The According to court documents, the writer’s heirs who influenced the 1986 movie “Top Gun” sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement. Thirty years after the original blockbuster based on Ehud Yonay’s 1983 magazine article “Top Guns,” Paramount released a sequel last month that surpassed North American box office revenue.
In their complaint filed in a California court on Monday, the widow and sons of Israeli writers Shosh Yonai and Yuval Noah alleged that the copyright of the story was returned to them in 2020. There is. Enactment. “Yonays argues that Paramount denies that the 2022 sequel, like the 1986 movie, derives from the author’s story,” the complaint states.
Yonays seeks to prevent Paramount from distributing its sequel and unspecified damages. A Paramount spokesperson told media outlets on Monday that the claim was “no merit.” “We protect ourselves vigorously.” “Top Gun: Maverick” is now Gray, played by Tom Cruise as he trains young aviators on a mission to attack the nuclear facilities of a rogue nation. The story of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a US Navy pilot who is training.
The 2022 action drama soared to its second major screening at a North American theater this weekend, earning an estimated $ 86 million. That number put it in the second weekend of the top 10 highest sales in the history of domestic box office revenue. Last weekend it cost $ 151 million.
The film was delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but despite not being shown in China or Russia, it was 124,400 in the first three days of the May Memorial Day weekend. Recorded 10,000 dollars. This was the first Cruise to exceed $ 100 million. Paramount / Skydance movies have earned $ 257 million abroad. This is the latest sign of Hollywood’s recovery from a desolate pandemic era. – AFP
