Latest Mission: Impossible Has Franchise-Best Opening

Latest Tom Cruise film starts strong but short of 'Top Gun: Maverick'
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jul 16, 2023 3:35 PM CDT
Mission: Impossible Opens Strong but Short of Maverick
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Hayley Atwell, left, and Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, Part One."   (Paramount Pictures via AP)

After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, Mission: ImpossibleDead Reckoning Part One launched with a franchise-best $80 million over five days, though it came in shy of industry expectations with a $56.2 million haul over the three-day weekend, according to studio estimates. The Paramount Pictures debut was boosted by strong overseas sales of $155 million from 70 markets, the AP reports. But while a $235 million worldwide launch marked one of the best global openings of the year, Dead Reckoning couldn't approach the high-speed velocity of last summer's top film, Top Gun: Maverick. That film opened at $124 million.

The seventh film in the 27-year-old Mission: Impossible series had been forecast to better the franchise high of the previous installment, Fallout, which opened with $61 million domestically in 2018. Instead, it also fell short of the $57.8 million of Mission: Impossible II debut in 2000. Still, Dead Reckoning was hailed as a high point in the franchise. Critics (96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and fans (an "A" CinemaScore) alike came away awed by the stunts and chases of the latest installment. No other new wide release challenged "Mission: Impossible" over the weekend. Last week's top film, Insidious: The Red Door slid to third with $13 million in its second weekend. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is dropping quickly with $12 million its third weekend, with a domestical total so far of $145.4 million.

Below are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

  1. Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, $56.2 million.
  2. Sound of Freedom, $27 million.
  3. Insidious: The Red Door, $13 million.
  4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, $12 million.
  5. Elemental, $8.7 million.
  6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, $6.1 million.
  7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, $3.4 million.
  8. No Hard Feelings, $3.3 million.
  9. Joy Ride, $2.6 million.
  10. The Little Mermaid, $2.4 million.
(More box office stories.)

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