Mission: Impossible 7 sets unwanted record for the series
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has become the new owner of an unwanted box office record.
Tom Cruise reprises his role as the iconic superspy Ethan Hunt, but the movie suffered the biggest second-weekend box office drop in the series' history.
There was an estimated 64% drop in gross earnings after it took $19.5 million domestically.
Over its opening weekend, Dead Reckoning earned $56.2 million domestically and $80 million over its five-day opening week.
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Mission Impossible 2, the previous franchise record holder for a second-weekend drop, saw a 53.3% dip in box office revenue during its theatrical run in 2000.
Dead Reckoning's drop comes on the same weekend that box office juggernauts Barbie and Oppenheimer both opened to great success in cinemas, with Oppenheimer specifically pulling Mission Impossible off premium format screens (IMAX) because of an exhibitor agreement with director Christopher Nolan.
Barbie, in particular, achieved the best preview numbers of the year, grossing $22.3 million in Thursday previews, while over the weekend it earned $337 million globally. Oppenheimer's opening weekend figures currently stand at $174.2 million globally.
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Dead Reckoning Part One features an ensemble cast alongside Cruise that includes Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Pom Klementieff.
The follow-up is scheduled to be released on June 28, 2024, with director Christopher McQuarrie confirming earlier this year that CIA agent William Donloe, played by Rolf Saxon, is set to return.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Barbie and Oppenheimer are out in cinemas now.
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