Calm, Tom Cruise jumps from a plane to thank the spectators of Top Gun: Maverick which brought in 1.5 billion dollars

In the middle of filming 

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part 2 , Tom Cruise wanted to send a twirling message to fans of Top Gun: Maverick.

Where will Tom Cruise stop to please his fans? This Sunday, December 18, the actor, who is in the middle of filming Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part 2 , wanted to thank the (very) many spectators who went to the theater to discover Top Gun: Maverick . With nearly $1.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts (and 6.6 million admissions in France), the film directed by Joseph Kosinski has become the biggest cinematic success of 2022 as well as the biggest triumph. memorable part of Tom Cruise’s career on the big screen.

The 60-year-old Hollywood star decided to celebrate these two exceptional performances in style, by jumping from a plane. As in Mission Impossible: Fallout , the sixth installment of the franchise released in 2018, the interpreter of Ethan Hunt captured the moment when he finds himself floating in the air, alongside a cameraman who, too, has take the big leap. “We are in beautiful South Africa, filming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. I didn’t want to end the year without thanking you for going to the movies, and for supporting Top Gun: Maverick ”, said Tom Cruise before undertaking his impressive stunt, in front of director Christopher McQuarrie. 

In 2023, Tom Cruise will star in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part 1 , the highly anticipated sequel to the saga scheduled for July 12 in theaters. Originally announced for July 2020, the film saw its filming interrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic which made production complex in all four corners of the planet. A very spectacular first trailer had been unveiled at the time of the presentation of Top Gun: Maverick at the Cannes Film Festival last May, promising a great show that lived up to the demands of Tom Cruise.