One year after its release, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick breaks box office records.

Tom Cruise’s 2022 action movie, Top Gun: Maverick, broke box office records in Japan, where it is still showing in theaters a year after its debut.

One year after its initial release, Top Gun: Maverick has broken yet another box office record. Tom Cruise makes a comeback in the 2022 Top Gun sequel as Captain Maverick, preparing Top Gun grads for a life-or-death mission. With a worldwide gross of $1.49 billion, Top Gun: Maverick broke box office records and became the second highest-grossing movie of 2022.

One year after its debut, Top Gun: Maverick has reportedly broken a Japanese box office record, according to Deadline. The movie, which debuted on May 27, 2022, and is currently showing in Japanese theaters, became the most successful Tom Cruise movie there, earning $101.5 million in its first year of release. The success of Top Gun: Maverick in Japan surpassed that of Cruise’s previous top movie there, The Last Samurai from 2003. Its popularity in Japan and elsewhere may portend a successful Top Gun 3 in the future.

Top Gun: Maverick surpassed other Paramount films in August in terms of box office take in Japan. Given the film’s widespread popularity—Top Gun: Maverick is the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time in the US box office alone—this development is hardly surprising. Top Gun: Maverick has established itself as a domestic and global box office juggernaut with $718.7 million in domestic box office receipts.

Top Gun: Maverick has received excellent reviews from critics and viewers alike, with many complimenting the movie for taking a fresh approach while maintaining the integrity of the original. Top Gun: Maverick feels like a significant sequel because of its emphasis on Cruise’s Maverick, his friendship with Rooster (Miles Teller), and the remorse he experiences for Goose’s passing in the first film. The movie’s box office success demonstrates how many people liked seeing Cruise in Maverick again.