Steven Spielberg is seemingly crediting Tom Cruise for “saving Hollywood” with the theatrical release of Top Gun: Maverick.
The Fabelmans director caught up with Cruise at the Oscar nominees luncheon and their encounter was caught in a video that has now gone viral.
Spielberg congratulated Cruise on hitting the “milestone” last year by bringing back audiences to the theaters. “You saved Hollywood’s a**,” Spielberg is seemingly heard saying in the video first shared by Oscar nominee Kartiki Gonsalves, director of the documentary short film The Elephant Whisperers. “And, you might have saved theatrical distribution.
Seriously. ‘Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry.” Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski, was released in May 2022 and has grossed more than $1.48 billion globally.
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