Tag: Paramount

  • Superworld animation film in works at Paramount

    By Express News Service

    A feature film based on the book series Superworld, created and illustrated by Yarrow Cheney and Carrie Cheney, is in works in Paramount Animation. As per reports, Brad Butler will be overseeing the project.

    Also titled Superworld, the film will be set in an alternate world in which everyone will have powers, yet overtaken by a super villain.

    “The one kid who lacks special abilities is the only person who’s able to steal the Super Stone that keeps the villain in control but to do that, he must pull off the dangerous heist while rallying his hero friends in a war against the villains,” the plotline reads.

    It is to be noted that Yarrow and Carrie have earlier backed, wrote and directed the acclaimed animated short The Very First Noel. Yarrow also co-directed the 2016’s hit animation film The Secret Life of Pets. 

    A feature film based on the book series Superworld, created and illustrated by Yarrow Cheney and Carrie Cheney, is in works in Paramount Animation. As per reports, Brad Butler will be overseeing the project.

    Also titled Superworld, the film will be set in an alternate world in which everyone will have powers, yet overtaken by a super villain.

    “The one kid who lacks special abilities is the only person who’s able to steal the Super Stone that keeps the villain in control but to do that, he must pull off the dangerous heist while rallying his hero friends in a war against the villains,” the plotline reads.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    It is to be noted that Yarrow and Carrie have earlier backed, wrote and directed the acclaimed animated short The Very First Noel. Yarrow also co-directed the 2016’s hit animation film The Secret Life of Pets.
     

  • 2024 Grammys will be held Feb. 4 in Los Angeles

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES The Grammy Awards are returning to Los Angeles on the first Sunday in February.

    The Recording Academy announced several key dates ahead of its 66th annual show honoring the best in music. CBS will air the main ceremony starting at 8 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 4 from Crypto.com Arena, and it will be live-streamed on Paramount+.

    The ceremony will feature several new changes.

    Earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced that three new categories will be added to the Grammys in 2024: best pop dance recording, best African music performance, and best alternative jazz album.

    They also shared a few new voting rules, including new protocols regarding AI technology. “A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any category,” the requirements read in part, specifying that while songs that utilize AI technology are eligible for inclusion, “the human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful.”

    In addition, to win a nomination for the album of the year category, a music creator now has to account for at least 20% of the work. That’s a reversal of 2021 rule change that allowed anyone who worked on the album to receive a nomination.

    The number of those eligible in the “Big Four” categories — best new artists as well as album, song, and record of the year — has been decreased from 10 to eight nominees.

    Nominations will be announced on Nov. 10.

    LOS ANGELES The Grammy Awards are returning to Los Angeles on the first Sunday in February.

    The Recording Academy announced several key dates ahead of its 66th annual show honoring the best in music. CBS will air the main ceremony starting at 8 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 4 from Crypto.com Arena, and it will be live-streamed on Paramount+.

    The ceremony will feature several new changes.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced that three new categories will be added to the Grammys in 2024: best pop dance recording, best African music performance, and best alternative jazz album.

    They also shared a few new voting rules, including new protocols regarding AI technology. “A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any category,” the requirements read in part, specifying that while songs that utilize AI technology are eligible for inclusion, “the human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful.”

    In addition, to win a nomination for the album of the year category, a music creator now has to account for at least 20% of the work. That’s a reversal of 2021 rule change that allowed anyone who worked on the album to receive a nomination.

    The number of those eligible in the “Big Four” categories — best new artists as well as album, song, and record of the year — has been decreased from 10 to eight nominees.

    Nominations will be announced on Nov. 10.

  • The Pink Ladies get their origin story in Paramount+ series

    By Associated Press

    Four years before Frenchy, Rizzo and Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets, a group of friends at Rydell High leaned into their image of “bad girls,” called themselves the Pink Ladies and created a girl gang. Their formation is chronicled in the new 10-episode musical series “ Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies ” streaming now on Paramount+.

    Set in 1954, new student Jane Facciano (Marisa Davila) gets labelled as “easy” by the Rydell High quarterback and she’s suddenly an outcast. Jane ends up bonding with a few other teen girls, (played by Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, and Tricia Fukuhara) who are struggling in their own way to fit in.

    That theme of finding your people looms large throughout “Grease” as a whole, says creator Annabel Oakes.

    “When you say Pink Ladies and T-Birds, you’re like, ‘Oh, those are the cool kids in school.’ But when you watch the movie, Rizzo is cool, and Kenickie is cool. John Travolta’s Danny Zuko is cool. Jan’s not cool. Frenchie’s not cool. Sonny (and) Doody, are not cool. They are these lovely weirdos who banded together to kind of get through high school together. And I love telling stories about friends like that.”

    “Rise of the Pink Ladies” goes big with 30 original songs and a cover of “Grease,’ the beloved song sung by Frankie Valli (lyrics by Barry Gibb) for the 1978 film.

    The “Pink Ladies” songs are from hitmaker Justin Tranter, who has worked with a who’s who list of recording artists. Tranter has helped write songs such as “Sorry” by Justin Bieber, “Believer” by Imagine Dragons and “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE.

     Justin Tranter (File Photo | AP)

    “The reason I got into music in the first place was movie musicals, whether it was ‘Grease’ or ‘Annie’ or ‘The Little Mermaid,’ said Tranter. “When I read the script I fought really hard for this job.”

    Oakes and the writers — with Tranter’s input — decide where to insert musical numbers in the episodes.

    “There’s always the rule that when the feelings are too big to speak, you sing them,” said Oakes. “It really is pretty natural to find out the point in a script where somebody needs to sing.“

    There were moments though where Tranter felt a musical opportunity was missing. When the cast was filming the 10th episode, Tranter was still thinking that the second one could benefit from one more song.

    “The song ‘I Want More’ (second episode) is the last song that we wrote (for season one),” they explained. “The episode was shot, it was done. .. I had already seen a rough cut. Jane (played by Davila) is so defeated and learns she might not be able to apply for colleges. It’s a devastating moment. Then I got the call that we could add a song to episode two, I was like, ‘She is singing right there.’ The collaboration just never ends in a musical.”

    Jamal Sims devised the choreography for the series. Sims created the dance moves for “Encanto,” 2019’s live-action “Aladdin” and the first three “Step Up” movies. As dialogue and scenes changed during the writing process, so would the music, and thus the movement. Tranter and Sims mastered their own dance of communicating directly to get the job done.

    “There were a lot of stops and starts,” recalled Sims about finding their rhythm. “Then all of a sudden, Justin and I jumped on a call. We were like, ‘Let’s talk to each other.’”

    Jamal Sims (Photo | AP)

    Once they talked directly and “got on the same page, everything opened up,” Sims said. “That’s how we made it work.”

    Beyond “Pink Ladies,” Oakes hopes to create a “Grease” cinematic universe much like the MCU but centred around Rydell High.

    “My husband loves ‘Star Wars,’ and I see how much joy he’s gotten out of that universe and how they’ve provided all this depth and context and different worlds. I’ve always wanted a cinematic universe that would speak to me that I could really get into,” she said. “Our show has 20 ensemble dancers who are actors, with their own distinct characters and stuff happening in the background. We have futures and stories for all those people and I can’t wait to tell them.”

    Four years before Frenchy, Rizzo and Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets, a group of friends at Rydell High leaned into their image of “bad girls,” called themselves the Pink Ladies and created a girl gang. Their formation is chronicled in the new 10-episode musical series “ Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies ” streaming now on Paramount+.

    Set in 1954, new student Jane Facciano (Marisa Davila) gets labelled as “easy” by the Rydell High quarterback and she’s suddenly an outcast. Jane ends up bonding with a few other teen girls, (played by Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, and Tricia Fukuhara) who are struggling in their own way to fit in.

    That theme of finding your people looms large throughout “Grease” as a whole, says creator Annabel Oakes.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    “When you say Pink Ladies and T-Birds, you’re like, ‘Oh, those are the cool kids in school.’ But when you watch the movie, Rizzo is cool, and Kenickie is cool. John Travolta’s Danny Zuko is cool. Jan’s not cool. Frenchie’s not cool. Sonny (and) Doody, are not cool. They are these lovely weirdos who banded together to kind of get through high school together. And I love telling stories about friends like that.”

    “Rise of the Pink Ladies” goes big with 30 original songs and a cover of “Grease,’ the beloved song sung by Frankie Valli (lyrics by Barry Gibb) for the 1978 film.

    The “Pink Ladies” songs are from hitmaker Justin Tranter, who has worked with a who’s who list of recording artists. Tranter has helped write songs such as “Sorry” by Justin Bieber, “Believer” by Imagine Dragons and “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE.

     Justin Tranter (File Photo | AP)

    “The reason I got into music in the first place was movie musicals, whether it was ‘Grease’ or ‘Annie’ or ‘The Little Mermaid,’ said Tranter. “When I read the script I fought really hard for this job.”

    Oakes and the writers — with Tranter’s input — decide where to insert musical numbers in the episodes.

    “There’s always the rule that when the feelings are too big to speak, you sing them,” said Oakes. “It really is pretty natural to find out the point in a script where somebody needs to sing.“

    There were moments though where Tranter felt a musical opportunity was missing. When the cast was filming the 10th episode, Tranter was still thinking that the second one could benefit from one more song.

    “The song ‘I Want More’ (second episode) is the last song that we wrote (for season one),” they explained. “The episode was shot, it was done. .. I had already seen a rough cut. Jane (played by Davila) is so defeated and learns she might not be able to apply for colleges. It’s a devastating moment. Then I got the call that we could add a song to episode two, I was like, ‘She is singing right there.’ The collaboration just never ends in a musical.”

    Jamal Sims devised the choreography for the series. Sims created the dance moves for “Encanto,” 2019’s live-action “Aladdin” and the first three “Step Up” movies. As dialogue and scenes changed during the writing process, so would the music, and thus the movement. Tranter and Sims mastered their own dance of communicating directly to get the job done.

    “There were a lot of stops and starts,” recalled Sims about finding their rhythm. “Then all of a sudden, Justin and I jumped on a call. We were like, ‘Let’s talk to each other.’”

    Jamal Sims (Photo | AP)

    Once they talked directly and “got on the same page, everything opened up,” Sims said. “That’s how we made it work.”

    Beyond “Pink Ladies,” Oakes hopes to create a “Grease” cinematic universe much like the MCU but centred around Rydell High.

    “My husband loves ‘Star Wars,’ and I see how much joy he’s gotten out of that universe and how they’ve provided all this depth and context and different worlds. I’ve always wanted a cinematic universe that would speak to me that I could really get into,” she said. “Our show has 20 ensemble dancers who are actors, with their own distinct characters and stuff happening in the background. We have futures and stories for all those people and I can’t wait to tell them.”

  • Sylvester Stallone lands reality show with wife, daughters titled ‘The Family Stallone’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood veteran Sylvester Stallone will make his foray into the reality television world with a show by American streamer Paramount+.

    Titled “The Family Stallone”, the eight-episode show is a docuseries about the iconic action star, who led popular franchises such as “Rocky”, “Rambo”, “Expendables” and many other high-octane Hollywood titles.

    Stallone, 76, will feature along with wife Jennifer Flavin and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, reported American news outlet Variety.

    “After playing some of the most legendary characters in cinematic history, three-time Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone is ready to give cameras access to what he would consider the greatest role of his lifetime: dad.

    “This new series starring Stallone’s three daughters, wife and himself offers a seat at the table of one of Hollywood’s most famous families,” the official description of the show read.

    “The Family Stallone” will be produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and will air on Paramount+ later this year.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood veteran Sylvester Stallone will make his foray into the reality television world with a show by American streamer Paramount+.

    Titled “The Family Stallone”, the eight-episode show is a docuseries about the iconic action star, who led popular franchises such as “Rocky”, “Rambo”, “Expendables” and many other high-octane Hollywood titles.

    Stallone, 76, will feature along with wife Jennifer Flavin and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, reported American news outlet Variety.

    “After playing some of the most legendary characters in cinematic history, three-time Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone is ready to give cameras access to what he would consider the greatest role of his lifetime: dad.

    “This new series starring Stallone’s three daughters, wife and himself offers a seat at the table of one of Hollywood’s most famous families,” the official description of the show read.

    “The Family Stallone” will be produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and will air on Paramount+ later this year.

  • ‘Fatal Attraction’ series set for US release on Paramount+ in April

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The series adaptation of 1987 Hollywood classic “Fatal Attraction” will premiere on American streaming service Paramount+ on April 30.

    The streamer shared the news during its presentation at the ongoing Television Critics Association (TCA) event in the US on Monday.

    The show will revolve around the love triangle between Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher, Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher and Lizzy Caplan as Dan’s obsessed lover Alex Forrest.

    Starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas, the 1987 original movie followed the story of a married man whose weekend affair with a woman leads her become obsessed with him.

    The “Fatal Attraction” series has been described as a re-imagining of the film and explores the “timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women, personality disorders and coercive control”.

    The show is written by Alexandra Cunningham and Kevin J Hynes.

    It will also feature Allysa Jirrels, Toby Huss, Reno Wilson and Brian Goodman in pivotal roles.

    LOS ANGELES: The series adaptation of 1987 Hollywood classic “Fatal Attraction” will premiere on American streaming service Paramount+ on April 30.

    The streamer shared the news during its presentation at the ongoing Television Critics Association (TCA) event in the US on Monday.

    The show will revolve around the love triangle between Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher, Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher and Lizzy Caplan as Dan’s obsessed lover Alex Forrest.

    Starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas, the 1987 original movie followed the story of a married man whose weekend affair with a woman leads her become obsessed with him.

    The “Fatal Attraction” series has been described as a re-imagining of the film and explores the “timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women, personality disorders and coercive control”.

    The show is written by Alexandra Cunningham and Kevin J Hynes.

    It will also feature Allysa Jirrels, Toby Huss, Reno Wilson and Brian Goodman in pivotal roles.

  • Monster High the Movie gets a sequel

    By Express News Service

    Nickelodeon has announced the sequel to Monster High The Movie. The decision to produce a sequel follows the success of Monster High The Movie, which was released earlier this year and was the number one Kids and Family Movie on Paramount+ during the week of its release. The sequel is currently in production and will begin filming in January in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    Monster High The Movie is based on the popular and iconic Mattel toy line, which features the teenage children of famous monsters and creatures. The successful monster merchandise has been lauded for its message to embrace and be proud of oneself.

    Despite many animated adaptations, Monster High The Movie was the first live-action movie for the franchise. The sequel is expected to contain the same cast members, and the screenplay is being written by Matt Eddy and Billy Eddy.

    Nickelodeon has announced the sequel to Monster High The Movie. The decision to produce a sequel follows the success of Monster High The Movie, which was released earlier this year and was the number one Kids and Family Movie on Paramount+ during the week of its release. The sequel is currently in production and will begin filming in January in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    Monster High The Movie is based on the popular and iconic Mattel toy line, which features the teenage children of famous monsters and creatures. The successful monster merchandise has been lauded for its message to embrace and be proud of oneself.

    Despite many animated adaptations, Monster High The Movie was the first live-action movie for the franchise. The sequel is expected to contain the same cast members, and the screenplay is being written by Matt Eddy and Billy Eddy.

  • Paramount+ announces premiere date for ‘Criminal Minds’ revival

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The revival of the popular crime drama series “Criminal Minds” will stream on Paramount+ from November 24, the streaming platform has announced.

    Showrunner Erica Messer made the announcement during the platform’s virtual Television Critics Association presentation on Wednesday, reported entertainment outlet EW.

    Titled “Criminal Minds: Evolution”, the show will premiere with two episodes, and new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays.

    Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, the revival brings back six fan favourite criminal profilers David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler), Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), JJ Jareau (AJ Cook), and Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) as they come up against their greatest threat yet: an unidentified subject of an investigation who has used the virus to build a network of serial killers.

    “Criminal Minds: Evolution” will have its midseason finale on December 15. The 10-episode season will return on January 12 with new episodes weekly until the series finale set for February 9.

    Created by Jeff Davis, the original “Criminal Minds” went on to become one of the most watched shows on the TV channel CBS, where it aired in 2005 and ran for 15 seasons.

    The series concluded its run on the broadcaster in February 2020. Messer also serves as executive producer and writer on the upcoming series.

    LOS ANGELES: The revival of the popular crime drama series “Criminal Minds” will stream on Paramount+ from November 24, the streaming platform has announced.

    Showrunner Erica Messer made the announcement during the platform’s virtual Television Critics Association presentation on Wednesday, reported entertainment outlet EW.

    Titled “Criminal Minds: Evolution”, the show will premiere with two episodes, and new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays.

    Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, the revival brings back six fan favourite criminal profilers David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler), Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), JJ Jareau (AJ Cook), and Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) as they come up against their greatest threat yet: an unidentified subject of an investigation who has used the virus to build a network of serial killers.

    “Criminal Minds: Evolution” will have its midseason finale on December 15. The 10-episode season will return on January 12 with new episodes weekly until the series finale set for February 9.

    Created by Jeff Davis, the original “Criminal Minds” went on to become one of the most watched shows on the TV channel CBS, where it aired in 2005 and ran for 15 seasons.

    The series concluded its run on the broadcaster in February 2020. Messer also serves as executive producer and writer on the upcoming series.

  • ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Jerome Flynn joins ‘Yellowstone’ prequel ‘1923’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Jerome Flynn, who played the skilled mercenary in the epic fantasy drama “Game of Thrones”, has boarded the cast of the Paramount+ series “1923”.

    The show is a prequel to the critically acclaimed series “Yellowstone”, with Taylor Sheridan attached to write and direct.

    Fronted by veteran stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, “1923” will follow a new generation of the Dutton family in the titular year and explore the early 20th century which was fraught with pandemics, drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression.

    According to entertainment outlet Deadline, Flynn will play Banner Creighton, a hard-headed Scot with a brogue and the leader of the local sheepmen.

    Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Julia Schlaepfer also round out the cast of the upcoming series.

    Production is underway on “1923” in Montana and it will premiere on Paramount+ in December.

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Jerome Flynn, who played the skilled mercenary in the epic fantasy drama “Game of Thrones”, has boarded the cast of the Paramount+ series “1923”.

    The show is a prequel to the critically acclaimed series “Yellowstone”, with Taylor Sheridan attached to write and direct.

    Fronted by veteran stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, “1923” will follow a new generation of the Dutton family in the titular year and explore the early 20th century which was fraught with pandemics, drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression.

    According to entertainment outlet Deadline, Flynn will play Banner Creighton, a hard-headed Scot with a brogue and the leader of the local sheepmen.

    Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Julia Schlaepfer also round out the cast of the upcoming series.

    Production is underway on “1923” in Montana and it will premiere on Paramount+ in December.

  • Paramount files motion to dismiss ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ copyright lawsuit

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studio Paramount recently filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that claims that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ infringes on the copyright of the 1983 magazine article that was the source material for the original film, reports Variety.

    Shosh and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of writer Ehud Yonay, filed the suit in June, arguing that the studio made the sequel without first renewing the rights to the article.

    In the motion to dismiss, Paramount, according to Variety, argued that it did not need to obtain the rights, because ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a work of fiction that has almost nothing in common with the non-fiction article and that the facts and ideas conveyed in the article cannot be copyrighted.

    “Any similarity between these vastly different works derives from the fact that Top Gun is an actual naval training facility,” the studio’s lawyers argue. “Plaintiffs do not have a monopoly over works about ‘Top Gun’,” Paramount said.

    Variety states that Paramount did secure the film rights to Yonay’s article for the original ‘Top Gun’, which was released in 1986. Copyright law allows authors to reclaim their works after 35 years. Yonay died in 2012, but his widow and son filed a notice in 2018 terminating the studio’s copyright to the article.

    The lawsuit takes pains to document numerous alleged similarities between the article and the sequel. The complaint also argues that Yonay used “vivid and cinematic” language to enliven what otherwise could have been a mere recitation of facts.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studio Paramount recently filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that claims that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ infringes on the copyright of the 1983 magazine article that was the source material for the original film, reports Variety.

    Shosh and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of writer Ehud Yonay, filed the suit in June, arguing that the studio made the sequel without first renewing the rights to the article.

    In the motion to dismiss, Paramount, according to Variety, argued that it did not need to obtain the rights, because ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a work of fiction that has almost nothing in common with the non-fiction article and that the facts and ideas conveyed in the article cannot be copyrighted.

    “Any similarity between these vastly different works derives from the fact that Top Gun is an actual naval training facility,” the studio’s lawyers argue. “Plaintiffs do not have a monopoly over works about ‘Top Gun’,” Paramount said.

    Variety states that Paramount did secure the film rights to Yonay’s article for the original ‘Top Gun’, which was released in 1986. Copyright law allows authors to reclaim their works after 35 years. Yonay died in 2012, but his widow and son filed a notice in 2018 terminating the studio’s copyright to the article.

    The lawsuit takes pains to document numerous alleged similarities between the article and the sequel. The complaint also argues that Yonay used “vivid and cinematic” language to enliven what otherwise could have been a mere recitation of facts.

  • Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ hits USD 1 billion in 31 days at global box office

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Paramount/ Skydance’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has surpassed USD 1 billion worldwide, becoming only the second pandemic-era film to achieve this landmark feat.

    It took just 31 days for the aviators to get to USD 1B with the total through Sunday at an estimated USD 1.006 billion worldwide, including domestic’s estimated USD 521.7 million and USD 484.7 million from the international box office, as per Deadline. This is also the first time Tom Cruise has hit that milestone in his 40-year-long career.

    Thank you to everyone who saw #TopGun: Maverick and helped make it a historic opening weekend.
    — Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2022
    The overseas holds on this 36-years-later sequel directed by Joseph Kosinski have been nothing short of stellar, with the last weekend collection off by just 21 per cent, and the current frame at USD 44.5M in 65 markets, down by only 26 per cent, which is remarkable.

    According to Deadline, Top Gun: Maverick’s performance is a testament to the work that Paramount’s distribution and marketing teams put behind it, while Cruise himself deserves massive credit. The indefatigable star travelled to San Diego, Mexico City, Japan, Cannes, London and Seoul to promote the movie. After his Korea trip, he even made a pit stop at the CineEurope convention in Barcelona this past Wednesday (en route from Seoul to the set of the next Mission: Impossible), thanking the exhibition personally for its efforts.

    To recap its journey, upon release in late May, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ lit the fire with Cruise’s biggest domestic and international debuts; and the following weekend wasn’t swallowed up by the launch of Jurassic World Dominion, proving there’s room for more than one mega-movie in the market, which comes as a piece of good news for everyone after the last two years of uncertainty.