As it continues to break box office records, Paramount Pictures has revealed the Top Gun: Maverick Blu-ray and digital release dates. The action drama acts as a sequel to the fan-favorite 1986 Tom Cruise film, having languished in development for decades as a variety of directors, writers and story treatments were developed for a follow-up. Joseph Kosinski, who previously worked with Cruise on 2013's Oblivion, would land the directing gig for Top Gun: Maverick, with a script from frequent Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer.
Top Gun: Maverick picks up over 30 years after its predecessor and finds Cruise's titular character on the verge of a forced retirement as he remains a rebellious personality, though is given one more assignment in the form of training a group of young graduate pilots for a dangerous mission. Alongside Cruise, the ensemble cast for the film includes the return of Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Ed Harris, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis and Danny Ramirez. Top Gun: Maverick scores largely positive reviews from critics and has been a box office hit and now audiences will get the chance to revisit it again soon.
Nearly three months after the film soared to theaters, Paramount Pictures has announced the Top Gun: Maverick Blu-ray and digital release dates. The Tom Cruise sequel is set to hit digital platforms on August 23 full of bonus content, followed by shelves on 4K Ultra-HD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 1. Check out the list of special features and box arts below:
Top Gun: Maverick Digital* Bonus Content
- Cleared For Take Off—Witness the most intense film training program as the cast prepare themselves for filming while pulling multiple G's in a fighter plane.
- Breaking New Ground – Filming Top Gun: Maverick—Prepare to take flight as you go behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew of Top Gun: Maverick on a journey to capture the most spectacular aerial sequences ever!
- A Love Letter To Aviation—Tom Cruise shares his passion for aviation as he pilots his own aircraft, a vintage World War II P-51 Mustang, which would have been the Top Gun aircraft of its day.
- Forging The Darkstar—Pushing the limits beyond Mach-10, the future of aviation is unveiled through an impressive experimental aircraft specially designed for the movie.
- Masterclass with Tom Cruise – Cannes Film Festival—Tom Cruise discusses his incredible career at the flagship event of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
- “Hold My Hand” – Lady Gaga Music Video—Watch Lady Gaga's music video for her standout lead single hit on the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.
- “I Ain’t Worried” – OneRepublic Music Video—Check out the music video to the original new song from OneRepublic.
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Teaser Trailer - We all share the same fate. Watch the official teaser trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One starring Tom Cruise. Coming to theaters 2023.
Though anticipation had been high for the sequel in the lead up to its release, Top Gun: Maverick became the surprise hit of both the summer and the year. Not only did the film garner widespread critical acclaim, netting a rare 96 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the second-best of Cruise's career behind Mission: Impossible — Fallout, it also became the highest-grossing film of his career, earning an impressive $1.378 billion against its $170 million production budget. In doing so, Top Gun: Maverick set a number of box office records, dethroning Titanic, multiple Marvel and Star Wars movies in its domestic box office numbers, as well as becoming the second film to cross the $1 billion mark amidst the pandemic, with its overall haul falling shy of Spider-Man: No Way Home's $1.901 billion gross.
While Top Gun: Maverick's Blu-ray release date may still be months away, the confirmation that the sequel will hit digital platforms later this month should come as exciting news for those who fell in love with the film, namely with its large selection of bonus features giving a look behind-the-scenes at the making of it. With the home media release dates now revealed, it will be interesting to see if a Paramount+ streaming date will be announced in the near future, with Paramount head Tom Ryan indicating in June that a date had yet to be set and a later report indicating that Cruise was the ultimate deciding factor for its release. Until audiences get confirmation of its streaming premiere, they can look forward to digitally purchasing Top Gun: Maverick on August 22, followed by its physical release on November 1.