Every 2025 Movie Tom Cruise Endorsed Seeing In Theaters

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Tom Cruise, a major movie star, strongly believes in the importance of seeing films in theaters. He’s dedicated to helping cinemas thrive, going to great lengths – even performing dangerous stunts for his movies or navigating difficult situations during the pandemic to ensure films get made and shown on the big screen.

Tom Cruise’s commitment to the theatrical experience proved successful when Top Gun: Maverick became the biggest hit of the summer in 2022, earning over $1.4 billion globally. He’s become a strong advocate for movie theaters—often saying, “we’ll see you at the movies”—and is now considered their biggest champion, with Christopher Nolan as a possible rival for that title.

Tom Cruise has actively promoted other filmmakers’ movies by publicly attending theatrical showings and urging his followers to do the same. He’s done this for films like Tenet, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Twisters, sharing his experiences on social media to encourage audiences to support these films in theaters.

Tom Cruise has continued his support for specific films in 2025, championing several major releases. He’s backing movies he feels are best experienced in theaters, and notably, many involve frequent collaborators from throughout his career. Here are the five films for 2025 that have earned Tom Cruise’s endorsement.

5. Sinners

Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film, Sinners, is a standout horror/musical featuring a talented cast including Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, and Jack O’Connell. The movie, which centers around black artists and incorporates vampire themes, surprised audiences with its box office success.

Warner Bros. took a chance on director Ryan Coogler’s creative approach, and it paid off with audiences, earning the film $366 million worldwide. Tom Cruise wasn’t involved in making the movie Sinners and has never collaborated with Coogler or Michael B. Jordan. Despite this, he publicly complimented the film on social media after seeing it during its second week of release.

Tom Cruise personally congratulated Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and everyone involved with the film in a social media post. He then told his followers it was a movie best experienced in theaters, notably without mentioning whether it was available in IMAX.

You know, I’ve been wondering about Tom Cruise championing Sinners. He did sign that big deal with Warner Bros. last year, but he didn’t exactly go out of his way to promote something like A Minecraft Movie from them. Honestly, I think it just comes down to him genuinely liking the film and wanting to see an original, well-made movie – and one by filmmakers he respects – succeed at the box office. It’s cool to see that kind of support!

Beyond simply enjoying the play, Tom Cruise’s attendance at Sinners might also indicate his desire to collaborate with director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan on a future project. Both Coogler and Jordan attended the London premiere of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, and Cruise reportedly expressed his enthusiasm about making a film with Jordan, suggesting a potential partnership could be developing.

4. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

It’s no surprise that Tom Cruise really wanted audiences to experience Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning in cinemas this year. He heavily promoted the movie leading up to its Memorial Day weekend release, doing everything he could to get people excited about the latest installment in the series.

Beyond social media, Tom Cruise took on a lot more to promote the film. This included appearances on late-night talk shows, press tours, and premieres globally – all to attract audiences. He even did an extensive interview with Pat McAfee on ESPN, aiming to generate excitement among male viewers.

Tom Cruise’s extensive promotional efforts for The Final Reckoning proved largely successful. The film earned $598 million worldwide, surpassing the box office results of Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning. Following the film’s success, Cruise publicly thanked the entire cast and crew, as well as every cinema that screened the movie, for a record-breaking opening weekend and the hard work of its staff.

3. Ballerina

Shortly after his film The Final Reckoning premiered, Tom Cruise publicly backed another action movie. Ballerina, the first spin-off from the popular John Wick franchise starring Keanu Reeves, followed two weeks later, aiming to build on the series’ momentum.

Keanu Reeves made a brief appearance as his signature quiet assassin, while Ana de Armas took the central role in Ballerina. Although Tom Cruise has previously expressed his admiration for the John Wick movies, it was Ana de Armas’s participation that ultimately prompted him to promote the film online.

Before its release, Cruise publicly praised the film, playfully calling it “just kick-a” in a review of another movie, Ballerina. He then used a social media post to encourage people to see both action films back-to-back, likely because of his connection with Ana de Armas.

Before Ballerina came out, it was announced that the actress would appear alongside Tom Cruise in a new underwater thriller called Deeper, directed by Doug Liman. At the time, reports also surfaced that they were dating. However, production on Deeper has faced delays, and their romantic relationship is now said to be over.

Tom Cruise supported the film Ballerina because he was friends with the director, hoping to help a colleague. Unfortunately, the movie didn’t perform well at the box office, earning only $137 million worldwide.

2. F1: The Movie

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As a huge movie fan, I was really excited to see Tom Cruise championing F1: The Movie. I’m so glad Apple Studios decided to give it a proper theatrical release in IMAX – it clearly paid off! The Brad Pitt-led Formula 1 film ended up being a massive box office success, bringing in over $629 million worldwide. It’s great to see a big action movie like that do so well!

Tom Cruise showed his support in a unique way: he attended the European premiere of F1 and posed for photos with Brad Pitt, his co-star from Interview with the Vampire over three decades ago. It’s unusual to see him at a premiere for a film he’s not in, but he has strong ties to the world of F1 racing.

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt appeared in a film together back in 1994 and were once planning to collaborate on an earlier version of Ford v Ferrari. Now, F1 is directed by Joseph Kosinski, who previously worked with Cruise on Oblivion and, most famously, Top Gun: Maverick. With the pair set to team up again for Top Gun 3, Cruise likely wanted to show his support for Kosinski’s newest project.

As a huge fan of Tom Cruise, I always notice the people he consistently works with, and Jerry Bruckheimer is definitely one of them. They’ve made some iconic films together – both Top Gun movies and Days of Thunder are classics! It’s actually a really cool detail that F1 was released exactly 35 years after Days of Thunder, and Tom used the occasion to celebrate that earlier film. It just shows how much history and connection there is between these projects.

People have been playfully suggesting a sequel to F1 that could somehow connect with the movie Days of Thunder. If that ever came to fruition, Tom Cruise’s involvement with the first film would prove to be a great investment.

1. The Running Man

Tom Cruise is backing a new version of The Running Man, originally a Stephen King story and a 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The project is moving forward thanks to actor Glen Powell, who championed the idea.

Glen Powell and Tom Cruise first connected while working on Top Gun: Maverick. Powell originally auditioned for the role of Rooster, and his performance impressed Cruise enough that Cruise expanded the character of Hangman, ensuring Powell had a significant part after Miles Teller was cast as Rooster. During filming, Powell learned valuable lessons from Cruise about acting and navigating a film career, and he’s since used those lessons to shape his own work.

After appearing in the successful film Top Gun: Maverick, Powell took Tom Cruise’s career advice and rapidly became a popular actor in Hollywood, proving to be a reliable box office draw with hits like Anyone But You and Twisters. Cruise also publicly supported Twisters, reminding people of how he’d previously championed The Running Man.

This makes Powell unique as the only actor with more than one film supported by Cruise. The 63-year-old actor specifically praised The Running Man, describing it as both hilarious and exciting, to give viewers an idea of what to expect when it’s released on November 14th.

As the year ends, this might be the last film from 2025 that Tom Cruise publicly supports. He might make an exception for a major hit like Avatar: Fire and Ash or Marty Supreme, especially if it would help promote Timothée Chalamet, a rising actor who admires Cruise’s work.

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2025-11-09 01:34