Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick passes $200 million domestic to propel Paramount's box office revival

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Tom Cruise's blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick passed $200 million in box office sales, after raking in another $14 million on Thursday for a $203 seven-day total.According to Forbes, the hit action movie's Thursday gross marked just a 4 percent drop from its Wednesday haul of $14.8 million, which dropped 6 percent from Tuesday's $15.8 million.As Top Gun: Maverick is not up against any other major wide releases this weekend, even with a 50 percent drop, the film is on track for $269 million ten-day total, which will cement its status as Cruise's top-grossing movie at the domestic box office.

Mega-hit: Tom Cruise's blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick passed $200 million in box office sales, after raking in another $14 million on Thursday for a $203 seven-day totalMeanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and Variety have estimated that the sequel could finish the weekend with a total box office haul as high as $290 million.The movie's success is helping drive Paramount's continued box office revival after the studio's struggles over recent years.

Top Gun: Maverick has already surpassed the studio's recent wide release Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which brought in an impressive $186 million.After this weekend, the movie is expected to overtake Mission: Impossible — Fallout, which brought in $220 million in 2018, andTransformers: Age of Extinction's$245 million gross in 2014.

Record-breaking:As Top Gun: Maverick (pictured) isn't up against other major wide releases this weekend, it's on track for $269 million ten-day total to become Cruise's top-grossing movie at the domestic box officeWith an estimated $269 million take, Top Gun: Maverick will become Paramount's biggest domestic grosser since Transformers: Dark Side of the.