"Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One" Opens w/ $56M Debut

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"Mission: Impossible 7" Falls Short of Expectations with $56 Million Debut, Collects $80 Million over Five Days
by Rebecca Rubin
July 16, 2023


Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One topped domestic box office charts while falling short of initial expectations. Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster collected $56.2 million between Friday and Sunday, a lackluster start for a movie that cost nearly $300 million before marketing.

Heading into the weekend, Paramount and Skydance’s action-adventure was hoping to establish a new franchise record with $60 million or more. Instead, ticket sales landed behind 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($61 million) and 2000’s Mission: Impossible II ($57.8 million), which remain as the top openings in the 27-year-old series.




Comparisons aren’t exact because Dead Reckoning Part One opened on Wednesday rather than Friday. The seventh installment has generated an estimated $80 million in its first five days of release, which is more than Fallout ($77.5 million) and Mission: Impossible II ($78.8 million) earned in their first five days in theaters.

With a stellar 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and a glowing “A” CinemaScore, though, Dead Reckoning is likely to remain a force at the box office throughout the summer.





Right now, it’s pulling in similar numbers to Disney’s $300 million-budgeted Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which debuted to $60 million over the traditional weekend and pulled in $84 million through the five-day Fourth of July holiday frame.

Indiana Jones 5, which doesn’t have the benefit of great reviews or very positive audience scores, hasn’t shown endurance; ticket sales stand at $136 million domestically and $302 million worldwide.








Elsewhere, the unlikely box office hit Sound of Freedom climbed to second place in its sophomore outing with $25 million from 3,265 theaters, up 25% from last weekend.

The faith-based movie about child sex trafficking has collected a remarkable $83 million after two weeks of release. It’s a reminder in the power of religious audiences, who have turned out in force and look to propel the low-budget movie past $100 million.







Sony’s horror sequel Insidious: The Red Door, which led the box office last weekend, dropped to No. 3 with $13 million from 3,188 venues.

So far, the movie has collected a strong $58 million on its $16 million budget.







Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny took fourth place in its third weekend of release, adding $12 million from 3,865 venues.

To date, the Harrison Ford-led tentpole has grossed $145 million in North America and $302 million globally.







Disney and Pixar’s Elemental rounded out the top five, generating $8.7 million from 3,235 theaters in its fifth weekend on the big screen.

The animated family film, which cost $200 million, has managed to stick around with $125.3 million domestically and $311.7 million worldwide.







In limited release, Searchlight’s mockumentary Theater Camp opened to $270,000 from six theaters in New York and Los Angeles — averaging a healthy $45,000 per location.

The film, which stars Ben Platt and Molly Gordon as kooky drama instructors who attempt to keep their beloved summer camp in business, premiered at Sundance Film Festival to enthusiastic reviews. Next weekend, it will continue its slow expansion to Austin, Chicago, Boston, Denver and San Francisco, among other cities.

https://variety.com/2023/film/box-of...rt-1235671300/





July 14-16: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One $80,003,550
2. Sound of Freedom $27,000,000 / $85,498,581
3. Insidious: The Red Door $13,000,000 / $58,085,554
4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $12,000,000 / $145,359,865
5. Elemental $8,700,000 / $125,289,287
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $6,050,000 / $368,797,609
7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts $3,420,000 / $152,764,587
8. No Hard Feelings $3,300,000 / $46,590,171
9. Joy Ride $2,575,000 / $10,616,997
10. The Little Mermaid $2,350,000 / $293,916,557