Coming off the back of stellar reviews [read ours here, here and here], Mission: Impossible – Fallout kicked off its box office run this weekend, with the six instalment in the Tom Cruise-headlined spy series setting a franchise high worldwide opening of $153.5 million.
Fallout – directed by Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation helmer Christopher McQuarrie – opened in first place in North America with $61.5 million, and pulled in a further $92 million from 36 international markets. The previous franchise record was held by Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which opened with $131.5 million back in 2011.
Having arrived in just 40% of markets, and with the likes of China, France and Japan still to come, analysts are predicting that Fallout could go on to gross around $700 million during its worldwide run. If so, that would topple another of Ghost Protocol’s records, surpassing its $694.7 million haul which currently serves as a series best.
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The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout sees Tom Cruise joined by returning stars Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris and Michelle Monaghan, along with new additions Henry Cavill (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Sian Brooke (Sherlock), Angela Bassett (American Horror Story) and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown).
