Top Gun: Maverick surpasses Titanic as the seventh-biggest film EVER at the US box office after grossing $662 million in ticket sales

Top Gun: Maverick' has sunk Titanic as the seventh-biggest film ever at the domestic box office, earning $662 million in ticket sales
For Paramount Pictures, Top Gun also overtakes Titanic as the studio's biggest film in its 110-year history
Top Gun: Maverick has sold a similar number of tickets overseas as it has domestically, with the film's international tally standing at $690 million
It is close to reaching Marvel's epic superhero flick Avengers: Infinity War which currently stands as the sixth-highest grossing domestic release ever with $678m
Top five: Star Wars: The Force Awakens' ($936m), Avengers: Endgame ($853m), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($804m), Avatar ($760m), Black Panther ($700m

aramount's Top Gun: Maverick supplanted Titanic as the seventh-biggest film ever at the domestic box office this weekend having now earned $662 million in ticket sales.

The sequel, now in its eleventh week of release, added $7 million to its total and beats James Cameron's 1997 tragedy by $3 million, having raked in $659 million.

While Titanic is now in eighth place, Top Gun is now creeping up on sixth placed Avengers: Infinity War at $678 million and Black Panther with box office receipts of $700 million.