Top Gun Maverick | May 27, 2022 | Catch it in theaters...again on December 2nd! | Comes to Paramount+ on December 22!

[Eric Prime]

 

[Brainbug]

David Ehrlich liked this movie? Even though there cant possible be a Gorilla Ding Dong in it?

 

Unbelievable.

[Lucas]

 

[Jake Gittes]

14 minutes ago, Blankments said:

 

[MrPink]

Said this elsewhere but I'm feeling reviews might be near the MI: Fallout range from these reactions. I WANT TO BELIEVE

[lorddemaxus]

Think this is pretty easily going over $400 mil now. With Dr Strange probably finishing lower than most expected, still think this is winning summer DOM.

Edited May 10, 2022 by lorddemaxus

[Ryan Reynolds]

Maybe this can beat iron man 2 as Paramount's top opening weekend 

[FilmFincher]

51 minutes ago, Blankments said:

Feels like a role Griffin Newman should have been competing for. 

[Lucas]

3 minutes ago, FilmFincher said:

Feels like a role Griffin Newman should have been competing for. 

oh man missed opportunity

[ThomasNicole]

Yeah reviews will be great, thinking otherwise at this point is just wishful thinking 

 

I think 70-something on metacritic is possible, which is excellent for movies like this. 

 

Seems like a crowdpleaser as well, if this opens big as tracking suggests we may have another +300M grosser happening

[TMP]

2 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

Think this is pretty easily going over $400 mil now. With Dr Strange probably finishing lower than most expected, still think this is winning summer DOM.

After early reactions I felt very confident in this winning the summer critically, but yeah it might win it commercially too

[John Marston]

hmm, guessing this guy has some sort of axe to grind..

 

[Ryan Reynolds]

18 minutes ago, John Marston said:

hmm, guessing this guy has some sort of axe to grind..

 

no one is gonna forget , if the film had no marketing budget it would be an issue, but Paramount is going big with this movie

Edited May 10, 2022 by Ryan Reynolds

[YM!]

3 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

Think this is pretty easily going over $400 mil now. With Dr Strange probably finishing lower than most expected, still think this is winning summer DOM.

Eh I think Thor and Dominion will eek out the win, but I will say $300m+ seems very likely.

[DAJK]

I don’t think this can beat Iron Man 2 for the 3-day simply because it’s opening over a holiday weekend. 110/135 seems the best I can hope for for the 3-4day opening. That being said, legs COULD be great, but the one-two punch of Jurassic and Lightyear are going to be tough competition.

Edited May 10, 2022 by DAJK

[Porthos]

1 minute ago, DAJK said:

 110/135 seems the best I can hope for for the 3-4day opening.

 

Not if Sacramento has anything to say about it. 

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, Porthos said:

 

Not if Sacramento has anything to say about it. 

 

All kidding aside, I really am starting to wonder if this is gonna get juiced up box office wise in cities/areas that have strong military/air force ties, either current or historically.  It's been over 20 years since either of our local air force bases have been open, but the sheer wattage of sales locally makes me think that the AFB tie is playing something of a role here.  

 

Playing pretty strong in Denver too, for that matter, which might lend credence to the idea.

 

Could mean there's some over-performance in them darn hills that we might not catch in tracking.

Edited May 10, 2022 by Porthos

[grim22]

From today's Drew McWeeny Newsletter, he dove into the difference between Buzz and Hype

 

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There’s a difference between buzz and hype, and I used to be much better about paying attention to one instead of the other. Buzz is organic. Buzz is what happens when people who have seen a thing start talking to each other. Buzz grows if the thing is good. Buzz is something that fascinates me. Do you know what has fantastic buzz? Everything Everywhere All At Once.

 

Anyone can carpet bomb every theater in America with the same movie, and when you look at the way a piece of shit like The Secrets of Dumbledore chased Everything Everywhere All At Once off of IMAX screens even though it was performing incredibly well, only to lose those screens to the same film once it became clear no one wanted the latest Wizarding World jumble.

 

Weirdly, Top Gun: Maverick has shifted from hype to buzz in a way that feels organic right now. I don’t care for the first film at all, but I acknowledge the fondness people have for it. I figured it would just be an easy nostalgic cash-in, but everything I’m hearing from people who have seen the film seems genuinely excited, like they made something that not only honors the first movie but makes it feel like a better film in hindsight. I’m actually excited to see this thing now, and having just rewatched the original in 4K, I feel like if they can make me care about anything I see in the sequel, that will be borderline miraculous. Hype is what happens before people see things, and buzz is what happens when people genuinely connect with something and then can’t help but share their enthusiasm.

 

[Ryan Reynolds]

 

 

 

[EmpireCity]

I fucking tried to tell every single one of you forever this movie was going to be a smash.