Top Gun Maverick made an estimated $156 million domestically for its four-day opening weekend. That gives the film the record for biggest opening over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, overtaking "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," which made $153 million in 2007.
It's easily Cruise's biggest debut at the box office over his 40-year career and marks the star's first $100 million opening.
On top of all of that, "Maverick" is the third-biggest debut of the year behind two superhero films, Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and Warner Bros.' "The Batman."