Top Gun 3 β Trailer (2025)
Top Gun 3 β Trailer (2025)
πTom Cruise, Miles Teller | Paramount Pictures
While Top Gun 3 may want to steer clear of one risky twist, this surprising reveal would allow the series to do something that Tom Cruiseβs other franchise has never managed. For the longest time, it seemed like Top Gun would never spawn a profitable franchise. The original movie was a huge hit in 1986 and became a cult classic in the decades that followed, but its sequel spent an almost unprecedented 30 years in Development Hell before pre-production began in earnest. It was another six years before Top Gun: Maverick arrived, so hopes of the movie spawning another sequel were muted.
However, by Top Gun: Maverickβs triumphant ending, it was clear that Tom Cruise had another huge series on his hands. Inevitably, Top Gun 3 was soon confirmed, although no release date has been announced for the sequel yet. Top Gun: Maverickβs historic box office success proved that Maverickβs lengthy absence from the multiplex didnβt harm his popularity one bit, while the comparative under-performance of 2023βs Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One reaffirmed that the sequel was something special. Top Gun 3βs story could ensure that the series lasts a lot longer, but this will be risky.