Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One smashed the box office, grossing a best-in-class $80 million domestically and $155 million worldwide in its first five days, marking a solid worldwide opening of $235 million. equivalent to dollars meeting.
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One smashed the box office, grossing a best-in-class $80 million domestically and $155 million worldwide in its first five days, marking a solid worldwide opening of $235 million. equivalent to dollars meeting.
Now, the three-day gross of $56.2 million is a little disappointing considering that Dead Reckoning costs a whopping $290 million, putting it on par with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. ($60 million), a film that has been described as a huge flop. However, there are a few things to consider here. First, “Indy” has struggled to produce numbers overseas and has only made $263 million worldwide in the first three weeks of its release. As is usual with the franchise, Dead Reckoning performed incredibly well overseas. The last entry, Fallout, grossed $571 million internationally and $220 million in the US, eventually reaching $791 million. These films are notoriously reloaded and are aimed at an older audience who don’t need to watch the films on opening weekend or in premium formats.
Additionally, Saturday saw a 28% increase over Friday, meaning word of mouth has already skyrocketed this event. Indiana Jones was down 21.5% Friday-Saturday (according to BoxOfficeMojo), nearly 70% over the second weekend and another 60% in Week 3. Despite the onslaught of competition in the form of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greg Gerwig’s Barbie, the expectation is that Dead Reckoning will hold up and come close to Fallout’s WW total. Keep in mind that the Mission: Impossible brand isn’t as resonating with general audiences as Top Gun: Maverick, which reached $1.493 billion worldwide and may have raised expectations for Dead Reckoning.
Additionally, Dead Reckoning is 15% ahead of Fallout internationally and has yet to open in Japan, a country that contributed $42 million to the film’s overall production. On the negative side, Dead Reckoning lags Fallout by 66% in China, where Fallout ticket sales fell by $181 million in 2018. Today, after the pandemic, everything is very different.
All in all, thanks to a healthy A CinemaScore, “Dead Reckoning” should be okay in the long run, even if it’s not the colossal success that many (including myself) were expecting.
Elsewhere, Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom” continues to exceed all expectations. The modestly produced thriller actually grew its second weekend in sales by 37% and grossed a whopping $27 million, bringing total domestic sales to $85 million.
Last week’s champion, “Insidious: The Red Door,” suffered an expected 60% drop in horror in its second year, but has grossed $58 million domestically, nearly four times its production budget. Therefore, no one is screaming about the massive drop in the second weekend.
This weekend is going to be really interesting. Barbie could be the summer breakout hit, solid colorful model comedy that stands out among the creaky Transformers and Indiana Jones offerings. Oppenheimer is the joker here with his R rating and the questionable 3-hour running time. Standing out from the competition requires exceptional reviews and word of mouth. However, to be fair, the budget is $100 million, which means you don’t necessarily have to gross $1 billion to break even.
Box office results:
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Par) 4,327 Theaters Fri $16.7M Sat $21.4M Sun $18.1M 3 Days $56.2M 5 Days $80M $/week 1
- Sound of Freedom (Angel) 3,265 (+413) Theaters Fri $7.4M Sat $10.2M Sun $9.2M 3 Days $27M (+37%) Total 85, $4M/week 2
- Insidous: The Red Door (Sony/Blum) 3,188 Theaters Fri $4.15M Sat $5M Sun $3.78M 3 Days $13M (-60%)/Total $58M/Week 2
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Dis) 3,865 (-735) Theaters Fri $3.3M Sat $4.9M Sun $3.8M 3 Days $12M (-56%)/ Total $145.3M/week 3
- Elemental (Dis) 3,235 (-205) Theaters, Fri $2.6M Sat $3.5M Sun $2.6M 3 Days $8.7M (-13%), Total 125.2 $M/week 5
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) 2,577 (-446) theaters Fri $1.72M Sat $2.3M Sun $1.95M 3 days $6.05M (- 25%) Total $368.7M/week 7
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Par) 2,041 (-434) Theaters Fri $940,000 Sat $1.38M Sun $1.1M 3 Days $3.42M (-33%) Total 152.7M $/week 6
- No Hard Feelings (Sony) 2,053 (-633) Theaters Fri $1M Sat $1.3M Sun $960K 3 Days $3.3M (-39%) Total $46.5M/ week 4
- Joy Ride (LG) 2,820 Theaters Fri $771K Sat $1M Sun $751K 3 Days $2.57M (-56%)/Total $10.6M/Week 2nd
- The Little Mermaid (DIS) 1,615 (-465) Theaters Fri $675K Sat $950K Sun $725K 3 Days $2.35M (-36%) Total $293.9M/Week 8th