Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick continues its blockbuster run at global box office, remains ordinary in India

The high-flying “ _Top Gun: Maverick_ ” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32% from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has before. Its modest drop — 50-65% is more typical for blockbusters — is the smallest decline for a movie that opened above $100 million. “Top Gun: Maverick” debuted with $124 million last weekend, scoring Cruise’s biggest opening yet. Overseas, director Joseph Kosinski ’s film is performing even better. In 64 overseas markets, “Top Gun: Maverick” dipped only 20% in its second weekend with $81.7 million. Riding stellar word of mouth, terrific reviews and a global promotional tour, “Top Gun: Maverick” has already grossed $548.6 million worldwide, making it easily one the biggest hits of Cruise’s career. In domestic ticket sales ($291.6 million thus far), the “Top Gun” sequel already ranks as the 59-year-old’s best performer. While “Top Gun: Maverick” is unlikely to match the $1.89 billion worldwide of Sony Pictures’ “ _Spider-Man: No Way Home_ ,” the biggest box-office smash of the pandemic, Cruise and company have been hailed for leading the final push in the recovery of movie theaters. Paramount delayed its release two years.

But whereas “No Way Home” had little-to-no big-budget competition through January, “Top Gun: Maverick” kicks off a string of more closely packed summer movies. Next weekend, Universal Pictures debuts “ _Jurassic World: Dominion_ ,” the culmination of the dinosaur franchise trilogy of sequels. The week after that, the Walt Disney Co. releases “ _Toy Story_ ” spinoff “Lightyear,” the first Pixar release to open in theaters in more than two years. “Top Gun: Maverick,” which actually added screens in its second week to extend its record total to 4,751, will soon find itself in more of a dog fight for audience attention. “Jurassic World: Dominion” got a head start over the weekend in 15 international markets, where the Colin Trevorrow-directed film grossed $55.5 million. Universal said that was in line with the previous franchise entries. “Jurassic World” made $1.67 billion in 2015, while its 2018 follow-up, “ _Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom_ ,” grossed $1.31 billion. In U.S. and Canadian theatres, no new wide release challenged “Top Gun: Maverick.” “ _Vikram_ ,” an Indian Tamil-language action thriller, opened with $1.8 million in 460 theaters. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $86 million. 2. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $9.3 million. 3. “The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” $4.5 million. 4. “The Bad Guys,” $3.3 million. 5. “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” $3 million. 6. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” $2 million. 7. “Vikram,” $1.8 million. 8. “ Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” $1.7 million. 9. “The Lost City,” $1.4 million. 10. “Crimes of the Future,” $1.1 million. While Top Gun: Maverick is dominating the box office globally, it has turned out to be an ordinary affair in India as the film has raked in around only Rs 25 crore till now. While the strong run of _Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2_ affected the Tom Cruise starrer in its first week, it faced a solid screen crunch in its second week due to the arrival of Samrat Prithviraj , _Major_ and Vikram. Looking at the current scenario, Top Gun: Maverick is expected to end its theatrical run at around Rs 30 crore in India. (With inputs from The Associated Press) ​ Read all the  **_Latest News_** _,_  **_Trending News_** _,_  **_Cricket News_** _,_  **_Bollywood News_** _,_  **_India News_**  and  **_Entertainment News_**  here. Follow us on  Facebook_,_  Twitter and  Instagram_._​