Top Gun re-release nears The World Is Not Enough

Paramount’s May 13, 2026 re-release of “Top Gun” has turned a 40th-anniversary booking into a box-office benchmark chase. Koimoi reported on May 21 that the 1986 Tom Cruise film was nearing the worldwide total of the 1999 James Bond movie “The World Is Not Enough,” citing updated grosses from the current reissue run. Box Office Mojo’s franchise page lists the original “Top Gun” at $176.8 million domestic and the 2026 “Top Gun/Top Gun: Maverick” double bill at $12.6 million worldwide through May 19. Box Office Mojo separately lists “The World Is Not Enough” with a worldwide total in the low-$360 million range, putting the comparison within reach depending on how much of the reissue gross is attributed to the 1986 film. ### Which gross is actually being compared here? Box Office Mojo tracks the 2026 engagement as a single release titled “Top Gun/Top Gun: Maverick 2026 Re-release (Top Gun 40th Anniversary).” That means the current $12.6 million worldwide figure is for the combined double bill, not a standalone tally for the 1986 film on that release page. Koimoi framed the race as the original “Top Gun” closing in on “The World Is Not Enough,” and Zoom TV said the film needed roughly $1.8 million more to move ahead of the Bond title. (koimoi.com) That implies those outlets are adding at least part of the current reissue revenue to the original film’s lifetime global total rather than treating the anniversary run as a separate event. (boxofficemojo.com) ### Where do the two films stand now? Box Office Mojo’s franchise chart lists “Top Gun” with a lifetime domestic gross of $176,781,728. The Numbers lists the film’s worldwide box office at $362,258,259, while Box Office Mojo lists “The World Is Not Enough” at about $361.7 million worldwide and The Numbers puts that Bond film at $297,343,528. The difference reflects how tracking services compile older international totals and reissues. (koimoi.com) Zoom TV’s estimate that “Top Gun” needed another $1.8 million appears to line up more closely with the higher worldwide figure carried by The Numbers for the Cruise film and the Box Office Mojo total for the Bond film. That is an inference from the published numbers, not a studio-issued breakdown. (boxofficemojo.com) ### How big has the anniversary run been? Box Office Mojo’s release page shows the 2026 double bill opened on May 13 and reached $5.8 million domestic and $6.8 million international by May 19, for $12.6 million worldwide. Daily grosses on the page show the release remained in 2,295 theaters through its first seven days. Dailyhunt, republishing Koimoi’s report, said the reissue had reached $12.2 million worldwide at an earlier point in the run. (zoomtventertainment.com) The later Box Office Mojo total indicates the anniversary release added several hundred thousand dollars after that snapshot. (boxofficemojo.com) ### Why is “The World Is Not Enough” the marker? “The World Is Not Enough,” released in 1999, was Pierce Brosnan’s third outing as James Bond. Box Office Mojo identifies it as a worldwide performer in the low-$360 million range, making it a useful comparison point for an older hit trying to climb the all-time chart through reissues. The comparison also fits Tom Cruise’s current catalog narrative. (m.dailyhunt.in) Box Office Mojo’s franchise page shows the “Top Gun” brand now includes the 1986 original, the 2022 sequel “Top Gun: Maverick,” and multiple re-releases, while Deadline previously reported “Top Gun: Maverick” reached about $1.49 billion worldwide. ### What should readers watch next? Box Office Mojo’s release page is the clearest near-term source for whether the 2026 reissue adds more revenue after May 19. (boxofficemojo.com) Paramount’s anniversary booking began on May 13 as a limited theatrical event, and trade estimates cited by Zoom TV described the run as a one-week engagement. The next useful update will be whether tracking services publish a clearer allocation of the double-bill gross between “Top Gun” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” Until then, reports that the original film is about to pass “The World Is Not Enough” rely on third-party box-office math built from the current re-release totals and older lifetime grosses. (boxofficemojo.com) (koimoi.com) (boxofficemojo.com)