The highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise’s career that “saved Hollywood” after the pandemic and that you can watch streaming

Actor Tom Cruise, during the premiere of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, in a file photograph. EFE/ Tolga Akwen

They say that second parts are not good, but Tom Cruise will not entirely agree with this statement. The 61-year-old actor has returned to the public eye after the leak of new images from the filming of Mission Impossible 8, a saga that seems to have no end. In a video circulating on

While the American films the new installment of a cinematographic saga that has marked his career, elevating action cinema to peaks never before reached, we remember the film that, in the words of Steven Spielberg himself, saved cinema in the midst of a pandemic. “You have saved Hollywood’s ass and you could have saved film distribution,” commented the director after the success of Top Gun: Maverick, the film released in 2022 that encouraged the public to return to movie theaters. “Seriously, it may have saved the entire industry,” added the Fabelmans filmmaker.

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The film has not only become the highest-grossing of his career, it also managed to overcome the barrier of one billion dollars in receipts, a feat that, after the Barbie fury, seems very easy to undertake, but which was a real challenge in the midst of a health crisis that reduced capacity and generated fear when sharing certain public spaces. Top Gun: Maverick was the second film to exceed this figure during the time of the coronavirus (the first was Spider-Man: No Way Home), ranking as the fifth highest-grossing film in history, taking only into account the gross in the United States. .

The arduous aerial training of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (Paramount Pictures)

Nostalgia worked in a time full of uncertainty. Hollywood once again searched the well of memories to rescue one of the most memorable action films of the eighties (and the performer’s resume). Tom Cruise reprized his role as Pete Maverick Mitchell after the success of Top Gun, released in 1986. More than three decades after his first adventures, the pilot returns in the sequel directed by Joseph Kosinski as an instructor for a new generation of recruits who will who has to face not only the challenges of the mission, but also a more than likely reunion with old companions and past romances.

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A notable aspect of the second part of the action classic was the intense preparation required by the actors, including actual flights and demanding physical training both on land and in water. This aerial training camp sought to achieve the highest level of realism possible in the film, as well as connect with the audience through powerful and authentic flight scenes. “I saw the first film when I was a kid, 12 years old, and I was very impressed by Tony Scott’s style, but I also knew I had to make it my own. That I had to take history into the future and not look back,” Kosinski said in an interview with the EFE agency. Two years after its success, the film can be enjoyed on Netflix.