<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise</a> got everyone&#8217;s attention on Wednesday when he posted a high-octane trailer for the latest installment in the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; franchise showing his character riding off a cliff on a motorcycle.</p>
<p>The 60-year-old actor posted on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsWE7CCsq2I/?igshid=YzcyNDA0Yzg3NA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> a two-minute plus clip with a caption that read, &#8220;It’s time to pick a side. Here is the new trailer for #MissionImpossible &#8211; Dead Reckoning Part One.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the viral trailer for the seventh installment of the movie, titled &#8220;Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,&#8221; Cruise&#8217;s character Ethan Hunt speeds up to the edge of a cliff on a motorcycle, before he goes on several high speed chases, and is then seen near the end of the clip hanging onto the back of a train by a thread.</p>
<p>A voiceover in the trailer says, &#8220;We can not escape the past.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Your life will always matter more to me than my own,&#8221; Ethan tells agents Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) in the clip.</p>
<p>&#8220;None of our lives can matter more than this mission,&#8221; Luther tells Ethan, who replies, &#8220;I don&#8217;t accept that.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The logline for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cruise&#8217;s</a> film reads, &#8220;Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-trailer-tom-cruise-1235493781/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan&#8217;s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins,&#8221; the description adds. &#8220;Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point in the trailer, Cruise&#8217;s character drives right off the edge of a cliff and soars through the sky without the bike.</p>
<p>Cruise&#8217;s monster box office hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; released in 2022 and ended up becoming one of the top-grossing films of all time, earning $1.4 billion worldwide, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/top-gun-maverick-1-4-billion-worldwide-box-office-tom-cruise-1235097053/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> previously noted.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s success worldwide also made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star’s first movie to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape Cruise, who took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mission: Impossible 7&#8221; hits theaters July 12. The sequel is still in production and scheduled to hit theaters June 28, 2024, the outlet noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Scores New Honor After Being Named Best Film Of 2022</a></strong></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Cruise</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was very on-brand while accepting his 2023 MTV Movies &amp; TV Award Sunday night.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 60-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">actor</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> won “Best Performance in a Movie” for last year&#8217;s smash hit sequel “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” Cruise accepted the honor with a video clip of himself piloting a fighter plane while wearing sunglasses and speaking into a headset. The actor made sure his golden popcorn trophy was inside the plane and visible as he delivered his thanks for the honor, which is determined by audience votes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Thank you so much for this award,&#8221; the “Top Gun” alum said. &#8220;I make these films for you. I love you. I love entertaining you. To know how much you enjoy it, how much you appreciate it, there&#8217;s just no better feeling.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things we&#39;ll never forget: <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomCruise</a>&#39;s performance in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopGun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopGun</a>: Maverick 🎥 </p>
<p>Congrats to Tom Cruise on winning Best Performance in a Movie at the 2023 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MTVAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MTVAwards</a>! <a href="https://t.co/dZr3Wglpdq">pic.twitter.com/dZr3Wglpdq</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Movie &amp; TV Awards (@MTVAwards) <a href="https://twitter.com/MTVAwards/status/1655367059994456065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruise encouraged everyone to see his upcoming action film “Mission: Impossible &#8211; Dead Reckoning Part One,” which debuts in theaters on July 12. The actor described the project as a &#8220;wild ride.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You have a wonderful summer. Thank you again for letting me entertain you. It&#8217;s an absolute privilege. We&#8217;ll see you at the movies,&#8221; the actor concluded. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other nominees in the &#8220;Best Performance&#8221; category included: Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Florence Pugh (“Don&#8217;t Worry Darling”), Keke Palmer (“Nope”), and Michael B. Jordan (“Creed III”).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Top Gun: Maverick” had the most nominations for MTV movie awards this year. In the TV categories, “Stranger Things” and “The Last of Us” also had six nominations. This year’s awards were supposed to be live and in person with Drew Barrymore as host, but producers had to make a last-minute change due to the ongoing Hollywood writer’s strike.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Maverick” grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office and more than $690 million domestically after three months in theaters, making it one of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime">highest-grossing movies</a> of all time, Variety reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruise filmed a special thank you for fans and jumped out of a helicopter over South Africa in December 2022. While audience scores for the film remained high, critics were less favorable in their reviews. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards but only won Best Sound in what was considered a major snub by the industry. Cruise did not attend the Oscars ceremony in March.</span></p>


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<p>&#8220;The Super Marios Bros. Movie&#8221; has shocked Hollywood after hitting another massive milestone four weeks out when it crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office this weekend.</p>
<p>The film, which is an adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game, has officially become the first movie of 2023 to hit the coveted milestone with the film&#8217;s release worldwide, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/super-mario-bros-movie-1-billion-box-office-milestone-1235598832/">Variety</a> reported.</p>
<p>The Chris Pratt-lead movie earned $490 million in North America and $532 million internationally as of Sunday. The success has made it only the fifth film since the pandemic to hit such a monumental mark, joining such films as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gunhttps://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun">Top Gun: Maverick</a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-avatar-flick-tops-1-billion-in-just-14-days-faster-than-any-other-film-this-year">Avatar: The Way of  Water</a>,&#8221; &#8220;Spider-Man: No Way Home,&#8221; and &#8220;Jurassic World Dominion.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed $1 billion at the global box office on Sunday, making it the 10th animated film to reach that milestone and the first since 2019 <a href="https://t.co/ECUd4Ksydx">https://t.co/ECUd4Ksydx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1653041083155116035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The movie opened on April 5th during the long Easter holiday and ended up surpassing Marvel&#8217;s highly-anticipated &#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.&#8221; After its first weekend, the film had already become the top-grossing film of 2023 at the worldwide box office and domestically, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/super-mario-bros-movie-smashes-records-becomes-biggest-animated-movie-opening-weekend-ever">reported</a>.</p>
<p>It has a star-studded cast of voices, with Pratt as the voice of Mario and Jack Black voicing the love-struck tortured villain, Bowser. The success makes it not only the first movie to cross the $1 billion mark globally but also the first film ever based on a video game to have that kind of success, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>The film has scored big with audiences too — who have given it a 96% rating on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_super_mario_bros_movie">Rotten Tomatoes,</a> as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-super-mario-bros-movie-to-cross-1-billion-mark-at-worldwide-box-office-after-second-monster-weekend">reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I took my four year old son to watch this movie as he&#8217;s super into Mario and he LOVED it,&#8221; one audience goer wrote. &#8220;I loved the humor in the movie, the colors and animation. It is a good story line and just a great family friendly movie. I have no complaints.”</p>
<p>&#8220;Perfect for my 11 year old,&#8221; another person wrote. &#8220;She enjoyed it and it didn’t have the adult themes or conversation that I have to explain later when she ask [sic] me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, critics have loved it less, scoring a 59% on the movie review site.</p>
<p>&#8220;Among the many errors of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, screenwriter Matthew Fogel plops him and his brother Luigi into a milquetoast Brooklyn family that doubts them and disrespects their small-business dreams,&#8221; a Chicago Reader critic wrote.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 95th Annual Academy Awards was bound to be less dramatic than last year’s show no matter what happened.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Academy caught heat for failing to react quickly enough when Will Smith strode onstage and assaulted show host Chris Rock last year, making it so they played things extra safe in 2023. Some say the Oscars were a little too cautious, or to phrase it another way, even more boring than usual. That meant cutting down on the political rhetoric that’s become so predictable at every awards show.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But despite host Jimmy Kimmel attempting to make non-offensive jokes, there were still moments during the Oscars which fully displayed the ingrained leftist leanings of the Hollywood community. Did conservatives expect anything else?</span></p>
<h2><strong>1. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” director defends drag queens</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The night’s big winner was the sci-fi indie flick “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a totally out-of-the-box project about a Chinese-American immigrant (Michelle Yeoh) who must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent the destruction of the multiverse. The film won seven Oscars including Best Picture.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The movie’s co-director Daniel Scheinert used his Oscars acceptance speech to defend people who dress in drag, including kids. “We want to dedicate this to the mommies, all the mommies in the world, to our moms,” Scheinert said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Specifically my mom and dad … thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films, or really perverted comedy films, or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!” he said, likely referencing recent legislation some states introduced that would prohibit sexually explicit drag performances in front of children.</span></p>
<h2><strong>2. &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick” snubbed</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No one expected the enormously successful sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” to win an Academy Award, which probably explains why Tom Cruise decided to skip the ceremony completely. Fans marveled that this pro-America, pro-masculinity movie was even nominated in the first place.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MSNBC opinion writer and editor Zeeshan Aleem summed up the feelings of most leftists about “Top Gun” as part of a weekend column. In it, the writer called this blockbuster film’s message “insidious,” “poisonous,” and “literal propaganda.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I hope it tanks at the Oscars,” Aleem concluded. “It’s possible to make thrilling action without so brazenly priming the public for warfare.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Maverick” didn’t win any awards despite being adored by fans and raking in more than $1.4 billion worldwide. Even Kimmel made a few jokes about how the movie “saved” Hollywood by getting people to go back to movie theaters again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film won for “Best Sound” but lost in all the other six categories it was nominated in.</span></p>
<h2><strong>3. Jimmy Kimmel adds a January 6 dig</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Considering how liberals can’t go more than 15 minutes without discussing January 6, it should come as no surprise that the evening’s host couldn’t restrain himself from making a joke about it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While introducing the film editing category, Kimmel added a joke about Fox News host Tucker Carlson.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Anyone who’s ever received a text message from their father knows how important editing is,” the late-night host joked. “Editors do amazing things,” he continued. “Edits can turn 44,000 hours of violent insurrection footage into a respectful sight-seeing tour of the Capitol.”</span></p>
<h2><strong>4. Feminism gets a shout out during a “Women Talking” speech</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, “Women Talking” director Sarah Polley added a little dig to her acceptance speech for “Best Adapted Screenplay.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;First of all, I just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words &#8216;women&#8217; and &#8216;talking&#8217; put so close together like that,&#8221; Polley said. She ended her speech by addressing her children, saying, “Your story will be different from ours.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Polley adapted “Women Talking” from the 2018 novel by the same name. The story, which was written by Miriam Toews, is about a group of Mennonite women who must decide whether to stay in or leave their community following widespread sexual assault. </span></p>
<h2><strong>5. Kimmel jokes about Hunter Biden</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At least leftists aren’t calling the laptop story fake anymore.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During his opening monologue, Kimmel quipped that “The Fabelmans” director Steven Spielberg and actor Seth Rogen were the “Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.” </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">That joke got a huge round of applause from the star-studded audience.</span></p>
<h2><strong>6. George Santos becomes the butt of a joke</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another political joke of the evening was at the expense of Congressman George Santos (R-NY), who became a public disgrace after admitting to being a “terrible liar.” It was revealed that he lied about being Jewish plus his education, employment, charity work, and that his mother died on 9/11.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Did you know … the last directing team to win an Oscar was Congressman George Santos?” Kimmel quipped at one point in the evening.</span></p>
<h2><strong>Bonus: Michelle Yeoh takes a dig at Don Lemon</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oscar Award winner Michelle Yeoh, who took home the night’s top prize for Best Actress, made a not-so-subtle reference to notorious left-leaning CNN host Don Lemon’s comment about presidential hopeful Nikki Haley (R) being “past her prime.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yeoh made history as the first Asian person to win an Academy Award.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” the 60-year-old star said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is proof that dreams, dream big, and dreams do come true. And ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up!”</span></p>


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<p>One MSNBC editor is actively rooting against the adrenaline-fueled and Best Picture-nominated &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Gun: Maverick</a>,&#8221; complaining that it paints too positive a picture of the United States military.</p>
<p>MSNBC opinion writer and editor <span class="byline-name">Zeeshan Aleem explained in a Saturday <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/top-gun-maverick-oscars-2023-rcna73773" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a> that the movie, while an entertaining break from CGI and animated content, was sending a message that he called &#8220;insidious&#8221; and &#8220;poisonous.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span class="byline-name">&#8220;&#8216;Top Gun&#8217; is as insidious as it is entertaining. It does not merely revive a forgotten human-centered spectacle; it also beckons for a return to accepting the American war machine as a beacon of virtue and excitement,&#8221; Aleem wrote, claiming that the movie glorified the excitement of battle — which in turn, glorified war in itself. &#8220;It’s a poisonous kind of nostalgia, one that smuggles love of endless war into a celebration of live action.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Aleem referred to the summer blockbuster as &#8220;literal propaganda,&#8221; noting that the military had given filmmakers access to real aircraft in exchange for some oversight.</p>
<p>&#8220;In exchange for access to military aircraft, the producers of the movie agreed to allow the Defense Department to include its own &#8216;key talking points&#8217; in the script. Perhaps equally important, the script had to be written in a manner that flatters the military in order to secure the buy-in of the Pentagon,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>Aleem went on to argue that the 2022 film and its predecessor were used to &#8220;rehab&#8221; the military&#8217;s image, after periods of waning popularity. The original film, he said, helped the military&#8217;s reputation recover after Vietnam — and the sequel &#8220;diverts from the failed war on terror, and comes as defense officials eye the rise of China.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t object to anyone’s enjoyment of the film, but I hope it tanks at the Oscars,&#8221; Aleem concluded. &#8220;It’s possible to make thrilling action without so brazenly priming the public for warfare.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221; the other 2023 Best Picture <a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominees</a> are as follows: &#8220;The Banshees of Inisherin,&#8221; &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once,&#8221; &#8220;All Quiet on the Western Front,&#8221; &#8220;The Fabelmans,&#8221; &#8220;Avatar: The Way of Water,&#8221; &#8220;Elvis,&#8221; &#8220;Tár,&#8221; &#8220;Triangle of Sadness,&#8221; and &#8220;Women Talking.&#8221; The ceremony will take place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.</p>


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‘I Hope It Tanks At The Oscars’: MSNBC Editor Slams Pro-Military ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ As ‘Poisonous’

MSNBC Editor Slams Pro-Military 'Top Gun: Maverick' As 'Poisonous'

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<p>Director Judd Apatow had some fun at Tom Cruise&#8217;s expense when he roasted the superstar actor for his height and connection to the Church of Scientology at the Directors Guild of America Awards.</p>
<p>During the 55-year-old comedian&#8217;s opening monologue as the host of the DGA Awards on Saturday, Apatow joked about the &#8220;visual effects&#8221; being so good for the box-office hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; that people couldn&#8217;t see just &#8220;how short&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise">Cruise</a> is, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/judd-apatow-tom-cruise-height-scientology-dga-awards-monologue-1235329732/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Visual effects in [Top Gun:] Maverick were so top-notch I couldn&#8217;t even see the stack of phone books Tom Cruise sat on to reach the flight controls,&#8221; the director teased. &#8220;That&#8217;s why he&#8217;s always jumping out of tall buildings because you can&#8217;t tell how short he is from a 100-story building. That&#8217;s why when he&#8217;s standing on a wing of an airplane he&#8217;s always alone. He doesn&#8217;t want anyone there next to him for scale.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Apatow then said Tom is not fine, noting how, at the age of 60, the superstar actor seems unaware that the crazy stunts he does, like driving &#8220;a motorcycle off a cliff,&#8221; can be done with the use of something called CGI.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tom is not fine, something is wrong right now,&#8221; Apatow cracked. &#8220;Someone needs to explain something to him called CGI — you don&#8217;t need to do the stunts. They look exactly the same when you do them on the green screen. You&#8217;re 60, calm down.&#8221;</p>
<p>The monologue then slightly shifted to noting the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount">star&#8217;s</a> well-known status as a member of the Church of Scientology.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every time he does one of these new stunts it does feel like an ad for Scientology, it really does,&#8221; Apatow told the audience. &#8220;I mean, is that in ‘Dianetics’ because there&#8217;s nothing about jumping off a cliff in the Torah?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The only thing he seems to be afraid of is co-parenting and antidepressants,&#8221; he added, as some members of the crowd audibly gasped. &#8220;Do you think if Tom Cruise took antidepressants he&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I&#8217;m not jumping off of a f***ing motorcycle on a cliff? Why do I even work, I&#8217;m rich.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruise and all those connected with the monster hit sequel to &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; had reason to celebrate recently after being named the Best Film of 2022 by the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022">reported</a>. The highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 movie grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Becomes Studio’s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110 Year-History</a></strong></p>


Judd Apatow Roasts Tom Cruise At Awards Show Over Church Of Scientology And More

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise</a> and all those connected with the monster hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; have more reason to celebrate after being named the Best Film of 2022 by the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.</p>
<p>The highly anticipated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sequel</a> to the 1986 movie &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/02/top-gun-maverick-rotten-tomatoes-best-film-2022-1235253650/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.</p>
<p>The movie scored a 96% certified fresh grade from critics out of nearly 500 reviews — and even more impressive was the 99% fresh score the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; sequel got from those who went to see the movie. Other movies in the top three include “The Banshees of Inisherin&#8221; with a 97% certified fresh score, and the sci-fi adventure &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221; with 95%.</p>
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<p>The film directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Cruise scored a rare A+ CinemaScore, too. It was not only a hit with theater-goers domestically, but ended up being the second highest grossing movie worldwide based on pure calendar days of 2022.</p>
<p>&#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; has also been nominated for a total of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay (from Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, Eric Warren Singer, Peter Craig, and Justin Marks), along with a nomination for Lady Gaga and BloodPop&#8217;s original song &#8220;Hold My Hand,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
<p>In the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">non-woke sequel</a>, Cruise&#8217;s character &#8220;Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him,&#8221; before he is called back to “Top Gun,” according to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a>.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s global success has made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star&#8217;s first film to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape Cruise, who previously took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations,&#8221; Cruise’s <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?s=20&amp;t=ByFJE-HCPM_waJk-exr3Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> to his 6.9 million followers read.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations. To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you. </p>
<p>See you at the movies.</p>
<p>&mdash; Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you,&#8221; the actor&#8217;s message added. &#8220;See you at the movies.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise And &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Can Take Another Victory Lap After Debut On Paramount+</a></strong></p>


The Royal Film Performance & UK Premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick”

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently paid some compliments to “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” star </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Cruise</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, calling him one of the hardest-working actors in the business. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 79-year-old movie mogul </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-producer-jerry-bruckheimer-nobody-works-harder-tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fox News Digital that he’s proud of Cruise’s work ethic while indicating that another “Top Gun” installment wasn&#8217;t out of the question.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;There&#8217;s nobody like him. Nobody works harder, cares more, or is a better actor than Tom Cruise,&#8221; Bruckheimer said while attending the Critics Choice Awards Sunday evening. &#8220;We&#8217;re very fortunate that he came back to do another &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; in &#8216;Maverick&#8217; and made it the worldwide success it&#8217;s become.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The producer went on to discuss the intense preparation that actors underwent to prepare for their “Maverick” roles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Our actors went through three months of training in various jets. First in a prop plane then an aerobatic prop then in a jet and finally in an F-18, so they can handle all the G forces that the plane puts on, eight or nine G&#8217;s a time,&#8221; Bruckheimer told the publication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It worked perfectly because our actors in the plane when we actually filmed it was real and that&#8217;s amazing,” he continued. “The fact that they withstood those amounts of G&#8217;s and gave a great performance on top of it, it made it a worldwide hit.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 action movie “Top Gun” grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office plus more than $690 million domestically, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December, Cruise sent a special message to fans, thanking them for their support as he jumped out of a helicopter while on location in South Africa filming the upcoming film “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans are eager to see a follow-up to “Maverick,” but Bruckheimer said while it’s always a possibility, Cruise is focusing on the “Mission: Impossible” franchise for now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;He&#8217;s in the middle of shooting &#8216;Mission Impossible,&#8217; he&#8217;s got a lot of very difficult, hard stunts he&#8217;s doing. &#8230; It&#8217;s not the time to take attention away from what&#8217;s important to him right now,” the producer </span><a href="https://movieweb.com/top-gun-3-is-possible-but-not-yet-says-jerry-bruckheimer/#where-will-cruise-go-next-after-top-gun-and-mission-impossible"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when asked about the future of “Top Gun.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But he didn&#8217;t rule out the idea entirely. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;ll have to wait and see,&#8221; he told Fox News over the weekend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Director Joseph Kosinski also weighed in on the possibility, saying, “Is there another story that is compelling enough that we need to go back? It seems to me at the end of this film that Maverick has some gas left in the tank. He&#8217;s not settling down.&#8221;</span></p>


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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Producer Jerry Bruckheimer On Tom Cruise: ‘Nobody Works Harder’

'Top Gun: Maverick' Producer Jerry Bruckheimer On Tom Cruise: 'Nobody Works Harder'

<p>&#8220;Avatar: The Way of Water&#8221; has soared past &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; at the global box office to become the top-grossing film released in 2022.</p>
<p>The highly-anticipated &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-avatar-flick-tops-1-billion-in-just-14-days-faster-than-any-other-film-this-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avatar</a>&#8221; sequel from director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-cameron-already-shot-avatar-3-and-4-to-avoid-stranger-things-effect-teens-who-look-like-theyre-27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Cameron,</a> through Thursday, earned $1.547 billion at the box office internationally, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/01/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-beats-top-gun-maverick-best-of-2022-1235211240/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Avatar&#8221; sequel has become the ninth highest-grossing film of all time at the global box office, overtaking &#8220;The Avengers,” which brought in $1.521 billion in 2012, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>As of Wednesday, the fantasy film had beaten out the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; sequel, earning $454 million domestically and crossing the $1 billion mark globally, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-top-gun-1235290677/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>Paramount’s &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; was released in May, and previously held the honor of top-grossing movie released in 2022, earning $1.49 billion globally.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I’m gonna have to do these other [&#39;Avatar&#39;] sequels. I know what I’m going to be doing the next six or seven years&#8230;.We’ve begun a saga that can now play out over multiple films.”<a href="https://t.co/Y8IHx4olJk">https://t.co/Y8IHx4olJk</a></p>
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<p>Ahead of the release of “Avatar: The Way Of Water,” Cameron said the movie would have to earn $2 billion to &#8220;break even,&#8221; as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-avatar-flick-tops-1-billion-in-just-14-days-faster-than-any-other-film-this-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. However, despite Cameron’s assertion, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-the-way-of-water-900-million-worldwide-1235472877/#:~:text=Cameron%20estimated%20the%20movie%20needs,probably%20closer%20to%20%241.5%20billion." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reports that “analysts believe the threshold to profitability is probably closer to $1.5 billion.”</p>
<p>Cameron shared during his Friday appearance on HBO Max&#8217;s &#8220;Who&#8217;s Talking to Chris Wallace?&#8221; that his film will easily pass that point in the next few days, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-cameron-says-avatar-2-190229417.html">Yahoo.com</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;It looks like with the momentum that the film has now that we&#8217;ll easily pass our break even in the next few days, so it looks like I can&#8217;t wiggle out of this and I&#8217;m gonna have to do these other sequels,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;I know what I&#8217;m going to be doing the next six or seven years.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The point is we&#8217;re going to be okay,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that we&#8217;ll have a discussion soon with with the top folks at Disney about the game plan going forward for &#8216;Avatar 3,’ which is already in the can — we&#8217;ve already captured and photographed the whole film, so we&#8217;re in extended post-production to do all that CG magic.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And then &#8216;Avatar 4&#8217; and &#8216;5&#8217; are both written,&#8221; Cameron continued. &#8220;We even have some of &#8216;4&#8217; in the can. We&#8217;ve begun a franchise at this point. We&#8217;ve begun a saga that can now play out over multiple films.&#8221;</p>
<p>The first &#8220;Avatar&#8221; film brought in $2.97 billion and holds the record as the highest-grossing release in cinema history, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-the-way-of-water-billion-dollar-box-office-1235473320/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/avatar-director-james-cameron-having-a-pregnant-warrior-is-last-bastion-of-empowering-women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Avatar&#8217; Director James Cameron: Having A &#8216;Pregnant&#8217; Warrior Is &#8216;Last Bastion&#8217; Of Empowering Women</a></strong></p>


Avatar

‘Avatar’ Sequel Soars Past ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Globally To Become Top Grossing Film Of 2022

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<p>Tom Cruise and all involved in &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; can take another victory lap after the movie&#8217;s premiere on Paramount+ became the most-watched film to ever debut on the streaming site in the U.S.</p>
<p>Brian Robbins, President and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids &amp; Family, Paramount+ called the release of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sequel</a> to the hit 1986 film on the streaming site a &#8220;runaway success.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The runaway success of this film across theatrical, digital and now in streaming is an undeniable proof point demonstrating the power of Paramount&#8217;s multi-platform release strategy,&#8221; Robbins explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to see a continuation of the film&#8217;s massive record-breaking success by becoming the #1 most-watched movie premiere on Paramount+,&#8221; Tanya Giles, Chief Programming Officer, Paramount Streaming added. &#8220;We continue to benefit from the highly anticipated theatrical hits from Paramount Pictures that come to the service delivering fans a new way to continue to watch and re-watch their favorite movies.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a tweet on Wednesday, Paramount+ shared that &#8220;Maverick did it again! #TopGun: Maverick is now the #1 Global Movie Premiere on #ParamountPlus EVER!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maverick did it again! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopGun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopGun</a>: Maverick is now the #1 Global Movie Premiere on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParamountPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParamountPlus</a> EVER! <a href="https://t.co/nIB3H1DCg0">pic.twitter.com/nIB3H1DCg0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Paramount+ (@paramountplus) <a href="https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1608145046112436224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Cruise-led <a href="https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1605941531529150465?s=20&amp;t=jvDHrFKAIDci4YnlV5XAWw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">film debuted</a> on the streaming platform on December 22 and quickly became the most-watched film on the streaming service, surpassing &#8220;Sonic the Hedgehog&#8221; by 60%, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/top-gun-maverick-premiere-weekend-viewership-record-paramount-plus-1235207692/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted. However, Paramount Global has yet to disclose specific viewership numbers for the film.</p>
<p>Ahead of the highly-anticipated sequel&#8217;s release on the platform, the company said viewership for the original &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; film went up by 400%, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>It is another win for the film after it surpassed the $1.4 billion <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1745960/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">milestone</a> worldwide, becoming one of the top-grossing films of all time, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/top-gun-maverick-1-4-billion-worldwide-box-office-tom-cruise-1235097053/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s success worldwide has made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star&#8217;s first movie to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-sends-message-to-audience-after-top-gun-maverick-crosses-1-billion-mark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cruise</a>, who took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations,&#8221; Cruise&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?s=20&amp;t=ByFJE-HCPM_waJk-exr3Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> to his 6.9 million followers read.</p>
<p>&#8220;To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you,&#8221; the actor&#8217;s message added. &#8220;See you at the movies.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Becomes Studio&#8217;s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110 Year-History</a></strong></p>


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Tom Cruise And ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Can Take Another Victory Lap After Debut On Paramount+

<p>Audiences are quickly proving that they have been waiting for director James Cameron&#8217;s newest sequel, &#8220;Avatar: The Way of Water&#8221; — driving the franchise&#8217;s second installment to $1 billion at the global box office in just 14 days.</p>
<p>According to a <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-the-way-of-water-billion-dollar-box-office-1235473320/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Tuesday by the entertainment website Variety, Cameron&#8217;s lengthy epic managed the feat in less time than any other movie in 2022 — and was one of only three released this year to reach the milestone at all. The other two were also sequels — &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221; which cleared the hurdle in about one month; and &#8220;Jurassic World Dominion,&#8221; which took a full four months.</p>
<p>Variety&#8217;s report also noted that &#8220;Spider Man: No Way Home&#8221; (2021) was the most recent movie to deliver a $1 billion box office take within two weeks — and only <a href="https://www.insider.com/fastest-grossing-movies-1-billion-box-office-two-weeks-2022-10#2-avengers-infinity-war-11-days-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">six movies</a> have bested $1 billion within two weeks of their initial release date:</p>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom&#8221; (14 days)</li>
<li>&#8220;Jurassic World&#8221; (13 days)</li>
<li>&#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (12 days)</li>
<li>&#8220;Spider Man: No Way Home&#8221; (12 days)</li>
<li>&#8220;Avengers: Infinity War” (11 days)</li>
<li>&#8220;Avengers: Endgame&#8221; (5 days)</li>
</ul>
<p>But according to Cameron, bringing in $1 billion is quite literally only half the battle. He has told reporters that because of the film&#8217;s massive operating budget — and millions in additional promotional material — the movie would have to top $2 billion in order for him to break even on the project. However, despite Cameron’s assertion, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-the-way-of-water-900-million-worldwide-1235472877/#:~:text=Cameron%20estimated%20the%20movie%20needs,probably%20closer%20to%20%241.5%20billion." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reports that “analysts believe the threshold to profitability is probably closer to $1.5 billion.”</p>
<p>In addition, Cameron has already sunk time and money into two more installments in the &#8220;Avatar&#8221; franchise — he reportedly <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/james-cameron-already-shot-avatar-3-and-4-to-avoid-stranger-things-effect-teens-who-look-like-theyre-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already filmed</a> the third movie, as well as <a href="https://collider.com/avatar-3-filming-nearly-complete-jon-landau-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parts</a> of the fourth, in an effort to preserve continuity and avoid having his actors age out before the projects are finished.</p>
<p>The first &#8220;Avatar&#8221; film still holds the record as the highest grossing release in cinema history, shattering box office records with a haul of $2.97 billion in 2009.</p>
<p>Cameron made news earlier in the week when, during a press tour for the popular sequel, he revealed that he had cut at least <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/james-cameron-cut-10-minutes-of-guns-from-new-avatar-flick-over-fears-hed-fetishize-firearms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ten minutes</a> of gun play from the three hour epic over fears that he might &#8220;fetishize&#8221; firearms.</p>
<p>&#8220;I actually cut about 10 minutes of the movie targeting gunplay action. I wanted to get rid of some of the ugliness, to find a balance between light and dark. You have to have conflict, of course. Violence and action are the same thing, depending on how you look at it. This is the dilemma of every action filmmaker, and I’m known as an action filmmaker,&#8221; Cameron said, adding that he might do other films — such as &#8220;Terminator&#8221; and &#8220;True Lies&#8221; — differently in order to avoid making firearms appear glamorous.</p>


The World Premiere of James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water”

New ‘Avatar’ Flick Tops $1 Billion In Just 14 Days – Faster Than Any Other Film This Year

New 'Avatar' Flick Tops $1 Billion In Just 14 Days

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