movies are fucking garbage, she cannot act. It is "repressed Homosexuality" Miss Cruise is acting" Look at me I'm str8 I LOVE PUSSY. I'm Butch" Ignore my 3 ex-wives'& my freak religion. I fuck bitches

I will not be seeing it. I'm also curious how they explain away the chick.

The movie was really good. Miles Teller looked hot.

R37 They didn’t really, but “Penny” was apparently mentioned in the first movie as a former girlfriend so they built off that and created a backstory.

Tammy is going to die as the closeted headcase bottom bitch of David Miscavige.

They were all celebrating on Breitbart saying: "Masculine, Pro-American ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Blasts to $146M Opening, Towers over Woke Flops" and:

[quote]The ageless star [Cruise] is in full control of his film destiny, and he clearly helped “Maverick” avoid most, if not all, of the culture war booby traps. No hand wringing over military might or extended emasculation of its rugged hero, for starters. No lectures on America’s imperfect past or gender inequality. And, suffice to say, “Top Gun: Maverick” isn’t woke in the slightest. It is, though, a testament to American excellence and the ability to achieve a goal no matter the odds.

They were all aghast and celebrating UNTIL...someone mentioned that Dr. Strange (a film they decried as "woke garbage" a few weeks ago) made more its opening weekend.

They thought they had him "owned"...

MAGA Movie

Was the first one a Reagan movie, R43?

I sure miss the days when you could go to a movie and not wonder if it was a vehicle for the "left" or "right" ☹️

And just for the record, isn’t Tom Cruise a Democrat?

I don’t think he’s done anything to show his partisan leanings.

Tom Cruise writes his own name in every election

3rd biggest opening of the year. Good effort Tammy.

This is r10 again. Had time to kill this afternoon so took my mother to see it. She was in college when the original came out so was gushing over Tom Cruise. A woman behind us kept loaning when he was on screen during the beach shot. Was hilarious. But he looks fucking great for a 60 year old man.

[quote]A woman behind us kept loaning when he was on screen during the beach shot.

How reasonable were her interest rates?

Boxshh offishh smassshh?

The press must be desperate for a story. This opening is around #40 for all-time biggest movie opening weekends.

So much for Cis Het White Males becoming irrelevant. This is what the public wants to see, not some lecturing woke shit.

This movie looks so bad. I thought it would flop big time. Seriously who saw this? Was it only a hit because it doesn't have any competition?

Tom Cruise has given $$$ to Dems although he doesn't publicly talk about politics

IS $150 million over four days for a film that opened on over 4,700 screens all that great? I mean of course, it's a big hit. But for a movie that opened on the most screens ever, shouldn't the gross have been double that? Didn't the last Spiderman take in over $300 million its first weekend, just before Christmas?

As much as I hate Tom Cruise as a person, he sure has good instincts when it comes to the films he chooses to do. Currently, he’s the sole actor in Hollywood who manages to do franchise films that get subsequently better with each new release (Mission: Impossible, and now Top Gun). Kudos, you crazy son of a Thetan.

I thought it was good, not great. The flight sequences are impressive, and the finale is well done. The middle drags when you go a stretch without any flying. Val Kilmer's cameo is sad, but it's nice he was included.

R33... well all i can say is who cruise is and all of us are as persons and what we are involved in is suppose to be more important than what we do for a living, if we are famous or wealthy, and us being "entertained' in some way...

He's doing a 2-part Mission Impossible film next, to be released in summer 2023 and 2024. It's interesting how Hollywood is now splitting big films into 2 separate movies so they can give audiences an epic experience. Dune, Wicked and Mission Impossible are the first films to do it this way. I look forward to it.

[quote]People desperately want to go back to the eighties or nineties right now. I expect more reboots like this.

I imagine that is how many people probably felt in 1922, after a world war (1914-1918) and a global pandemic (1918-1920). Not to mention all of the social changes that took place in that same period. Women got the vote, ditched theirs corsets/long skirts, and began bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, and smoking in public. Some people probably felt like the world was going to hell in a wastebasket. Also, in the U.S., Prohibition was the law of the land into the early 1930s.

I'm 42 and many people around my age are nostalgic for their youth in the 1990s, before social media/smartphones. I'm sure there were many people my age back then who yearned for the simplicity 1890s, before cars, before silent films, before WWI, before the Spanish Flu.

[quote]It's interesting how Hollywood is now splitting big films into 2 separate movies so they can give audiences an epic experience. Dune, Wicked and Mission Impossible are the first films to do it this way.

I believe Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games did that ten years ago to the last book in their respective series.

Also, the Hobbit was split into three movies.

Now he and Miss Cabbage will have lots of dough to fund the cult. Also, an extended romantic trip.

[quote] It's interesting how Hollywood is now splitting big films into 2 separate movies so they can make twice as much money.

Fixed, r61.

As r63 says, this is not new. Harry Potter and Hunger Games did that.

The Divergent Series, which featured Teller, TRIED to do that and the last film in the series was such a flop they canceled the last film, so even the fans of the films didn't get proper closure.

It's still a risk. I think Mission Impossible can pull it off, though. I agree that the films get better and better.

I think a lot of people are sick of the comic book movies , but just want to be in a theater and not stream their entertainment all the time.

They want to see a good old-fashioned blockbuster movie that doesn't involve superheroes or and woke lecturing bullshit.

I can’t believe people on a gay site are bragging about seeing a militaristic Tammy film.

r69 not all gay men are mincing femme diva-worshipping yasss queen prisspots

I seem to remember a kill bill 1 and kill bill 2. They weren't even based on specific books

But this new? ok......

R70 for some reason, I am reminded of the time when Brody Jenner had a reality show over ten years ago where men across America competed to be his new best friend or something.

Anyway, one of the contestants, was a femme gay who ended up being a wet blanket, because he was upset that Lauren Conrad was not going to be there. He was a huge fan of THE HILLS (with Brody & Lauren) and had envisioned being her new gay bestie, going shopping and gossiping. He left after a day or two, because he said that wasn't what he signed up for. I was like, "Fool! You're surrounded by a bunch of hot guys. Who cares about some chick?" 😂

Hot men in uniform! what's not to like?

[QUOTE] what's not to like?

Miles Teller’s face.

"Hot men in uniform! what's not to like? "

Hot men out of uniform is better 😜

I'm not that interested in Top Gun or Spiderman, but I'm thrilled that people are going back to theaters again. If they can save movie theaters, then I'm all for it. It looked like they were goners this time last year.

I can still remember as a little kid going to the theater to see the big summer blockbusters like Jaws and ET. I would hate to see that experience go away for good.

Is John Rocklin in this movie?

If it wants to survive, Hollywood needs to ditch the woke and give the people what they want, which is fun escapism, ,NOT gloom & doom lectures. People want to be optimistic.

Last week they were predicting a boffo $80 million dollar weekend, and the reality will be almost double that.

That is the indicator they are excited about as much as the numbers themselves. It shows presence of an audience of moviegoers who'll come out and see a movie other than MCU retreads.

The woke stuff has to end. West Side Story probably bombed harder than it would have because of it. I’ve been catching up on TV shows lately and the stunt casting is more obvious than ever. I also think if movies stop going directly to streaming services, people will go back to the theaters. I miss movies with storylines. The comic book ones are too much. One thing though, movie tickets and refreshment prices are out of control. It’s $25 per ticket just to see this in IMAX.

As for Maverick’s popularity, it’s nostalgic, TC is still super famous and, much to the dismay of DL, this country is still mostly patriotic. So, it’s really no surprise it’s a blockbuster.

R76, I love your post and agree with you 100%.

I'm not a fan of the Top Gun movies, but I'm happy for him.

[R80] I saw it last night and I surprisingly really liked it. I never even saw the first one but supposedly the new one is even better. It's has more appeal for people than just patriotic folk. Hard to believe that this movie was sitting in the can for three years because of the pandemic. Lady Gaga wrote the musical score and the theme song that plays at the end.

Saw it in LA at the Grove and the audience applauded at the end. Also people were singing the Gaga theme song on the way out. I guess the Little Monsters were out! Overall I recommend it and I have never been a Tom Cruise fan.

One thing streaming can't provide that theaters can and that's the big screen and big sound of blockbusters. That's why they always have to have a lot of action and special effects. Give people what they can't get at home

Tom Cruise is the greatest movie star in all of human history.

Ditch the woke, R78? Since when is Hollywood woke? A couple movies without white het male leads and your panties are in a twist? And give people more “fun escapism,” what the fuck do you call all these stupid comic book movies? Or the Fast and the Furious films? There is absolutely nothing about Top Gun Maverick that hasn’t been found in theaters every summer.

R85 He certainly is.

Quigley's Publishing, which used to release an annual list of Top 10 bankable movie stars from the 1910s to 2013, had Tom Cruise THIRD for most times ranked in the Top 10 (20). After John Wayne (25) and Clint Eastwood (21).

And FIRST for most ranked at #1 (7)). Bing Crosby (5), Eastwood (5), Burt Reynolds (5), and Tom Hanks (5) were tied for #2; Shirley Temple (4), John Wayne (4), and Doris Day (4) were tied for #3.

Cruise has continued to have smash hits since Quigley's stopped keeping tabs a decade ago, so he no doubt would have surpassed Crosby and Eastwood for most times in the Top 10, And possibly gotten more shots at #1, too.

They were fucking wise to sit on this thing for nearly 3 years.

[quote] Tom Cruise is the greatest movie star in all of human history.

Mary! Movies have only been around for ca. a century. That's hardly a blip on the radar in terms of "human history" and Cruise is an even smaller blip.

Tommy’s fans are CRAZY

It is pretty amazing that Tom Cruise is still a huge box office draw (The Mummy aside). His contemporaries from the '80s were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sly Stallone, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner and Eddie Murphy. Arnie, Sly and Mel do a lot of straight-to-video garbage. Kevin is still popular due to Yellowstone, and I'm sure Eddie could have another big hit but he seems indifferent or lazy.

Arnold hasn’t done a single straight to video movie.

R91, I don’t consider those actors are contemporaries to Cruise. Pitt, Depp and Reeves and Cage are more. Some are still popular, but don’t think they have his box office draw.

I agree with R91. Cruise, Arnie, Sly, Kevin, Mel and Eddie were all huge in the '80s. Pitt, Depp and Keanu didn't really become stars until the '90s (Pitt was made by his appearance in Thelma & Louise, which came out in 1991).

[quote] this country is still mostly patriotic

Jingoistic, rather. Which is why American Sniper likewise "surpassed all box office expectations", despite being full of misleading Pentagonian lies.

Johnny Depp didn't become a box office draw until the early 2000s, with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean, which also garnered him his first Oscar nomination.

Throughout the '90s, he was mainly known as an 'indie darling' who eschewed big budget blockbusters and had no box office clout.

I’m talking from an age perspective. You can’t expect 75 yr old Stallone to still have the mileage a 59 yr old Cruise does.

Sean Hayes asks Cruise how he stays so young.

Cruise doesn't look young at all.

[quote]I think a lot of people are sick of the comic book movies

One would think those are the only movies out there to listen to you twits. There were/are a lot of other movies out there.

^ Like how many is a "lot"? Is it more than a bunch, but less than oodles? 🤔

^ Imagine if you knew how the internet works. You could go to a thing called a "website" where they have a list of movies released in a given year!!

That's presuming you know how to count. I know maths is hard.

We are amazed that people actually pay money for this.

Tammy will have even more money to buy the very expensive sizemeat that she lusts after!

Is Tom Really gay ?

Old fat ass MAGA people loved this I bet.

@r102, "^ Imagine if you knew how the internet works."

🤔 Imagine if you were good-looking and people wanted to fuck you... 😳

ew

They recreated Kilmer's voice with space-age technology.

I'm glad the cast is entirely American. The way Hollywood movies should be. Hopefully, this is a return to form.

The UK (67 million), Canada (38 million), Australia (25 million), and Ireland (5 million) have film/TV industries relative to their small populations. Not to mention that their cumulative populations don't equal half of the US population (330 million), so it's pointless for Hollywood to look for talent there (when we have so much here), especially to play American characters/icons, which is irritating more and more people.

[quote]Audiences are praising it for no woke nonsense.

This is great and is overdue. Even though I am not a Tom Cruise fan, I'd be willing to put it aside to be entertained and not be lectured. I doubt many moviemakers will be paying much attention to this point though.

Did Tom Cruise ever smoke? Does he drink much? Seldom? Rarely?

I bet this is the secret to his prolonged good looks.

I would also bet that he doesn’t smoke or drink, R111.

R112.. I believe cruise drinks only rarely socially and has never smoked...

THE REALITY is folks, he does NOT look all that good for his age! He is lucky to have a "boyish" face, dyed hair, and any kind of facial treatments money can buy. The truth is take away any or all of this and yes, he looks 60... NO ONE notices the crow's feet and lines under his eyes smiling or not? the forehead lines? the wrinkling neck?...

My older brother who is 58, ONLY 2 years younger than cruise, looks way way younger than cruise does. He literally doesn't have any forehead lines, no crow's feet unless he smiles really big and not a line on his neck! He has never smoked, drank, stayed out in the sun, exercises and eats well for decades...

Just saying..

He looks like a bloated geezer with bad plastic surgery.

Is Tom vegan? I feel like he would be vegan.

he looked good at in opening in france. that pic is old.

Fuck Tammy, I'm watching Bob's Burgers instead.

John Travolta is the more important figure in Hollywood history. He alone created 3 major cultural moments with Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy and Grease. I can't think of another actor who has had so much cultural influence than Travolta. Cruise had big success with Top Gun and Risky Business, but they didn't have the same cultural impact. Same with DiCaprio and Titanic.

I don't know why Travolta doesn't get more respect in Hollywood considering his historic contributions.

[quote]John Travolta is the more important figure in Hollywood history.

Hi, John! Back from the baths?

Tommy shits out candy bars.

I like Travolta well enough r118, but cmon. Only one of those movies (Grease ) has any cultural relevance today. If anything scratch Urban Cowboy for Pulp Fiction.

But Travolta is not Cruise.

R121, I would argue SNF still does. It’s classic and JT is a legend. However, TC has has no dips in a nearly 4 decades long career. He’s goes from strength to strength. It’s quite incredible. It’s sad though because that era is coming to a close. 36 years from now there won’t be any superstar or sequel that anyone will be lining up to see.

Read this in RS and it’s spot on.

Time has not been kind to Top Gun. Time has been extremely kind to its star, however, and if the movie is nostalgic for anything, it’s for an era when he wasn’t the only guy who could pull off something like this — when “movie stars” didn’t fall somewhere between black rhinos and Tasmanian tigers on the endangered species list. Cruise didn’t need to make this; he already has another Mission: Impossible movie coming down the pike. The fact that the movie works as well as it does is because Tom Cruise singlehandedly makes it work as well it does, “simply” by doubling down on everything that’s made him a star (charisma, commitment, an unholy dedication to can-go-ness, screen-acting chops, those choppers), is almost enough to make you a believer again. It’s such an abundant showcase for one final stab at movie stardom in its natural habitat that for a second, you can forget about years of bad press, evil churches, failed marriages, couch-jumping, Mummy-hunting. You just see a supernova reminding you why he’s larger than life, before the whole galaxy built around such constellations burns out entirely.

Cruise is REALLY TALENTED at making pabulum for the international markets. He knows exactly the jazzy milquetoast entertainments that please some movie fans in every country.

Tom is very good at producing action films. But does anyone actually think people in the future will watch these action movies? He will become as outdated as John Wayne is now.

Except China, where Maverick is banned.

Do you think Suri is in his will?

Tammy is an insecure, scared little man. He has taken overcompensating to epic levels. All that testosterone-fueled posturing is transparent and tedious.

[R113] I agree with him not looking that great. When he first appears on screen ( he filmed a clip where he actually addresses the audience and thanks you for coming) it is kind of shocking to see how old he is. In most people's minds they think of the young Cruise from 36 years ago. He actually looks like a 60 year old man. He IS in great shape physically but his face gives his age away. However he did not look at all bloated like that pic someone posted. For this movie everyone had to be in tip top shape before filming including Cruise.

I'd like to take a moment to address those who haven't seen the original "Top Gun." Val Kilmer is really sexy in it and there is a homoerotic subtext between him and Tom Cruise which is just not even remotely subtle in any way at all. Check it out kids.

I might see this. I might not. But maybe it'll usher in less comic book movies by now. I hope it does.

Tom Cruise has always been quite the disciplined force to be reckoned with. He's stayed focused and gone the distance without a doubt. It's a shame he became a $cieno. If only Mimi Rodgers was an Episcopalian or something, you know.

Hopefully Suri is alright. It must be surreal as heck for her to see her dad everywhere right now. I have a feeling he let her go when Katie Holmes and her dad bravely did what they had to do to get the heck out of dodge. Perhaps she's in therapy? It's just must be far out to her to have the dad she hasn't seen in ages just positively everywhere. She looks like him well enough.

Here's a list of movies released in theaters in 2022 so far. How many of them are comic book movies? Four? Five?

Marvel/Disney will release four or five a year. WB probably two or three. Sony? Maybe two.

I just don't get why DL harps on them as if they're the only movies available. Go see Downton Abbey if you like. It's still playing.

Who is Tom currently dating?

^ Himself 😉

R131 between the love of himself, his cult and emasculating himself for miscavige, he doesn't have enough time or love to spread around otherwise...

Tom abandoned all the REAL in life .

[quote]One would think those are the only movies out there to listen to you twits.

MCU/Superhero movies are just about the ONLY films fans are coming out in big numbers to see in theaters. This has practically been a worldwide phenomenon...you twit.

R134.. so so true! "real life" is too hard and too much work... Why do you think he's constantly making movies one after the other and when he's not filming a actual movie, he's working on the next movie and/or doing pre-production or post-production.. It seems he has no other life than making movies! And of course besides his cult, where else in the world can he go anywhere where hundreds of people kiss his ass daily and he is always right and in charge?!...

[quote]MCU/Superhero movies are just about the ONLY films fans are coming out in big numbers to see in theaters

So it's not the movies you object to then, it's their fans? How about movie fans who stopped going to movies? Maybe that's where you should be directing your anger, you fucking cunt.

Tom isn’t appealing and him being a absent father is not helping

I'd like to congratulate Tom on his big opening.

Is this the best Hollywood can do? Remake a 36 year old movie with a 59 year old Cruise trying to look young and hype the hell out of it?

^Yes. Sadly, yes it is.

It’s not a remake, R140. It’s a sequel.

ROFLMAO at r142.

Well it is, R143.

If Tammy dropped trousers, you’d all be LEGGS in the air in a split second. And you’d let him fuck you bareback! NO RUBBERS!

"NO RUBBERS! "

We would never go out without our rubbers, Mrs. Clever 😂

[quote]I bet this is the secret to his prolonged good looks.

Bullshit, R111. He gets plastic surgery like the rest of them do.

[quote]If Tammy dropped trousers, you’d all be LEGGS in the air in a split second

At least I'm wearing hose, you whore.

They're not usually the films i see but tom cruise movies are top notch studio productions with the to talent that money can buy.

I assume he has an iron grip over the production

Tom is the production. He’s running the producers and director, and therefore he runs the show.

Saw it. Thought it was "alright". Reading the reviews afterwards, I did not expect people to get ape shit crazy and love it so much.

My biggest takeaway - Jennifer Connelly needs to do more movies. I am surprised Miles Teller is 35 (thought he was much younger) and Glen Powell seems like the douchiest of douche bros - both in and out of character.

[quote] "Are people really back at movie theaters like that? I’m blown away. I thought most people waited for stuff to come to streaming these days."

I like the idea of getting back into a theater, but it sure as hell wouldn't be for a Tom Cruise flick. The last time I saw him in a film in a theater, it was "Magnolia". He was good, but not nearly as good as many liked to say he was. And frankly, he was my least favorite part of the film.

With streaming, many folks don't have four or five services. And now that there are many different services (they seem to be growing all the time), companies are releasing content on their own, because they can. So juxtaposing that with the fact that there's a lull in Covid/Covid is less prominent, folks are headed back to the movie theater. As a costumer, I myself am grateful folks are back seeing live theatre.

[quote]With streaming, many folks don't have four or five services. And now that there are many different services (they seem to be growing all the time),

R152, I agree. These companies are going to kill the golden egg of streaming by have too many competing services. It's hard even to keep up with all the new services and what show is where. It would one thing if you could pay to see a single series, but no, they want subscriptions. That's going to hurt them all.

^^^ Wait! Oops! "Kill the goose that laid the golden egg of streaming ..."

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I'm surprised that people are surprised at the success of Top Gun: Maverick.

People want to go out and do things after two years of pandemic, and movies are a popular outing. This is an action movie - always a popular genre - that is not a fucking comic book movie. It harks back to a time that many people today regard with great nostalgia and apparently (I haven't seen it yet) lacks the painfully forced and unpopular political biases that many movies have nowadays. It stars an actor who is still very big box office in the sort of role he was born to play.

Why would it not be popular?

Spot on r155

I also agree with r155. It's just a straight up entertaining action movie with no woke messaging or casting decisions that take you right out of the story (no trans POC fighter pilot). It's a movie that is what it is - entertainment for the masses that isn't a comic book movie or a lecture. That's what people want to see. Hollywood should take note.

BTW the thing about the Marvel movies is that they all follow a continuous storyline so you can't just watch a random Marvel movie without having seen the previous 500 Marvel movies to know WTF is going on.

R157, it’s a money making racket

It's a money making racket but shit sells if you do it right.

R159, these comic movies are so redundant.

R150, I don’t know if this is true about him calling the studio and telling them they’re making another TG, but his power is quite unbelievable if it is.

I loved it!

Not a Cruise sycophant, but I loved that Kilmer is in the movie & the big effort mad to make him look & SOUND so good. Whether Cruise championed this or not, I love he keeps hitting on it. He really is 'Bigging" Kilmer up. And Kilmer needs it. Trying to watch the documentary Val was so sad. Had to do it piecemeal. Sad. Cancer has so ravaged him. Whether Tom was the force behind Making Val look so good in this or not, it happened & I love it all the more for this. Its so easy to cry & moan & rend your clothes after someone is dead & gone to make you look good. To help them when they are alive, ill & need a hand is so much more human. Val looked like a million bucks in the film. Loved it even more for this.

Will probably go again with some friends. The flight scenes are amazing!

Real question. Will Hollywood wake up and consider what "middle America" wants in its escapist fare? Celebs don't matter as much as the type of movies associated with their brand. The real stars are the techies who create realistic action scenes.

They're already shooting off fireworks in Vegas. Kids are anticipating celebrating the 4th without mask restrictions just as they held barbecues on Memorial Day. That's the nostalgia TB represents.

I liked Gaga’s song. Close thread. bye!

Sounds like people are praising a bland forgettable film.

You’re reading too much into shit, R163.

Not everyone is pleased...

"Amazing how we forget that Tom Cruise is in a very well-known cult called Scientology, but go ahead praise the psycho."

Dear Leah Remini - shut the fuck up already.

[quote]Maybe most people aren’t as unforgiving, bitter, judgmental, and petty as you.

There's nothing wrong with being "unforgiving" and "judgmental" when one is speaking out against a destructive and evil cult. Rather, it's all about having some sort of moral compass. And I'm wondering how "bitterness" would ever fit into the equation, even from your warped perspective.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Crossing $200M Today; Flies Past 1986 Movie & ‘Mission: Impossible’:

r170 is that adjusted for inflation?

Huge hit!

Adjusted for inflation, the original Top Gun made $439 million, R171. I don’t know if Maverick will do those numbers, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility.

r137 distorts my post he's too dim-witted to parse to then go into a volcanic rage complaining about....my anger.

Sure, Doll.

"Oz the Great and Powerful" grossed $612,219,802. I guess that means that James Franco is a much bigger star than Tom Cruise.

Did it really gross that much? Domestically, or worldwide?

Who cares about the grosses? Tammy had his big opening and now it’s over.

Fuck… someone on this thread is bitter as a unripe lemon.

Congrats to TC on his success. I don’t know how the old fart does it, but I admire him and praise him for his accomplishments.

It’s all about sales, baby, and he’s raking it in!

It has an 8.7 rating on IMDB. It must be good. People really like this movie.

Is Top Gun the same as Top Cock?

It is in Hollywood, R180.

Here is a breakdown of opening weekend demographics from the HR. I’m actually surprised how well it did with the 18-24 yr old crowd. It also goes to show you don’t necessarily need Gen Z the way DL always goes on about.

I read it’s retaining the large crowds/high box office numbers and this is without China and Russia in the mix.

The average American loves this type movie. It’s pure Americana

I'm usually not an action-adventure movie fan, but this sounds like fun.

I waiting for the crowds to thin out a bit. I'm OK with going to the theater, but only if I can a distance from others in the auditorium. I've always preferred that; COVID is just a good excuse.

Oh, dearing myself. "I'M waiting for the crowds ..." and "only if I can SIT a distance ..."

And I haven't even had my evening cocktail yet.

I went to see this with my friend and we both enjoyed it greatly. Tom appears before the movie starts to thank the audience for coming to see this in the theaters.

This movie is wayyy better than the original. The flying sequences were just outstanding and Miles's hair is lighter in the film and he does look like goose in it.

The original sucked so bad, I figured this would have to one of those rare sequels that’s better than the first movie.

we both saw the first movie again before going to see this in the theater...there were a lot more topless shots of hot men in the first one, lots of scenes in the locker room, men in towels. TC was in a white briefs in once scene. the dialogue in the first one was quite cheesy.

The 2nd one is definitely more exciting.

I finally forced myself to watch the first one after all these years, and I’ll never watch it again.

When I rewatched top gun, I noticed that val kilmer had a mole on his face, close to his jawline on one side of his face...

Big opening for the FORD Maverick too.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Barrel-Rolling To $290M, Becoming Tom Cruise’s Top-Grossing Movie At Domestic Box Office:

So awesome!

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Flying Past $500M Global Through Sunday:

‘Top Gun’ Volleyball Scene Nearly Cost Tony Scott His Job: “They Were Really Angry”:

Plan on seeing it tomorrow with one of my bros who is in the Air Force

#1: Curious as to what percentage of ALL people going to see this movie either A) still in 2022 know nothing about scientology and him being a dead beat father or 2) Don't care and don't want to know? Shocking to me! And no I don't want to hear all of the black and white deflection excuses on why people see this movie or any of his movies. I swear some would see his movies even if he was the public face of the KKK AND THEY KNEW IT!

#2: i'm guessing the next Jurassic movie will be number #1 next week?

^Never saw a Polanski film, Woody film. Hitchcock film, MGM film, Warner Bros. Film. Never saw a any art by Picasso, Cellini, Pollock.

Who else will our resident Commissar ban . You better pay attention.

R198... whatboutism? ALL of the people you posted were vile individuals, including the bill cosby and weinstein men and others, how many did they hurt and abuse?

HOWEVER, NOW tell me though, which ones were the public face of a evil organization that has and continues to abuse THOUSANDS??!!

Cruise knows the truth and turns a blind eye to it all, meanwhile at the same time DOCUMENTED utterly improper, inappropriate, plainly unethical wrong BUTT KISSED by the same organization 24/7 for over 3 decades! AND he bans anyone, anywhere, anytime from even ASKING him the questions that should be asked and answers DEMANDED since it's we the public who made him in the first place and continue to do so!....

He made the leader of this evil thing his best friend (what religious leader has a best friend who he places above all others?)....Hence he is WILLFULLY COMPLICIT and a ACCOMPLICE to all the abuse going on! He is the perfect embodiment of the phrase "as if he pulled the trigger himself!"....

that Leader's wife hasn't been seen in public for over 12 years and counting! Presumably she was also friends with cruise as well?! And Tom Cruise thinks nothing wrong is going on in this particular case either? COME ON!...

critical thinking, context and nuance matters yes?

^ Not thousand, billions, trillions, but most importantly Leah Remini. Tom & anyone who view any of his film or speaks his name should be sent to Siberia, ASAP!!

R199, you know that’s an impossible question to answer. In general terms, I think many people 35 and over know of TC Scientology links. Anyone who followed him for sure and especially those who follow gossip, which in his prime was plentiful. More women than men I’m sure, not that the latter would care much. As was said on another post, Tom was wise to disappear from public view after the Katie Holmes divorce. People have short memories and probably don’t even remember Suri is his kid. KH isn’t exactly a superstar either. Nicole Kidman got more flack about her abandoning her kids than Tom did. Gen Z probably don’t know. Most people seeing the film don’t care.

[quote]Curious as to what percentage of ALL people going to see this movie either A) still in 2022 know nothing about scientology and him being a dead beat father or 2) Don't care and don't want to know? Shocking to me! And no I don't want to hear all of the black and white deflection excuses on why people see this movie or any of his movies. I swear some would see his movies even if he was the public face of the KKK AND THEY KNEW IT!

Speaking only for myself, I hate Scientology with a passion, and I hate Cruise for his deep involvement in it, but I'm about to go see TOP GUN because, you know what? He's not the only person in the movie, and if we all avoided seeing movies or plays or whatever whenever there is anyone involved whom we despise because of their politics or "religion" or whatever, no one would ever see anything.

So, R197, maybe you should think this through a bit more.

I'm surprised it's doing so well. I thought it might just do ok but not these #s we're seeing that could even end up as Tom's most successful film ever after all is said and done. So what went right? I thought for sure Tom is now so old/odd looking and way past his peak - who wants to see that in the big screen. But kudos to him and his team for successfully marketing it as a must-see movie.

What went right? It didn't bother with contemporary political lecturing and ideology. It's a fun action movie starring hot white males. That's why it's a huge hit.

I went & was thrilled to see Va Kilmer. After seeing the documentary Val, I was so sad. I loved how he looked good & the effort to make himsound good. People can say Cruise roasted a baby bunny in Macy's window, don't care. He keeps praising Val & I'm here for it. Good press the reason,? Don't care. At the end of the day Val being seen & honored while he is till alive, instead of some bizarre death porn after he is gone. Liking that, alot!

Also nostalgia. The first one might have been cheesy, but it was a huge hit. My friend, who doesn’t really rant and rave about films, was saying 3 years ago he couldn’t wait for this to come out. The only drawback is that it’s still an action movie. I feel like there are never hit character driven movies anymore. I would gladly take a Jerry Maguire sequel too.

the original movie came out in the late 80s... it's still worth a watch, lots of hot men with hot, hot physiques topless. and looking great in uniforms!

[QUOTE] What went right? It didn't bother with contemporary political lecturing and ideology. It's a fun action movie starring hot white males. That's why it's a huge hit.

Is the white man finally making a comeback, R204?

No r208 just that audiences want to see what they want to see.

Other filmmakers would've inserted Laverne Cox as a fighter pilot or some shit, Tom Cruise knows what the public wants.

^According to all the twitter moaning about Grindr being racist, hot white males being desirable has never gone away. RAcissst..bad you, bad me..

[quote] Other filmmakers would've inserted Laverne Cox as a fighter pilot or some shit

LOL! So true.

Did Glen Powell get spit roasted by Tom Cruise and Jon Hamm by chance? And if so, is there a tape of it?

Lol, R24. I hadn't seen it for years. Seemed to remember it fondly. Watched it again recently and thought it was lame and corny af.

Not opposed to seeing TGM though - if only to see what the fuss is about.

Why doesn't Tom get that mole on his cheek removed? Surely he can get in touch with Enrique Iglesias to get a referral.

I saw it and didn't really like it. Everyone seems to love it. It was okay. I really enjoyed the shirtless football game. But who the hell were they fighting? Russia, Darth Vader?

[quote]probably don’t even remember Suri is his kid

Kinda hard considering she looks exactly like him.

[quote]It's a fun action movie starring hot white males. That's why it's a huge hit.

Jay Ellis (from HBO's "Insecure") is also in the movie, so it's not an all-white male cast.

r217 it's also not a diversity-by-committee cast either with lectures.

But R218 you promised us there wouldn’t be negroes!

Get fucked cunt r219

R202.. i'm sorry that is a huge "cop out" your argument. the whole if we knew what everyone was involved in or did bad we would never see any of their movies, concerts, sporting events, art, etc....Well, that's the way it's suppose to be! Who we are as persons and what we are involved in, is suppose to be MORE important than what we do for a living or how "important" we are....Once you know how can you forget and not act accordingly?...

It's a cop out because at the time YOU/WE don't know about these people (and all people are involved in something bad? and equally bad? is another cop out I might mention) are involved in that is bad, however with cruise WE DO KNOW! NO ONE should stick their hand in the sand and shrug their shoulders with a "oh well, everyone is bad in hollywood or wherever." mindset...

We know what cruise is not just involved in, but the public face of, whose best friend with the sociopath leader!.....

Another "cop out" is the whole what about those others working on that film, we should see cruise movies to support them. I'm sorry no we should not! IN all of hollywood and wherever films are made, a cruise film crew can't find work ANYWHERE ELSE? movies, tv, cable, streaming, independent productions, theater, and on and on! And by now, NO ONE in hollywood in front of the camera or behind the scenes could possibly not know what scientology is!....And i'm pretty positive if these film crew members are working on a cruise film, they are among the best of the best? can't find work anywhere else for a few months?

It's called having integrity, character, decency... Cruise's recent outrageous profanity laced screaming flip out on his latest mission movie at the entire film crew was literally harassment and threatening.. A few crew members literally walked out and quit! Bravo to them for having morality and self respect to do so.... Although then again, they did agree to work on the film and get hired and only quit in protest for being verbally attacked...

I have years ago worked in hollywood.. as a "lowly" gopher/ production assistant and office assistant for talent agencies, cable production companies and so on and more than once I quit on the spot when I was either treated as a non human thing or When I found out higher ups were involved in "shady" dealings and liars.. I went to work at office assistant customer service jobs thru various employment agencies until I found another gig in "show business"... I was struggling financially but I had my honor, character and principles intact! I don't think anyone on a film crew on a tom cruise blockbuster production is "hurting" for either money or work, like most of hollywood, they only care about little ole themselves.... Thank goodness, that is why I personally left that world years ago...

^^tl;dr

get a fucking hobby or something, it's just a movie

Sorry, R221, you sound somewhat deranged. Also:

[quote]NO ONE should stick their hand in the sand and shrug their shoulders with a "oh well, everyone is bad in hollywood or wherever." mindset...

Oh, dear....

^ Duchess of Prisspot

I was kinda hoping Miles Teller's character was going to die.

Was Meg Ryan unrecognizable, er, unavailable?

R226, I was wondering about that.

Meg was unwanted.

They didn't want any old broads in this film. At least her character was mentioned.

R216, she is beautiful and a kind vibe

No fish!

There’s a plot point that explains Carole Bradshaw’s (Meg) absence.

R232, right, but that plot point obviously didn't have to put that in the movie if they wanted Meg Ryan back, or if she wanted to come back.

On a related note, I was quite confused by something. Jennifer Connolly's character's name in TOP GUN: MAVERICK is Penny Benjamin. I just re-watched the original TOP GUN and there is a reference to young Maverick having been involved with someone named Penny Benjamin. My first reaction was that Connolly looked way to young to have been involved with Maverick so many years ago, but I just looked up Connolly and was amazed to find that she was about 50 when this movie was filmed. Damn, she looks great for 50!

R221 here... sorry if some of you think i "need a hobby" or "sound deranged"....

What I posted is true however and it shocks me that so so many people even here on this gay/bisexual board don't care!? Don't care that someone whose cult LITERALLY thinks that all gay people are perversions and should according to the founder of it all "should be removed from the planet without remorse"! But hey, who cares, i'll still support, defend and give my money to the public face of this evil insidious abusive scam cult who is actually insulting me, laughing at me and wants my money too! "oh well, it's only a movie???!!"...

^ Maybe spend some of that money you are saving NOT seeing Top Gun, to get get laid. Sounds like Horney cranky dude who can't get laid for free, rant to me.

R235.. R234 here... why not instead of insulting me, address the post of truth that I posted?

^ Cause I'm not cranky. I got sucked & plowed lst night. 'Houz bout you?

What is Glenn Powell's workout routine?

Why did they bother removing the Taiwanese flag if only to insert it right back? People say this movie is military propaganda because they worked with the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin-but if so, why did they delete the scenes with the Taiwanese flag to not anger China?

Color me shocked! I was sure Tom has seen, if not been, far bigger openings.

R237. so as long as you have some sex last night, you don't care what this evil organization thinks of you and wants to do do you and all of us? NOW that is some mindset! Literally not caring about someone and someone's organization thinks of and wants to do do you and others.

that's like a black person not caring about what the KKK thinks of and is trying to do because "hey, i had sex last night!"

I like the bomber jacket but I don't like all those flags in the back.

^ I'm just not cranky & Tom as the AntiChrist 2022 Saga, obsessed. i just happen to find a healthy full & abundant life, including sex helps keep me uncranky & unobsessed. May not work for you Oh Warrior against the evil AntiChrist aka Tom Cruise, but works for me.

How much of the gross goes to Scientology?

Glen Powell spends a ridiculous amount of time praising Cruise in this interview (spoilers from the film contained within).

It was probably in his contract. Along with blowing him.

All I know is I couldn't fathom working with cruise If I knew what he was involved in and who he really was! and NO WAY NO HOW does anyone in hollywood not know by now!..

It's one thing to be a lowly extra or barely a one two sentence bit player, struggling to pay the rent and build a acting career and resume, it's a entirely different thing to be a emily blunt or a henry cavill or a angela bassett or a simon pegg and so on who 1) can find work elsewhere 2) don't need the money..... shame on them too! and why are they like this besides of course the self absorption of a actor/actress? "well, tom is so so nice to me and everyone on the set" and "he never brings it up at work" and "that's his personal business and life, it's not my business" ... that's it! that's all they got!

DOESN"T anyone in hollywood have integrity and character? Yes, they are worse people in the world, but in hollywood cruise's success is equal to his complicit level of allowing abuse of thousands in his cult to continue..

Teller really wants a spin-off.

R238 Glen's workout

i didn't read the article posted but I saw a report that said he tried out for the son of goose but didn't get it, Tom called him up to offer him the part of hangman.

I’m not great with box office forecasting, could this reach 1 billion globally?

R240, same.

Thanks, R249. I stopped watching after 20 seconds and returned to my can of frosting.

It was huge, but certainly not Tom's biggest opening. Not even close.

Glenn is such a shameless showoff!

And is anyone bothered by it?

Paramount Hit With ‘Top Gun’ Copyright Lawsuit From Original Article Author’s Heirs:

Incredible that the Hollywood Reporter would publish a story including the following paragraphs, which contain at least four grammatical errors:

[quote]The complaint was filed by Shosh and Yuval Yonay, the heirs to the author of the 1983 California magazine story, Ehud Yonay, entitled “Top Guns” that the original movie was based off of. They are taking advantage of a provision in copyright law which allows authors seize back the rights to their works after waiting a period of time, typically 35 years.

[quote]The Yonays claim that the rights to the story reverted back to them in January 2020 after sending Paramount a notice of termination but that the studio “deliberately ignored this, thumbing its nose at the statute.”

Saw it last night, it's everything one could wish for in a big-budget, mainstream Hollywood classic summer blockbuster -- Plot moves right along, mostly logical lol, no boring bits, even during the talking, quieter scenes, a couple of touching moments (especially Val Kilmer's two (!) scenes), aerial footage that looked real and tactile and easy to follow, human characters that you can care about, and a satisfying, slightly sentimental ending.

It's not a Howard Hawks-caliber picture, but as he is often quoted, with some variations, "If I can make about five good scenes and not annoy the audience, I've got a good picture." I think that standard has been met here.

Also, a big round of applause from the audience, and credits that show the actors' faces, names and character names, an always welcome way to end a picture.

The only thing that sucked (on screen) was Gaga's song.

R259 = Madonna

I've seen more than one reviewer refer to it as a "perfect" movie, and I saw it today - and it really is.

It is not a perfect movie in that is does not have the emotional punch of "Longtime Companion", the amazing cinematography of "1914", the amazing acting of many movies.

It has all these things, in smaller (and not quite as potent doses), but it is amazing. I'm the most cynical bitch you would ever meet and this movie brought a tear to my eye.

I loved it too, was shocked, how much I liked it, not a Tom fan. Took some friends a few days later & they loved it as well. Its a great summer flick.

Another sequel cuming

It’s finally being dethroned by the new Jurassic Park this weekend.

Interesting how nearly all of tom cruise movies have gay porn titles?...

Big Guns was the porn version of the first film.

R266 seriously! just a list of some of his movies that all sound like gay or straight porn titles...

losin it taps risky business all the right moves the firm days of thunder a few good men eyes wide shut top gun tropic thunder cocktail knight and day jack reacher rock of ages american made rain man

I saw it last night with a packed house. It really is exhilarating, soaring. I loved the simplicity of the story and the stakes. Tom Cruise is wonderful in this role, as is all the cast. Jennifer Connelly is magnificent, beautiful. The theater erupted in applause at the moment of dénouement and again during ending credits. We need more movies like this

SERIOUSLY!!! It's the Faggot religious Freak Miss Cruise.

All my friends who saw this movie loved it.

R270 are all your friends gay too and have no idea what scientology and cruise REALLY think of them? If you and they did know would you still go see his movies to be "entertained" for 2 hours and him TAKE your money too?....

People are desperate to get back to the movies and that's why we're seeing box-office records being set every weekend. It really warms my heart to see it. Movies are back and bigger than ever!

Jurassic Park, which got savaged by critics, will cross over $500 million worldwide this week.

I agree it's great, R272, but I'll be happier if we ever get to the point that there are smaller, non-blockbuster movies to see. For one thing, the search for Top Gun-level blockbusters will result in a lot of increasing bad imitations.

I'd like to see a really good Hollywood horror movie - something like the first couple of Insidious movies, or the first two Conjuring. There are plenty of horror movies to stream, but a bigger-budget project like these is so much more fun to see in the theater.

A lot of Tom haters here . Jealous much?

[quote]I agree it's great, [R272], but I'll be happier if we ever get to the point that there are smaller, non-blockbuster movies to see.

I find this a very strange comment, because OF COURSE there are lots of "smaller, non-blockbuster movies to see" aside from the juggernauts.

Deadline: let’s behold the unstoppable sound barrier breaking power of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick. The Tom Cruise pic’s fourth weekend stands at $43.1M, which is the third best fourth weekend ever for a major motion picture behind American Sniper ($89.1M) and Avatar ($50.1M). You could even argue it’s the second best for a movie in its fourth weekend, as American Sniper went wide in weekend 4 after a platform holiday release. Heck, Top Gun 2‘s fourth weekend is even higher than Spider-Man: No Way Home which did $32.6M. Top Gun 2‘s ease here is a 17% dip from weekend 3 with an expected Sunday EOD running total of $465.3M after a $15.3M Saturday, +40% over Friday (just $400K shy of Lightyear).

Next up for Maverick director: a race car movie starring Brad Pitt.

That sounds cool bro

After five weeks, it’s now battling with Elvis for the #1 title at the box office. Their earnings are so close, Hollywood still isn’t sure who came out on top.

With sicks, bigger is better. With films, clearly not.

*With dicks

I don’t think it’s a surprise it is such a smash. The movie benefits from nostalgia and a new generation of fans who may be interested in the original but are intrigued by the cool planes in the new film.

Also, people are desperate to go out again after two years of on and off again lockdowns and want to be part of a communal experience.

Films like Maverick and Elvis are tapping into audiences who may want something in addition to comic book movies for an event screening, especially when going to the movies can be quite costly for some. People still want to go to the movies.

And Tom Cruise is a dependable star when it comes to popcorn blockbusters. Whatever you may think of him, he delivers with action films.

I concur

I’m not a big action movie fan, but the jet flying in both the original and the sequel is amazing to watch. Even how they take off and land on the carrier. Couple it with a great soundtrack and it’s all it needs.

The jets in the original were boring. All they did was fly around. There was no action involving some sort of enemy engagement until the end

Tom and Spider-Man brought people back to the cinemas.

Thank you, Tom.

Thank you.

So glad this is a megahit

LOVED it. Great to be in a theatre & be sept away in that magic of seeing a big movie on a big screen. Makes me smile.

Some screenings, albeit in smaller auditoriums, have still been selling out

[quote]The jets in the original were boring. All they did was fly around. There was no action involving some sort of enemy engagement until the end

That is incorrect. There's a very suspenseful and exciting flying sequence right at the top of the original movie. But thanks for your "contribution" to this thread.

I also found that when I saw it, it was again that magical moment of a shared experience with an audience. God I missed that during lockdown.

What do you bitches think of Tom Cruise and Ronald Reagan?

We, as well as many millions of others, will spend our money on Elvis....NOT Tammy.

Tammy looks so butch in r170 photo!

A real man!

It’s made over a billion dollars now, a first for Tammy.