Not to mention their power in launching IPs around the world with big global marketing campaigns.
David Ellison was a longtime fan ofTop Gun,and co-financed the production for 25%.
Paramount covered the remaining 50%.
Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’Paramount
Originally, the pics post-production was on a course to meet its original June 2020 theatrical release.
Among the improvements were the aviation sequences, and the storyline surrounding Jennifer Connellys character was smoothed out.
records for Bruckheimer and Kosinski.
Still,Maverickremains the highest-grossing title last year stateside at $718.7M.
The $280M in participations include for Kosinski, McQuarrie, Bruckheimer and certainly Cruise.
Cruise landed what sources call an old-fashioned movie star deal, one of the best in history.
The net profit of $391.1M is shared among Paramount, Skydance and New Republic.
