After hitting theaters last week, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has found itself on an impressive Tom Cruise box office chart following the crossing of a new milestone. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the latest and seemingly last installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise features Cruise back in action as Ethan Hunt, facing off against Gabriel (Esai Morales) and The Enтιтy one last time. The film, which also stars Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, and Henry Czerny, among others, opened to $64 million at the box office last weekend, setting a new franchise record.
Now, according to Box Office Mojo, The Final Reckoning has crossed $220 million worldwide, comprising $86.2 million domestically and $136.1 million from overseas. Using additional box office data from The Numbers, the latest Mission: Impossible movie now stands among the top 25 highest-grossing movies of Cruise’s career worldwide. The film currently occupies 23rd place, coming just behind тιтles like Interview With the Vampire ($223.6M), A Few Good Men ($236.5), and Knight and Day ($258.7). The Final Reckoning just recently surpᴀssed both Jack Reacher ($217.4M) and Collateral ($217.6M).
What This Means For The Final Reckoning
Will Mission: Impossible 8 Be A Success?
The Final Reckoning may now be among Cruise’s top 25 highest-grossing movies, but, as seen in the chart below, the film still has a long way to go to reach the top five. Given the previous installment, 2023’s acclaimed Mission: Impossible – ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning, grossed $565.7 million, though, there’s certainly reason to believe the new film will achieve this. Mission: Impossible 8, after all, got off to a stronger start at the box office, and there’s been a mᴀssive marketing push behind the film.
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Tom Cruise’s Top 5 Highest-Grossing Movies (Per The Numbers) |
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Rank |
тιтle |
Worldwide Box Office |
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1 |
Top Gun: Maverick |
$1.454B |
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2 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
$786.6M |
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3 |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol |
$694.7M |
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4 |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation |
$688.9M |
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5 |
War of the Worlds |
$606.8M |
Even if The Final Reckoning makes it into Cruise’s top five, however, it still may not end its run as a success. Due in part to delays caused by COVID-19 and the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, the film carries a mᴀssive reported budget of $400 million. Using the traditional Hollywood rule of thumb, this would put The Final Reckoning‘s break-even point at $1 billion, a figure no previous franchise entry has achieved. It seems very unlikely The Final Reckoning will hit this figure, especially with reviews being a little more mixed from critics this time around.
ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning, despite being the sixth highest-grossing movie of Cruise’s career, was considered a disappointment due to its estimated budget of $291 million.
Our Take On The Final Reckoning’s New Box Office Milestone
The Cruise Franchise Will Go Out On A Mixed Note
Even though The Final Reckoning reviews may be less glowing than usual for a Mission: Impossible film, the audience response is still seemingly quite positive. Whether this audience response is enough to generate strong word-of-mouth, however, remains to be seen. The marketing has very much been leaning into this installment being the last one, and this could be responsible for the stronger-than-usual opening weekend audience turnout, but sustained high interest over the coming weeks and months will be crucial for this film.
If The Final Reckoning had been made at a normal budget level, it may well have achieved box office success by the end of its run, but reaching profitability with a $400 million price tag is an extremely tall order, and not one I’m confident the film can pull off. Still, the film’s performance thus far speaks to Cruise’s power as a movie star, and it will be interesting to see just how far up the actor’s top 25 list Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will go.
Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers
