Top Gun: Maverick Wins Best Picture at the AARP Awards

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By Maca Reynolds

Published Jan 29, 2023

The successful sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, keeps accumulating titles after earning some Oscar nominations.

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It may not have won a Golden Globe or the Critic's Choice, but Top Gun: Maverick certainly hasn't gone unnoticed this awards season. The sequel to the classic starring Tom Cruise received 5 Academy Award nominations and has just been crowned Best Picture at the AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards, according to a report from Deadline.

Released in May 2022, Top Gun: Maverick surprised the entire world, not only by making the revival of a franchise exceptionally successful and even, for many, superior to the original film. But also because it managed to overcome the enormous challenge of bringing people back to movie theaters after the worst moments of the pandemic, it made Tom Cruise worthy of the undeniable title of an absolute industry star.

However, in the last month of the year, the sequel was overshadowed by the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, which snatched the recognition as the highest-grossing film of 2022. However, that does not take away the enormous value of what has been achieved by the Paramount Pictures production, which recently reached streaming platforms to continue expanding its success.

Top Gun: Maverick came to Paramount+ and became the most-watched film worldwide in streaming and the best-selling digital release in history. During its first three days, the film starring Tom Cruise broke records in the United States and became the most-watched premiere ever for the service, exceeding the previous record of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 by 60%. In addition, the viewership consumption of the original Top Gun movie increased by almost 400% and that of the Mission: Impossible franchise titles on the service by more than 140%.