The Reading / Listening - Top Gun: Maverick - Level 1

Tom Cruise's new film has broken sales records. The biggest ever number of North American movie theatres showed "Top Gun: Maverick". Over 4,700 cinemas in the USA and Canada showed it. It's the widest release of all time. The movie also broke the record for the best Memorial Day opening film in history. It beat Johnny Depp's 2007 movie "Pirates of the Caribbean". Maverick also gave Tom Cruise his first ever $100 million opening weekend.

Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 film "Top Gun". The production company is happy that "Maverick" has done so well. A spokesman said: "These results are ridiculously, over-the-top fantastic. I'm happy for the filmmakers." The movie has great reviews. A UK newspaper called it a "thrilling" blockbuster. Another said it was "the best studio action film in years". At first, Cruise did not want to make the movie. He is happy he did.

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61630131
  • https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/top-gun-maverick-breaks-box-office-records
  • https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-memorial-day-box-office-tom-cruise-movie


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Tom Cruise's new film has
  2. The biggest ever
  3. Over 4,700 cinemas
  4. It's the widest release of all
  5. The movie also
  6. the best Memorial Day
  7. It beat Johnny Depp's 2007
  8. his first ever $100
  1. million
  2. in the USA
  3. broke the record
  4. movie
  5. broken sales records
  6. time
  7. number
  8. opening film

Paragraph 2

  1. the sequel to
  2. over-the-
  3. I'm happy
  4. The movie has great
  5. a "thrilling"
  6. the best studio action
  7. Cruise did not want
  8. He is happy
  1. for the filmmakers
  2. to make the movie
  3. blockbuster
  4. he did
  5. reviews
  6. the 1986 film
  7. film in years
  8. top

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Tom Cruise's new film has (1) ___________________. The biggest ever number of North American (2) __________________ "Top Gun: Maverick". Over 4,700 cinemas in the USA and Canada showed it. It's (3) ___________________ of all time. The movie also broke the (4) ___________________ best Memorial Day opening (5) ___________________. It beat Johnny Depp's 2007 movie "Pirates of the Caribbean". Maverick also gave Tom Cruise (6) ___________________ $100 million opening weekend.

Maverick is (7) ___________________ the 1986 film "Top Gun". The production company (8) ___________________ "Maverick" has done so well. A spokesman said: "These results are ridiculously, (9) ___________________ fantastic. I'm happy for the filmmakers." The movie (10) ___________________. A UK newspaper called it a "thrilling" blockbuster. Another said it was "the best studio (11) ___________________ years". At first, Cruise did not want to make the movie. He is (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TomCruise'snewfilmhasbrokensalesrecords.Thebiggestevernumbe
rofNorthAmericanmovietheatresshowed"TopGun:Maverick".Over4,
700cinemasintheUSAandCanadashowedit.It'sthewidestreleaseofall
time.ThemoviealsobroketherecordforthebestMemorialDayopeningf
ilminhistory.ItbeatJohnnyDepp's2007movie"PiratesoftheCaribbean
".MaverickalsogaveTomCruisehisfirstever$100millionopeningweek
end.Maverickisthesequeltothe1986film"TopGun".Theproductionco
mpanyishappythat"Maverick"hasdonesowell.Aspokesmansaid:"Th
eseresultsareridiculously,over-the-topfantastic.I'mhappyforthefil
mmakers."Themoviehasgreatreviews.AUKnewspapercalledita"thrill
ing"blockbuster.Anothersaiditwas"thebeststudioactionfilminyears".
Atfirst,Cruisedidnotwanttomakethemovie.Heishappyhedid.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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