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Paramount Revenue Rose 19% on ‘Top Gun,’ Streaming Service

News Center 138 August 4, 2022

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ had more than $1.3 billion in global gross sales, making it the current highest-grossing film of 2022.Photo: Paramount/Everett Collection

By Connor Hart

Paramount Global posted a 19% increase in second-quarter revenue, led by the release of “Top Gun: Maverick” and nearly 5 million new subscribers to its Paramount+ streaming service.

The media giant on Thursday said that direct-to-consumer revenue rose 56% from a year ago with more than 64 million subscribers globally, which includes a loss of nearly 4 million subscribers in Russia.