Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick Flying Back Into Theaters
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the iconic 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, Paramount Pictures today announced that audiences nationwide will experience the film back on the big screen for a special one-week-only theatrical event beginning May 13.
For the first time ever, the film will be presented in cutting-edge immersive formats, delivering a fully upgraded, high-octane experience for a new generation of moviegoers and longtime fans alike. As part of this celebration, moviegoers will also have the opportunity to experience Top Gun: Maverick in theaters once again. Tickets for Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick go on sale April 21.
A class of elite, hotshot Navy pilots at the Fighter Weapons School known as Top Gun push their aircraft and each other to the limits as they compete to be the best of the best. Tom Cruise stars as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the iconic 1986 blockbuster that defined a generation.
The re-release will be paired with Top Gun: Maverick—which earned over $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office and was the #1 movie of 2022 and the highest-grossing film in Paramount Pictures’ history—creating a must-see, back-to-back theatrical event that brings together two of the most celebrated aviation films of all time.
In Top Gun: Maverick, after more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
To further celebrate the milestone, fans are invited to a special Top Gun Day event on May 13, featuring a limited-edition collectible print available at participating theatres while supplies last. To purchase tickets for Top Gun Day and all Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick theaters and see listings and showtimes in your area, click here.
Audiences will have the chance to see Top Gun showcased in premium large formats and immersive technologies, including Dolby Cinema, and for the first time ever, presented in D-BOX, 4DX, ScreenX, and IMAX. Audiences will be able to experience the film’s legendary aerial sequences, iconic soundtrack, and unforgettable performances with unprecedented scale, clarity, and intensity.
