Tom Cruise Set for Record-Breaking Top Gun 3 Payday

0:00On April 19, Tom Cruise is about to cash in on the biggest paycheck in Hollywood history for Top Gun 3. He already pulled in 75 million pounds from the Maverick sequel back in 2022, thanks to a sweet profit-sharing deal on it. Massive box office haul. Paramount confirmed the third film at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last week, with a summer 2028 release on deck. Producer Jerry Brookheimer, Cruise himself, and co-writer Aaron Krueger are deep into scripting it right now. Studio bosses are hyped because Maverick was Cruise's career peak and the flick that packed theaters post-COVID. They say there's no Top Gun without Tom, so his upfront pay is locked, plus a fat cut of profits. David Ellison, who now owns Paramount through Skydance, produced the last one and is all in on Cruise. He's made 10 films with him and calls this a top priority, betting it'll smash past a billion dollars at the box office. With a team reuniting in stars like Miles Teller and Glenn Powell likely back, expect Cruise to keep dominating the skies and the charts for years.

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