MCS - 'Top Gun: Maverick' cruises to holiday record

Top Gun: Maverick (NASDAQ:PARA) (NASDAQ:PARAA) soared over the weekend, setting a record for Memorial Day weekend openings and becoming star Tom Cruise's first $100 million debut in the process. The sequel 36 years in the making drew $126 million over the three-day weekend, and paced toward $156 million counting Monday's Memorial Day holiday - which would top the full-weekend record of $153 million held by Johnny Depp film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End in 2007. It was behind the record pace before a better Sunday than expected. The opening-day total of $51.8 million was a Paramount Pictures record (beating 2010's Iron Man 2). Top Gun: Maverick added $124 million more in international grosses, even though it's limited by not playing in China and Russia. And some 22% of the overall grosses came from premium formats, with IMAX (IMAX) alone expected to bring in $21 million at home and $32.5

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'Top Gun: Maverick' cruises to holiday record