Overview
- Paramount says a new Top Gun installment is in development with Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer attached.
- Top Gun became the highest‑grossing domestic film of 1986 after its release and turned Cruise into a marquee star.
- Pentagon officials reviewed the original script and requested changes, including softening language and making Maverick’s love interest a civilian contractor.
- Producers paid a reported $1.8 million for access to the Navy’s Miramar base, and recruitment reportedly rose following the film’s success.
- In later years the franchise’s stature grew, with Top Gun added to the National Film Registry in 2015 and its 2022 sequel topping $1.5 billion worldwide.