Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. The sequel to Top Gun (1986), it stars Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, and Ed Harris. In the film, Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Cruise) confronts his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission.[1][2][3]
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Top Gun: Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022,[4] and was released in the United States on May 27.[5] Produced on a budget of $170–177 million,[6][7] Maverick grossed $1.493 billion,[8] finishing its theatrical run as the second-highest-grossing film of 2022 and the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career.[9][10] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 450 reviews.[11]
Top Gun: Maverick garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for Cruise's performance as well as its visual effects, cinematography, sound effects, and film editing. It received six nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Sound. At the 76th British Academy Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. Maverick received six nominations at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards and won Best Cinematography. It garnered two nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards. In addition to two National Board of Review Awards, Maverick was named one of the top-ten films of 2022 by the American Film Institute.
