Tom Cruise led CinemaCon 2025 attendees in a moment of silence to honor the late Val Kilmer, who died at 65 on Tuesday, April 1, to begin his presentation at the film industry convention on Thursday,

Cruise and Kilmer met on the set of 1986’s “Top Gun,” in which they played Maverick and Iceman, rivals-turned-friends at the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School. “Top Gun” was a huge commercial success, earning $350 million globally — the highest-grossing film of the year — and making Cruise and Kilmer full-blown movie stars.