After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, 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. But while a $235 million worldwide launch marked one of the best global openings of the year, B次元官网网址淒ead ReckoningB次元官网网址� couldnB次元官网网址檛 approach the high-speed velocity of last summerB次元官网网址檚 top film,
B次元官网网址淒ead Reckoning Part One,B次元官网网址� the seventh film in the 27-year-old series, had been forecast to better the franchise high of the previous installment, B次元官网网址淔allout,B次元官网网址� which opened with $61 million domestically in 2018. Instead, it also fell short of the $57.8 million B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible IIB次元官网网址� debuted with in 2000.
That puts the filmB次元官网网址檚 opening-weekend tally very close to which opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with $82 million over five days and $60 million over the three-day weekend. Paramount and Skydance had higher hopes for the action extravaganza of B次元官网网址淒ead Reckoning,B次元官网网址� which cost $290 million to make, not counting marketing expenses.
Those costs were inflated, in part, by the pandemic. B次元官网网址淒ead Reckoning,B次元官网网址� directed by Christopher McQuarrie, was among the first major productions shut down by COVID-19. It was preparing to shoot in Italy in March 2020. When the film got back on track, McQuarrie and Cruise helped lead the industry-wide recovery back to film sets B次元官网网址� albeit with some along the way.
Still, B次元官网网址淒ead ReckoningB次元官网网址� was hailed as a high point in the franchise. Critics (96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and fans (an B次元官网网址淎B次元官网网址� CinemaScore) alike came away awed by the stunts and chases of the latest B次元官网网址淢ission: ImpossibleB次元官网网址� film. Though the coming competition of B次元官网网址� the much-anticipated debuts of B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� looms, B次元官网网址淢ission: ImpossibleB次元官网网址� should play well for weeks to come.
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B次元官网网址淒ead Reckoning,B次元官网网址� Aronson said, met or exceeded the studioB次元官网网址檚 expectations.
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Cruise, the so-called savior of movie theaters last year, traveled tirelessly to again pump life back into a summer box office thatB次元官网网址檚 been sluggish. After a splashy world premiere in Rome with a red-carpet on the Spanish Steps, Cruise and McQuarrie surprised theaters in Atlanta, Miami, Toronto and Washington D.C. in the days ahead of opening.
B次元官网网址淒ead ReckoningB次元官网网址� hit theaters at a crucial mid-summer period for Hollywood, and not just because of which began Thursday. B次元官网网址淢ission: ImpossibleB次元官网网址� launched a week before one of the biggest box-office showdowns of the year.
Though B次元官网网址淒ead ReckoningB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� have vied for some of the same IMAX screens, each film has publicly endorsed the idea that a rising tide lifts all blockbusters. Cruise and McQuarrie in early July even bought opening-weekend tickets to both B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimer.B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� director Greta Gerwig and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� filmmaker Christopher Nolan reciprocated with their own gestures of support.
However that trio of films performs over the next few weeks will do a lot to determine the fate of the summer box office.
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No other new wide release challenged B次元官网网址淢ission: ImpossibleB次元官网网址� over the weekend. Second place went to Angel StudiosB次元官网网址� faith-based political thriller B次元官网网址淪ound of FreedomB次元官网网址� which increased 37% in its second with $27 million. Jim Caveziel stars in the child trafficking drama.
Last weekB次元官网网址檚 top film, B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� slid to third with $13 million in its second weekend. B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyB次元官网网址� is dropping quickly with $12 million its third weekend, with a domestical total so far of $145.4 million.
In limited release, opened to $270,000 from six theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible B次元官网网址� Dead Reckoning Part One,B次元官网网址� $56.2 million.
2. B次元官网网址淪ound of Freedom,B次元官网网址� $27 million.
3. B次元官网网址淚nsidious: The Red Door,B次元官网网址� $13 million.
4. B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,B次元官网网址� $12 million.
5. B次元官网网址淓lemental,B次元官网网址� $8.7 million.
6. B次元官网网址淪pider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,B次元官网网址� $6.1 million.
7. B次元官网网址淭ransformers: Rise of the Beasts,B次元官网网址� $3.4 million.
8. B次元官网网址淣o Hard Feelings,B次元官网网址� $3.3 million.
9. B次元官网网址淛oy Ride,B次元官网网址� $2.6 million.
10. B次元官网网址淭he Little Mermaid,B次元官网网址� $2.4 million.
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