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Business Standard
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Standard
Mission accomplished: Tom Cruise's MI 8 storms past $500 million globally
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has smashed yet another significant milestone at the global box office. The movie exceeded Mission: Impossible I & III's global box office collection and is now on track to surpass the second movie, which is anticipated to take place this coming weekend. Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was released on May 23. Next weekend, the movie will surpass Dead Reckoning's domestic collections and rank as the 6th highest-grossing entry in the series. As Tom Cruise's final run as Ethan Hunt gathers steam, the film must maintain its box office momentum to close out the franchise on a high. Since he has been playing Ethan Hunt for around 29 years, it is a fond farewell for the fans. Furthermore, the audience is consistently impressed by Tom's thrilling stunts in these films. Mission: Impossible 8 – Box office collection in India In India, the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning has raked in over ₹115 crore nett so far. Hitting Indian cinemas on May 17 – nearly a week before its global debut – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning stormed the box office, becoming the biggest Hollywood opener of 2025 in India with a staggering ₹16.50 crore nett collection on its first day. The Ormax Media report shared, 'With three Hollywood films in this month's Top 10 highest-grossing films like Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Final Destination Bloodlines, and Thunderbolts, May 2025 has turned out to be a strongest month for Hollywood in India since July 2023 (the Oppenheimer-Barbie month), grossing ₹262 crore". Mission: Impossible 8 – Box office collection worldwide Mission: Impossible 8 made a healthy $21 million during its fourth weekend at the global box office. It outperformed Dead Reckoning Part One's $17.6 million fourth weekend revenue worldwide, dropping 48.3% from the previous weekend. Over 66 markets, it has reached the $340.5 million cume. With it added to the film's domestic total of $166.3 million, MI 8 has surpassed the $500 million mark. The global cume for the Final Reckoning is $506.8 million. Worldwide collection breakdown is: • North America – $166.3 million • International – $340.5 million • Worldwide – $506.8 million. Mission: Impossible 8: Cast and Crew Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote the screenplay with Erik Jendresen, is the director of the 2025 action spy movie Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. It is the 8th and last series of the Mission: Impossible film and the direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). Alongside Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, and Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in the movie. Hunt and his Impossible Mission Force team fight to stop the Entity, a rogue AI, from wreaking destruction on humans around the world in the movie.
New York Times
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Women Who Try to Keep Pace With Ethan Hunt
Ethan Hunt, the charismatic hero of the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise played by Tom Cruise, cares about one thing above all else: His team. The story of Ethan's life as told in eight movies has been marked by his intense loyalty to the people by his side. The most enduring have been Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), the computer whiz who has been his buddy in all installments, and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), another technical genius who guides him through sticky situations. But Ethan's love life has been an evolving saga that has gone through some hiccups, as the filmmakers try to figure out how to pair off a man whose work life involves scaling buildings, jumping out of planes and saving the world every few years. Over the years, the 'Mission: Impossible' films have tested out different roles for the ladies in Ethan's life, to varying degrees of success. In the series' first entry, directed by Brian De Palma, Ethan has a sexually charged relationship with Claire (Emmanuelle Béart). She is the wife of Jim Phelps (Jon Voight), Ethan's Impossible Mission Force team leader, who is presumed dead. Only, Jim isn't dead, he's actually the one framing Ethan in order to steal a top-secret list of undercover agents and make a financial killing. And Claire, it turns out, was in on the ruse. She dies at the hand of her husband, a bittersweet ending for a pretty classic femme fatale. The second installment of the franchise is known as the rockiest — and not just because it features Ethan rock climbing. That extends to his love interest, Nyah, played by Thandiwe Newton. Unlike other 'M:I' ladies, Nyah follows the model of a Bond girl. She's a thief who Ethan must enlist to help him track down a deadly virus known as Chimera, stolen by her ex-boyfriend (Dougray Scott). From the moment she's onscreen, her body is sexualized, and very soon after she meets Ethan, they end up in bed together. But the whole plot feels forced, as if the filmmakers were trying to convince us that Ethan is a different character, more suave than he actually is. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Sydney Morning Herald
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
I watched every Mission: Impossible movie back-to-back so you don't have to. This is how it went
Just over seven days ago I stumbled into a workplace conversation that led me on an epic, albeit not exactly life-changing, journey. 'And he literally just drove straight off a cliff, no second thoughts! I don't think this guy is going to be done until he's dead!' That was the comment that pricked up my ears and, to be fair, conversations like that aren't too far off some of the things you'll hear coming from the breaking news and crime desks. But this was a culture convo – colour me intrigued. The dots joined themselves quickly. They had to be talking about the latest Mission: Impossible movie, starring the guy whose midlife 'crisis' seems to involve collecting specialist equipment licences like they're Pokemon cards. Plane, boat, bazooka – you name it, Tom Cruise is qualified to do it. There are eight of these films over almost 30 years but I had not seen even one. My mission, I was soon informed, 'should I choose to accept it', was to watch all eight of them in one week and report back. Me being me, I devised a nerdy ratings system to help illustrate my thoughts on the exploits of elite Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise), rating each film out of 10 for the following categories: Villain: The bad guy. Team: The elite team of IMF agents Hunt assembles. Bosses: Hunt's always got some no-good, button-pushing suit breathing down his neck. Mask reveals: Having Hunt hide then dramatically reveal his identity is a series hallmark. Action sequences: Cruise's stunts get more insane with every passing film. Impossibility: Just how Impossible is this Mission? Romance: He never misses on the streets but Hunt is hit-or-miss between the sheets. Plot: You know what this is, folks. Cold open: All eight films open with a splashy sequence before the iconic opening credits roll. They range in length from about three minutes to nearly 30. Equipped with a plan and a lot of snacks, my cinematic journey began. This is what I discovered.
The Age
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
I watched every Mission: Impossible movie back-to-back so you don't have to. This is how it went
Just over seven days ago I stumbled into a workplace conversation that led me on an epic, albeit not exactly life-changing, journey. 'And he literally just drove straight off a cliff, no second thoughts! I don't think this guy is going to be done until he's dead!' That was the comment that pricked up my ears and, to be fair, conversations like that aren't too far off some of the things you'll hear coming from the breaking news and crime desks. But this was a culture convo – colour me intrigued. The dots joined themselves quickly. They had to be talking about the latest Mission: Impossible movie, starring the guy whose midlife 'crisis' seems to involve collecting specialist equipment licences like they're Pokemon cards. Plane, boat, bazooka – you name it, Tom Cruise is qualified to do it. There are eight of these films over almost 30 years but I had not seen even one. My mission, I was soon informed, 'should I choose to accept it', was to watch all eight of them in one week and report back. Me being me, I devised a nerdy ratings system to help illustrate my thoughts on the exploits of elite Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise), rating each film out of 10 for the following categories: Villain: The bad guy. Team: The elite team of IMF agents Hunt assembles. Bosses: Hunt's always got some no-good, button-pushing suit breathing down his neck. Mask reveals: Having Hunt hide then dramatically reveal his identity is a series hallmark. Action sequences: Cruise's stunts get more insane with every passing film. Impossibility: Just how Impossible is this Mission? Romance: He never misses on the streets but Hunt is hit-or-miss between the sheets. Plot: You know what this is, folks. Cold open: All eight films open with a splashy sequence before the iconic opening credits roll. They range in length from about three minutes to nearly 30. Equipped with a plan and a lot of snacks, my cinematic journey began. This is what I discovered.
Pink Villa
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Box Office: Soaring demand for The Final Reckoning prompts BFI IMAX to add 9am shows, delay How to Train Your Dragon debut
Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is proving to be an IMAX sensation in the UK, particularly at the iconic BFI IMAX in London. With demand surging and nearly all shows sold out, the cinema has opened additional 9 a.m. screenings. In an unprecedented move, it has also delayed the debut of How to Train Your Dragon from June 6 to 9, allowing The Final Reckoning to dominate the premium screen for an extended three-day window. Despite ticket prices ranging between approximately USD 32.30 to 37.70 and being non-refundable, fans are still showing up in large numbers, turning the film into an IMAX phenomenon, something Dead Reckoning never achieved during the Barbenheimer-dominated summer of 2023. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, The Final Reckoning, for those uninitiated, is the eighth installment in the long-running Mission: Impossible series and serves as a direct sequel to Dead Reckoning Part One. Cruise reprises his iconic role as Ethan Hunt, alongside Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, and Angela Bassett. This time, the Impossible Mission Force faces off against a rogue artificial intelligence known as The Entity, as it threatens to wreak global havoc. The film's production journey was ambitious, lengthy, and expensive. Originally intended to be shot back-to-back with its predecessor, production was disrupted by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and eventually wrapped in late 2024. Filming took place across several countries, including England, Malta, South Africa, and Norway. With a reported budget of USD 300 to 400 million, it ranks among the most expensive films ever made. The Final Reckoning premiered in Tokyo on May 5 and later screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was released worldwide on May 23 to critical acclaim and has grossed USD 227.1 million globally, ranking as the eighth highest-grossing film of the year so far. It also recorded the franchise's biggest opening weekend to date. To promote the film, Tom Cruise made headlines in early May when he climbed to the roof of the BFI IMAX. In a fitting honor, he was also awarded the prestigious BFI Fellowship, solidifying his last of the Hollywood stars status both on and off screen.
