The latest "Mission: Impossible" is sprinting toward a franchise-best opening! Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" is tracking to open in the $90 million range at the domestic box office in its first five days.
00:05The latest Mission Impossible is sprinting toward a franchise-best opening.
00:10Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 is tracking to open in the $90 million range at the domestic box office in its first five days, a huge start for the July tentpole.
00:21The Paramount and Skydance film begins opening in cinemas across the globe three weeks from now.
00:26The film drops in North America on Wednesday, July 12th.
00:30The $90 million projection includes a three-day weekend estimate of $65 million or more.
00:35The film is expected to be another win for Cruise after his blockbuster Top Gun Maverick, which grossed nearly $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office last year, despite pandemic-related challenges.
00:47From the Mission series, 2018's Mission Impossible Fallout holds the record for top three-day weekend opening with $61.2 million at the domestic box office,
00:57followed by 2000's Mission Impossible 2 with $57.8 million, 2015's Mission Impossible Rogue Nation with $55.5 million,
01:072006's Mission Impossible 3 with $47.7 million, 1996's Mission Impossible with $45.4 million,
01:16and 2011's Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol with $12.8 million.
01:20Cruise's box office success has not gone unnoticed.
01:24During the 2023 Oscars luncheon, Steven Spielberg was captured on video telling Cruise during a private exchange,
01:31you saved Hollywood's ass.
01:32Seriously, Maverick might have saved the entire theatrical industry.
01:36Dead Reckoning Part 1 is directed by Cruise's frequent collaborator, Christopher McQuarrie,
01:41who has directed the star in a number of his films,
01:44and also helms Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 2, which is set to open June 28, 2024.
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