Top Gun Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action film, the sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun.

Tom Cruise reprises his role as Navy pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, now a test pilot who returns to the elite fighter weapons school to train a new generation of aviators.

The film became a cultural phenomenon and major box office success, credited with reviving theatrical moviegoing after the COVID-19 pandemic: We finally saw Top Gun: Maverick in IMAX.

Related

Tom Cruise · aircraft carrier · cruise · wingman · dogfight · cockpit · aviator · afterburner · supersonic · aircraft · carrier · squadron · goose · iceman · call sign · beach · volleyball · sunset

Categories
Opposites
box office and commercial success

Top Gun Maverickbox office bomb

Film losing significant money

flop · Amsterdam · Babylon · Cats

filmmaking approach

Top Gun Maverickvirtual production

In-camera digital scenery

Transformers · Aquaman · Black Adam · Avatar

cultural positioning

Top Gun MaverickApocalypse Now

Vietnam War epic

Full Metal Jacket · Don't Look Up · Platoon

Family

maverick, topped, topping, topmost, topless, gunner, gunned, gunning, gunnery

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG