CNNWF - Paramount's 'Top Gun: Maverick' could bring Cruise high-flying mark

Marvel's ruled the movies in May; now it's Maverick's turn. Tom Cruise and Top Gun: Maverick (NASDAQ:PARA) (NASDAQ:PARAA) zoom into theaters for the holiday weekend, bringing a sequel to Cruise's 1986 hit 36 years after the fact (and after a couple of years of COVID-19 pandemic delays). And the movie is sure to displace the three-week-old Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (DIS) atop the box-office gross charts; the question is whether it does in a historic manner. Paramount isn't fooling around with its plans: The film is opening on 4,732 screens in North America, the widest opening count in history. And Top Gun: Maverick is drawing some of 2022's best reviews. The film drew $19.3 million in Thursday previews, another indicator toward the higher end of its expected range for the long weekend. Paramount stock is higher Friday: (PARA) +4%; (PARAA) +3.4%. Cruise - arguably the biggest box-office star of

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Paramount's 'Top Gun: Maverick' could bring Cruise high-flying mark