By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Police officers are no stranger to the "highway to the danger zone." But for Great Bend officers last week, the trip was a fun one. GBPD Chief Steve Haulmark treated his officers to a private showing of "Top Gun: Maverick" by renting out Golden Belt Cinema 6 after the Memorial Day weekend.
"We did it as a team-building exercise," Haulmark said. "It was right after National Police Week. We just wanted to recognize the good work they're doing in the community."
Haulmark said not all of his officers were able to make it into the movies, but most of them enjoyed the special occasion.
"A few weren't able to make it due to being out of town or whatever," he said, "but the majority of folks did."
"Top Gun: Maverick," a follow-up to the 1986 original starring Tom Cruise, has been a smashing success at the box office. The film reportedly raked in $156 million domestically over Memorial Day weekend, beating 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World End" by $3 million for the record. With a budget of $170 million, the sequel is expected to clear more than $900 million at the box office worldwide. Released in more than 4,700 North-American theaters, it also set the record for the widest release of all time.