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As Top Gun: Maverick continues to smash new records with its enduring box office success, Paramount Pictures has announced a special "fan appreciation weekend" as a way of celebrating with the fans. Just recently, the film surpassed Titanic to become the seventh-highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office. Starting this Friday, Aug. 12, and going through Sunday, Aug. 14, participating theaters will feature screenings of the film that include new, exclusive content.
“Paramount Pictures is eternally grateful to the millions of fans going to theaters to experience Top Gun: Maverick the way it was meant to be seen — on the big screen,” Chris Aronson, President, Domestic Distribution of Paramount Pictures, said in a statement. “We are excited about the Maverick fanfare starting this Friday…a small token of our appreciation for the remarkable support we have received from fans.”
Prior to the screening of the movie, fans will be treated to a behind-the-scenes look at shooting onboard the USS Roosevelt with Tom Cruise and other cast members showing what it takes to "operate, film, and live on an active warship." A new Maverick collector's print designed by UK artist Doaly will also be given away to ticketholders at participating theaters while supplies last.
Top Gun: Maverick recently surpassed $662.5 million domestically and $690 million in overseas markets, bumping it past Titanic as it continues to rise as one of cinema history's all-time most successful films. It is Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing movie globally ever as well as the highest-grossing movie of lead star Tom Cruise's career.
Top Gun: Maverick Has Been a Huge Success
Top Gun: Maverick is produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. It is directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie with a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. The film stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. You can check out the film's official trailer and synopsis below.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
Top Gun: Maverick is still playing in theaters with the "fan appreciation weekend" taking place from Aug. 12 through Aug. 14. Tickets for all shows can be found at TopGunMovie.com.