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Tom Cruiseis spending his milestone birthday on the right side of the tracks!
During the special outing, Cruise kept it casual, wearing a light blue polo shirt, his signature aviator sunglasses, and dark trousers.
Other familiar faces in attendance at the event includedGordon Ramsay,Geri Halliwell, andLewis Hamilton.
While chatting with Martin Brundle forSky Sports, Cruise did not hesitate to express his support for the British F1 champion when discussing the race on Sunday.
“Lewis always,” he said. “He’s a great friend of mine. I hope he has a great day.”
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Ahead of his birthday weekend on Friday, Cruiseattended Adele’s concertat British Summer Time Hyde Park Festival in London.Natalie Portman,Idris Elba, and the cast ofHeartstopperalso watched Adele this weekend.
Earlier this week, Cruise’s new film,Top Gun: Maverick,passed the $1 billion markat the global box office, according toVariety. It became the first of Cruise’s films to reach the rare milestone, with his next-highest global earner being 2018’sMission: Impossible – Fallout, which made $791.1 million.
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Per Box Office Mojo’stallies,Top Gun: Maverickis now among the top 50 movies of all time in terms of box office performance, not adjusted for inflation. The top 5 films on the list each earned more than $2 billion. The highest, 2009’sAvatar, made $2.8 billion — and it will add to that total when it’sre-released in theaters this Septemberin the lead-up to the December sequel.
“To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations. To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you. See you at the movies,” Cruisewroteon Twitter Monday.
Top Gun: Maverickset a Memorial Day weekend box office record on its opening weekend in May. Celebrating the win, Cruise wrote on Twitter, “Thank you to everyone who saw#TopGun: Maverick and helped make it a historic opening weekend.”
Prior to that, Cruise — who insisted the film’s theatrical release be postponed throughout the pandemic rather than go directly to streaming platforms —tweeted, “36 years after the first film, #TopGun: Maverick is finally here. We made it for the big screen. And we made it for you, the fans. I hope you enjoy the ride this weekend.”
Thenext movie for CruiseisMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, which hits theaters in July 2023.
source: people.com
