Top Gun: Maverick Takes Official Film Chart Into The Danger Zone!

Get ready to engage the boosters and take flight, because Top Gun: Maverick has made a daring flight to debut at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart into the danger zone!.

The critically-acclaimed sequel to the classic 1986 action film re-unites leading man Tom Cruise with former on-screen buddy Val Kilmer, as well as a whole host of new blood to the franchise, including Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Glen Powell.

Following its release on digital platforms, Top Gun: Maverick makes a massive impact on the chart; securing the biggest Number 1 debut of 2022 so far, and one of the biggest on record in the history of the Official Film Chart.

And if that wasn’t enough, Top Gun itself rebounds to Number 3 on the chart, and a special combination package featuring the original and its sequel is another new entry this week at Number 8. All in all, it’s a Tom Cruise takeover!

Elsewhere, Dog Soldiers, a 2002 British action-horror starring Sean Pertwee and directed by future Games of Thrones and Thor: The Dark World director Neil Marshall, marks a new entry at Number 9, following a special re-release to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

And finally, former Number 1 hit Uncharted scales back up the chart, vaulting six places to crash back into the Top 10.

Elsewhere a real treat for movie fans is coming on Saturday 3rd September, as cinemas across the UK will be offering everyone the chance of a cinema visit from just £3 under the banner of National Cinema Day.

Now, as well as OfficialCharts.com, the Official Film Chart can also be found on FindAnyFilm.com – the ultimate site for Film and TV fans to discover all the legal ways to buy the entertainment they want on disc and digital formats.

The Official Film Chart is unveiled each Wednesday. This is published on OfficialCharts.com and available for media syndication.

The chart, the result of a partnership between the Official Charts Company. Also the British Association for Screen Entertainment and incorporating data from retailer members of the Entertainment Retailers Association. – is published on OfficialCharts.com every Wednesday at noon and counts movie downloads from services including Amazon, iTunes, Sky Store, Virgin Media Store, Rakuten TV, Talk Talk TV, as well as 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD disc sales from all high street and online retailers

You can buy any of the titles featured in the Top 10 via https://www.findanyfilm.com/VideoChart. Check out the full Top 40 chart can be viewed on OfficialCharts.com