Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun 2’ Sets Off Sonic Boom With Projected $150M Opening

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The sequel — earning a coveted A+ CinemaScore — is scoring the highest Memorial Day weekend debut of all time

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Top Gun Maverick film collected $51 million on its opening day.

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Best Memorial Day opening of all time with a projected three-day domestic haul of $123 million

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Film Projected Four-day domestic haul of$150 million for the four days

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is the current record holder at $139 million

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Maverick‘s launch will also be a career best for Tom Cruise as predicted by THR earlier this week.

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Top Gun 2 is doing equally impressive business, considering it isn’t playing in either China or Russia

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Here's Top Tom cruise movies list by box office performance

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