Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,Tom Cruise’s supposed final outing as the action hero Ethan Hunt, has now been in theaters for the better part of seven weeks, and still plays in more than 1,500 theaters nationwide. On the movie’s most recent Monday, July 7, it took another $325,000 domestically, with additional international ticket sales edging the film to$576 million worldwide, split between a domestic haul of $191.5 million and a further $385 million from overseas markets.
Because of this, the film has hit even more financial milestones, despite the inevitable failure to hit the all-important $800 million target set from a reported $400 million production budget. Nevertheless, Cruise, directorChristopher McQuarrie, and others can enjoy yet another moment of success, asThe Final Reckoningofficially surpassesanother of Cruise’s action flicks, which saw the Hollywood icon team up with directorJoseph Kosinskiyears before they made more than $1.4 billion withTop Gun: Maverick.
That movie isOblivion, based onKosinski’s graphic novelof the same name, which returned just shy of$288 million at the 2013 global box office. Oblivion was Cruise’s highest-earning movie in almost three years at the time, although it couldn’t come close to the overall total achieved by 2011’sMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.Oblivionis officially the 25th highest-grossing movie of 2013 globally, although it could only achieve the #41 position in the equivalent domestic rankings. The film earned mixed reviews, earning just 53% from critics and an improved 61% from audiences on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes.
What Else Is Playing in Theaters?
WithThe Final Reckoninghaving just finished its seventh weekend in theaters, it’s likely that most fans of the franchise have already caught the action flick on their local big screen. So, if you’re looking for another theatrical trip and don’t know what to watch, here are some recommendations. Recently, the big-budgetJurassic World Rebirtharrived on screens to huge financial success, although reviews have been mixed.
Prior to that, the aforementioned Kosinski’s pulse-racingF1made an impressive splash alongsideDanny BoyleandAlex Garland’s28 Years Later. If you want something more family-friendly, both Universal’sHow to Train Your Dragonremake and Disney’s live-actionLilo & Stitchare still available in theaters. If you want to wait just a couple of days, one of the biggest movie events of the summer is about to arrive on July 11: The newSupermanmovie fromJames Gunn.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis still available in theaters.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
