Top Gun: Maverick has truly been a smash hit. And quite soon, you will be able to stream and get exclusive features and bonus content when it hits your TV or streaming device:
More than two months after its theatrical release, “Top Gun: Maverick” rose back to #2 on the box-office charts last weekend. It’s likely to still be playing in theaters well past Labor Day
Fortunately, that’s not stopping Paramount Pictures from making it available for home video.
You’ll be able to buy “Top Gun: Maverick” on Tuesday, Aug. 23, on Digital. If you’re hoping for a 4K Ultra HD, DVD or Blu-ray disk, you’ll have to wait for a Nov. 1 release. More than two months between digital and physical releases seems like a huge gap, but everything about “Top Gun: Maverick” seems to be rewriting the rules in Hollywood.
The worldwide box-office gross is more than $1.3 billion, and it’s the 13th biggest movie of all time. The domestic box office is at $673 million, making it the seventh biggest movie in the United States and Canada. It’s sure to pass “Avengers: Infinity War” this week and has an outside shot at passing “Black Panther” ($700 million domestic) for #5.
Those numbers are just crazy, and it’s by far the biggest movie of Tom Cruise’s storied Hollywood career. While “Top Gun: Maverick” is a sequel, no one in the core moviegoing audience was born when the original movie was released in 1986. In an era when the biggest money makers all seem to feature comic-book characters or dinosaurs, “Maverick” is a true outlier.
Fans will get 110 minutes of bonus content with the digital release, and the material will be included on the Blu-ray in the 4K UHD and Blu-ray physical releases in November.
Here’s a full list of the included features, courtesy of Paramount Pictures:
Cleared for Takeoff: Witness the most intense film training program as the cast prepare themselves for filming while pulling multiple G’s in a fighter plane.
Breaking New Ground — Filming “Top Gun: Maverick”: Prepare to take flight as you go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of “Top Gun: Maverick” on a journey to capture the most spectacular aerial sequences ever!
A Love Letter to Aviation: Tom Cruise shares his passion for aviation as he pilots his own aircraft, a vintage World War II P-51 Mustang, which would have been the Top Gun aircraft of its day.
Forging the Darkstar: Pushing the limits beyond Mach 10, the future of aviation is unveiled through an impressive experimental aircraft specially designed for the movie.
Su-57 in Top Gun: Maverick. Image Credit: YouTube Screenshot.
Masterclass with Tom Cruise at the Cannes Film Festival: Tom Cruise discusses his incredible career at the flagship event of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
Lady Gaga Music Video for “Hold My Hand”: Watch Lady Gaga’s music video for her standout lead single hit on the “Top Gun: Maverick” soundtrack.
OneRepublic Music Video for “I Ain’t Worried”: Check out the music video to the original new song from OneRepublic.
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” Teaser Trailer: We all share the same fate. Watch the official teaser trailer for “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” starring Tom Cruise. Coming to theaters in 2023.
James Barber covers the intersection of military and entertainment for Military.com (where this first appeared), a beat that includes movies, TV, books, video games and music. He has a background in the music, radio and film industries and goes behind the scenes to bring the military and veteran audience entertainment news they care about.
