Maverick’ Filmmakers on Box Office Glory, Oscar Ambitions

Maverick’ Filmmakers on Box Office Glory, Oscar Ambitions and Sequel Speculation

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For a filmmaker behind the most enduring box office hit in a decade

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Joseph Kosinski is exceptionally humble about “Top Gun: Maverick.

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Paramount and Skydance’s action-packed blockbuster

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featuring Tom Cruise’s return to the skies 36 years after the original film

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has become an unexpected sensation, bringing audiences young and old back to the big screen at a time when theaters are in desperate need of a win.

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In the process, “Maverick” has racked up an eye-popping $1.4 billion globally to stand as the highest-grossing movie of the year.

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