Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” got a strong start at the box office, hitting tracking expectations with a $61.5 million opening weekend from 4,386 screens.
While previous installments in the Tom Cruise action series have had higher openings after inflation adjustments are made, this is the highest raw opening for a “Mission: Impossible” film, topping the $57 million launch for the 2000 sequel “Mission: Impossible II.” It’s also the second highest opening of Cruise’s career — only “War of the Worlds” tops it with $64 million — and is the highest opening for a Paramount film since “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in 2014.
Critics have praised “Fallout” as the best installment of the “M:i” series, scoring 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and it is the first “M:i” film to earn an A on CinemaScore. On the premium format side, IMAX is reporting that 12 percent of the movie’s domestic gross came from their screens, with $7.5 million grossed...
While previous installments in the Tom Cruise action series have had higher openings after inflation adjustments are made, this is the highest raw opening for a “Mission: Impossible” film, topping the $57 million launch for the 2000 sequel “Mission: Impossible II.” It’s also the second highest opening of Cruise’s career — only “War of the Worlds” tops it with $64 million — and is the highest opening for a Paramount film since “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in 2014.
Critics have praised “Fallout” as the best installment of the “M:i” series, scoring 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and it is the first “M:i” film to earn an A on CinemaScore. On the premium format side, IMAX is reporting that 12 percent of the movie’s domestic gross came from their screens, with $7.5 million grossed...
- 7/29/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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