Top Gun sequel flies to top of box office charts

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has become the biggest film of the year so far in the UK after just three weeks on release, figures show.

The blockbuster action sequel, in which Cruise reprises the role of pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell nearly four decades after the original Top Gun, has taken £50.1million at the box office.

It is way ahead of 2022’s other big-hitters Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which has grossed £41.5million, and The Batman, which is on £40.8million.

The speed with which Top Gun: Maverick has roared up the chart means it could end up as one of the highest-grossing films of recent years.