At the 95th Academy Awards, Top Gun: Maverick received 6 Oscar nominations:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound (winner)
The film’s other nominations include four British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), and six Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA) (winning one).
It received two National Board of Review (NBR) Awards.
Commercial Release
When asked at the film’s CinemaCon premiere about Apple and other streaming companies, Bruckheimer said that the film had always had big-screen destination.
At the film’s premiere at Cannes, Cruise also denied that the film was going to streaming. Despite the model that most films at the time debuted on streaming 45 days after their theatrical releases, Paramount decided to keep Top Gun: Maverick in theaters for extended run due to Cruise’s insistence and box office results of the film.
The film was released digitally in standard definition, high definition and UHD on August 23, 2022, followed by the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD releases on November 1, 2022, in the US and October 31, 2022, in the UK. It includes the expanded aspect ratio of 1.90:1 in select sequences as seen in IMAX screenings, 4 featurettes on making of the film, Cruise discussing his career at Cannes Fest and 2 music videos of the songs in the film.
Paramount+ and SkyShowtime made Top Gun: Maverick available to stream on December 22, 2022, as part of a customer’s subscription to either service.
In the U.S., Top Gun: Maverick became the most-watched film to debut on Paramount+.
Top Gun: Maverick grossed $718.7 million in the U.S., and $777 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.496 billion.
The film became the highest-grossing film of Cruise’s career on June 17, 2022, after crossing $800 million worldwide.
