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The Tom Cruise Reclamation Project: The Untold Story

Twenty years since he jumped on Oprah’s butterscotch-yellow couch, a retrospective on the season in which Tom Cruise nearly lost his career—and the brain trust that helped him save it.
Kim Masters • May 13, 2025
Matthew Belloni • April 24, 2025
Ranking the Movie Stars Who Actually Matter
Zendaya
National Research Group’s latest study on the actors who put butts into theater seats reveals a number of unsurprising truths: ’90s stars still reign, women are underrepresented (except Zendaya and Margot), and a dozen or so younger stars are building real staying power.
Matthew Belloni • January 12, 2024
‘Top Gun 3’ Takes Flight at Paramount
Tom Cruise and Miles Teller attend the Global Premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" on May 4, 2022, in San Diego, California.
Even as Tom Cruise sets a “strategic partnership” with Warner Bros., he may not be available until well into 2025 or 2026.
Beyoncé in Tamara Ralph for the opening of night two of the Renaissance Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Sept. 2, 2023.
Scott Mendelson • December 4, 2023
All Hail the Niche Event Film
A subgenre of demographically specific movies, as exemplified by current hits featuring Beyoncé and Godzilla, used to be gravy for the theatrical business. Now it’s a necessity.
Mission 7, Tom Cruise’s nearly $300 million-budgeted baby, is getting bumped from IMAX screens.
Matthew Belloni • June 2, 2023
The Tom Cruise vs ‘Oppenheimer’ Movie Theater Smackdown
Cruise has been forcefully pushing exhibitors to put ‘Mission: Impossible’ ahead of Chris Nolan’s film on large-format screens after he lost three weeks of IMAX exclusivity in the first truly competitive summer for blockbusters since Covid.
Only one of the Top 20 actors named in the study is under 40.
Matthew Belloni • April 24, 2023
Only Old Movie Stars Matter to Moviegoers
A list of the Top 100 actors making the rounds among industry executives highlights a troubling reality for Hollywood: the supply of new movie stars is declining alongside the box office.
Paramount executives, the Academy leadership, and Oscars producers believed until last week that Tom Cruise would attend.
Matthew Belloni • March 14, 2023
The Tom Cruise Oscar Failure
The ‘Top Gun’ star’s absence is part of a larger problem for the Oscars—namely, nobody except Fan Bingbing wants to attend these days unless they’re actively flacking a project. But isn’t Cruise supposed to be the industry’s global ambassador?
Sarandos and Hastings
Matthew Belloni • July 5, 2022
So, Which TV Networks Will Be Around in Five Years?
In this special July 4th Edition, I attempt to answer some of Hollywood’s burning questions, like… What’s the future of cable? Why is Netflix moving so fast on ads? What’s the endgame for agents? And how much will Tom Cruise make on Top Gun: Maverick?
Tom Cruise
Eriq Gardner • June 6, 2022
Could Paramount Lose ‘Top Gun’?
An unexpected, blockbuster lawsuit contends that the studio no longer had the rights to the franchise when ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ hit theaters in May.
Cruise and Ellison
Matthew Belloni • May 27, 2022
The Tom Cruise Back End Anomaly
Hollywood old timers hope that Top Gun’s retro appeal will resuscitate the box office, and if so, Cruise and producer David Ellison have set themselves up for huge windfalls.