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Business Standard
3 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.
News18
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Tom Cruise's 16 Fiery Parachute Jumps In MI8 Lands Him A World Record
Last Updated: Tom Cruise was seen performing the stunt, which began with jumping off a helicopter while strapped to a parachute that was pre-soaked in fuel and subsequently set on fire. One of the highlights of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible films is definitely his death-defying stunts. Be it driving off a motorbike from a cliff or hanging from a military aircraft, the 62-year-old actor has fearlessly done all the stunts on his own. Now, with the release of the eighth and final instalment of the spy actioner Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Cruise has set a new Guinness World Record, proving why he is the best when it comes to performing stunts. Cruise, who returned as the IMF agent Ethan Hunt for one last time, received a Guinness World Record award for performing 16 risky, flaming parachute jumps in Mission: Impossible 8. In a video shared on his Instagram account on Thursday, June 5, the Top Gun actor was seen explaining to the crew about the risks of his yet another stunt. After a few seconds clip, where Cruise performed the parachute stunt, he was seen strategising with his team on how to get it right without causing any harm to himself. He said, 'If this is twisted while it's burning, I'm going to be spinning and burnt. I have to kick out of the twist and then ignite in 10 seconds." Mission: Impossible 8's director, Christopher McQuarrie, also gave some details about the scene. After the director explained the scene to him, Cruise said, 'We're going to be real smart. I'm not saying be risky," jokingly adding, 'We don't take risks, obviously." The actor was then seen performing the stunt, which began with jumping off a helicopter while strapped to a parachute that was pre-soaked in fuel and subsequently set on fire. The clip showcased all the 16 times Cruise performed the high-risk jump mid-air, and then it cuts to the title of the film. Sharing this behind-the-scenes moment with his fans, Cruise wrote in the caption, 'Light the fuse." This clip of the actor performing such a risky stunt has caught attention online, with fans praising Cruise's ability to outperform himself with every stunt. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Cruise (@tomcruise) Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was released in India on May 17, six days before it hit the theatres in the US. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the spy actioner also features Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis and Angela Bassett, among others. In India, the film has grossed over an estimated Rs 94 crore since its release, as per Sacnilk. First Published: June 06, 2025, 09:17 IST
Indian Express
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Madman' Tom Cruise cheats death 16 times with a burning parachute, jumps from 7,500 feet in Mission Impossible BTS video. Watch
Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning isn't just earning big bucks at the box office, but has also barged straight into the Guinness World Records. Cruise, who's never blinked at death-defying stunts, may have taken things a notch too far this time. In the film's climax, Ethan Hunt jumps off a damaged biplane, and his main parachute catches fire. While most of us assumed it was all CGI wizardry, a behind-the-scenes clip just confirmed it was the real stunt. Also read: Tom Cruise has fans freaking out over incredible behind-the-scenes look at biplane stunt from Mission: Impossible 8: 'Tell me you had a parachute…' 'What I'm going to do is I'm going to be deploying,' Cruise says in a video shared by Paramount on June 5. 'If this is twisted while it's burning, I'm going to be spinning and burning. I have to kick out of the twist and then ignite. I got 10 seconds.' The video then captures the moment when the Top Gun star leaps from a helicopter at 7,500 feet in South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains. The actor can be seen wearing a parachute soaked in aviation fuel, which was set ablaze mid-fall. He repeated the same shot until perfection, not twice or thrice, but 16 times over, and after each jump, he would release the burning chute and deploy a backup to land safely. Cruise was also seen actively engaged in the stunt choreography, working with the team and discussing the stunt's logistics. The clip also shows him jumping with a 50-pound camera rig strapped to him to capture close-up shots of the stunt. 'We're going to be real smart. I'm not saying be risky. We don't take risks, obviously.' Also read: 'Tom Cruise's stunt double?': Man narrowly escapes bridge accident in movie-style move, the Internet can't believe it 'Wait, I thought the parachute explosion was VFX they added to a normal parachute scene. They actually did that? Nuts, I say—nuts,' a fan commented on the video. 'Tom Cruise is something else. Hollywood will never see another actor like him again,' another added. 'Tom Cruise is a madman, and we love it.' Guinness World Records now recognises Cruise for 'the most burning parachute jumps by an individual.' Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning made its debut at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and received a five-minute standing ovation. The film has grossed over $360 million worldwide, with critics and fans heaping praise. It opened at the box office with a massive $200 million haul, the highest yet in the franchise. 'This weekend was one for the history books!' Cruise earlier wrote in a heartfelt note to fans and the makers. 'Congratulations and thank you to every filmmaker, every artist, every crew member, and every single person who works at the studios. To every theatre and every employee who helps bring these stories to audiences, thank you.'
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Cruise Breaks Insane Guinness World Record With Mission: Impossible 8 Stunt
Tom Cruise broke a Guinness World Record while filming a stunt. Mission: Impossible 8, also known as Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, is now playing in United States theaters. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the film once again sees Cruise reprise his role as Ethan Hunt. Cruise is known for doing many of his own stunts in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and, while filming The Final Reckoning, he managed to break a Guinness World Record. Cruise broke the Guinness World Records title for 'most burning parachute jumps by an individual,' according to the official Guinness World Records website. Watch a featurette video highlighting the stunt here (watch more trailers and clips): 'The star leapt out of a helicopter 16 times while strapped to a parachute pre-soaked in fuel and lit ablaze, before cutting away the charred remnants of the first chute and safely deploying a backup,' the Guinness World Records website's article further reads. 'No other actor or stuntman has come close to that amount of death-defying drops, and his dedication was rewarded with the record title on 4 June. '…The parachute was pre-soaked in fuel and lit ablaze, and after his life-net incinerated, Tom would cut away the burning fabric and deploy a backup chute to break his landing. But when skydiving from a moving vehicle, time is of the essence – and the parachute could only burn for 2.5 to 3 seconds before completely disintegrating. With so many moving pieces in play, Tom and the Mission: Impossible crew completed fiery 16 drops in the quest for the perfect action shot. And in some of these jumps, he even has a 50 lb snorri camera rig attached to his body to capture a close-up look of the exhilarating fall.' The post Tom Cruise Breaks Insane Guinness World Record With Mission: Impossible 8 Stunt appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
USA Today
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Nick Offerman slams homophobic Ron Swanson meme: 'Ron was best man at a gay wedding'
Nick Offerman slams homophobic Ron Swanson meme: 'Ron was best man at a gay wedding' Show Caption Hide Caption 'Mission: Impossible 8': Tom Cruise saves day at sea and in skies Superspy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) needs to stop a rogue AI from taking over the world in "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning." Nick Offerman has no time for homophobic Ron Swanson memes. The actor, 54, took to X to call out a post from Michael Flynn Jr., son of former national security advisor Michael Flynn, that used his "Parks and Recreation" character to express opposition to Pride Month. Flynn's post included a clip of Ron Swanson throwing a computer in the trash, but with a rainbow flag superimposed over the computer. "Just wanted to post how I feel about 'pride' month," Flynn wrote. In response, Offerman slammed Flynn as "dumb," while pointing out that Ron Swanson "was best man at a gay wedding." The Emmy-winning actor added, "#HappyPride." In the series finale of "Parks and Recreation," which aired in 2015, Ron serves as best man in his hairdresser Typhoon's (Rodney To) wedding to Craig (Billy Eichner). An earlier episode had shown that Ron took an instant liking to Typhoon after being introduced to him by his colleague Donna (Retta). Nick Offerman slams 'homophobic hate' for his 'Last of Us' episode This isn't Offerman's first time calling out homophobia. In 2023, the "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" actor starred in an acclaimed episode of "The Last of Us" as Bill, a gruff survivalist who falls in love with Frank, played by Murray Bartlett. Speaking with i News, Offerman shared that he received "a lot of homophobic hate" about the episode via social media, despite critics hailing it as a highlight of the season. "I was kinda fascinated by how openly people will express hate and brand themselves as bigots," he told the outlet. "I kept thinking: 'We can see you!'" Nick Offerman gets philosophical on Mother Nature in new book: 'We're all the same batch of molecules' When Offerman won a Film Independent Spirit Award for the role in 2024, he called out this homophobic hate in his speech. "When homophobic hate comes my way and says, 'Why did you have to make it a gay story?' we say, 'Because you ask questions like that,'" he said, adding, "It's not a gay story, it's a love story."
