'Top Gun' Already Sold 100,000 Copies... Tom Cruise Arrives by Private Jet
Glen Powell, Grandfather a Korean War Veteran
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] The movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' has surpassed 100,000 advance ticket sales five days before its release.
According to the Korea Film Council's integrated ticketing system as of 9 a.m. on the 17th, 'Top Gun: Maverick' (directed by Joseph Kosinski), which opens on the 22nd, has recorded 102,172 real-time advance ticket sales and a reservation rate of 20%. The film tells the story of the top pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise), who returns as an instructor, and the new team members who are deployed on life-threatening missions.
This figure is close to the 112,508 tickets sold on May 16, two days before the release of 'The Outlaws 2,' the first movie to reach 10 million viewers after the pandemic. Tom Cruise is expected to surpass the 135,972 tickets sold two days before the release of 'Mission: Impossible ? Fallout,' which held the record for the highest advance ticket sales, within this week.
The news that Tom Cruise will visit Korea for the first time after the pandemic and for the tenth time overall with 'Top Gun: Maverick' was reported by Asia Economy (June 2nd issue, [Exclusive] Tom Cruise breaks through the pandemic for a special visit with 'Top Gun'). Due to local flight conditions, he advanced his schedule and will arrive around 4 p.m. today (the 17th) at Seoul Gimpo Airport via a private jet. He will attend the red carpet event at Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, Seoul, at 5 p.m. on the 19th and the press conference on the 20th.
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Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of 'Top Gun: Maverick,' along with Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Jay Ellis, and Greg Tarzan Davis, will also arrive in Korea to participate in the promotional events. Miles Teller will visit Korea for the second time since the Busan International Film Festival, and Glen Powell’s grandfather was a Korean War veteran who has attended related events.
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