If you feel the need, the need to go to the movies, you’ll be joining plenty of Top Gun fans who gave the long-awaited sequel a lot of love on the weekend. Scoring the second best-ever Memorial Day weekend launch in the US (after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), Top Gun: Maverick has given its star Tom Cruise his biggest box office launch. Globally, the movie took in US$248 million between Friday and Sunday, including US$10.7 million here in Oz. “This film heralds the return of the summer blockbuster and is a catalyst that will accelerate demand for moviegoing like an F-18 breaking the sound barrier,” said IMAX boss Richard Gelfond. And it’s doing well with the critics, scoring 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a glowing A+ CinemaScore. As for the original 1986 cast, they haven’t changed a bit…