Covid-19: Tom Cruise starrer 'Top Gun Maverick' postponed to December

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The Tom Cruise starrer follows an exodus of the big-budget spectacles that annually land in theaters in summertime

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Published: Fri 3 Apr 2020, 10:39 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2020, 10:13 AM

Hollywood's summer movie season is all but finished. Top Gun Maverick became the latest would-be blockbuster to be rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Paramount Pictures on Thursday announced that sequel to the 1986 original will now open Dec. 23 instead of June 24. Top Gun Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, follows an exodus of the big-budget spectacles that annually land in theaters in summertime.
Most of the season's top movies have in the last week departed the summer. With the pandemic's quickening spread, it remains uncertain when movie theaters will reopen, or how much appetite moviegoers will have to visit cinemas when they initially open their doors.
Summer is typically Hollywood's most lucrative time of year, when the studios unleash a barrage of sequels, superhero films and action movies. Last year, summer ticket sales accounted for $4.3 billion in U.S. and Canadian theaters.
 


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