The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick.” According to a complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court, the Paramount Global unit failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article…
‘Top Gun’ Stays Aloft With $86M in Its 2nd Weekend
NEW YORK—The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32 percent from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has…
‘Top Gun’ Stays Aloft With $86 Million in Its 2nd Weekend
NEW YORK—The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32 percent from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has…
Top Gun Wins Over Chinese Regime’s ‘Money Power’; Imagining War with the CCP—Feat. Elliot Ackerman
June 4, 2022
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Intimidating warplane “exercises” around Taiwan; saying that Australia could become its nuclear target; nearly ramming a U.S. warship; and now, flying dangerously close to Canadian Air Force jets—are these signals the Chinese regime is bracing to launch a real attack? Elliot Ackerman is a decorated, former U.S. Marine Corps officer who served five tours in…
‘Top Gun 2’ Receives Praise for Restoring Taiwan Flag on Maverick’s Jacket
May 31, 2022
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“Top Gun: Maverick” is earning applause not only for being better than its 1986 original, but for standing up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after it reinstated a Taiwan flag on the bomber jacket worn by Tom Cruise’s navy pilot character. In the original “Top Gun” film, Cruise’s character, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, wears a…
‘Maverick’ Is Set to Buzz the CCP’s Tower, and It’s About Time.
May 29, 2022
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Commentary NEW YORK (May 27)—Recent news is that Tencent Pictures, a film distributor and production group owned by the Shenzhen-based Chinese technology giant, has dropped financing of “Top Gun: Maverick,” the widely anticipated sequel to the 1986 smash hit film about U.S. Navy aviators at the advanced Fighter Weapons School. Reports say that Tencent thought it was…
Film Review: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Best Action Sequel of All Time
May 13, 2022
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PG-13 | 2h 11m | Action | May 24, 2022 Finally. In “Top Gun: Maverick” we have an old-school, 1970s/80s/90s-quality summer blockbuster, like they used to make ’em—that’s also very possibly the best action movie sequel of all time. In fact, it’s safe to say the sequel outshines the original. Fans have waited 36 years for this, and…
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