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Top Gun: Maverick

Feel the need. The need for speed.

["Academy Award Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer & Harold Faltermeyer)","Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Adapted Screenplay","BAFTA Best Editing","Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Drama Nomination"]

About

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 classic, directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise. After 36 years, Maverick trains a new generation of Top Gun pilots for an impossible mission while confronting Rooster (Miles Teller), the son of his late best friend Goose. The film grossed $1.493 billion worldwide — the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career and one of the greatest sequel achievements in cinema history.

Trailer / Official Video

Top Gun: Maverick

Credits & Contributors (9)

Cast & Performance
Direction
Music
Production
Other

Cast & Performance

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise Pete Maverick Mitchell / Producer

Tom Cruise produced and starred in Top Gun: Maverick. He insisted on practical aviation filming with real jets, raising the bar for action cinema.

Miles Teller
Miles Teller Lt. Bradley Rooster Bradshaw

Miles Teller's Rooster provides Maverick's emotional core — the son of Goose, haunted by his father's death and his complicated relationship with Maverick.

Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly Penny Benjamin

Jennifer Connelly grounds Maverick's personal life as Penny, providing the film's romantic and emotional anchor.

Glen Powell
Glen Powell Lt. Jake Hangman Seresin

Glen Powell's Hangman became the film's standout new character, launching him to A-list stardom.

Direction

Joseph Kosinski

Joseph Kosinski's technical mastery created one of the finest action films of the decade. His practical-effects approach — real jets, real pilots, real gravity — set a new standard.

Music

Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer Original Score

Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Top Gun: Maverick.

Production

Paramount Pictures (Top Gun)
Paramount Pictures (Top Gun) Studio & Distributor

Paramount Pictures distributed Top Gun: Maverick globally, achieving $1.493B — Paramount's highest-grossing film in history.

Skydance Media
Skydance Media Production Company

Skydance Media co-produced Top Gun: Maverick with Tom Cruise's TC Productions.

Other

IMAX
IMAX IMAX Partner

IMAX screens contributed significantly to Maverick's stunning opening weekend and total box office.