![]() ![]() Mission: Impossible II had $111 million in the bank after its first 10 days and Rogue Nation had $107. Those numbers will likely be left in the rearview mirror come next Sunday. That installment came hot on the heels of Cruise’s blowups with Matt Lauer and Oprah’s couch, though those events did not hurt War of the Worlds’ numbers, which remains the highest-grossing film of his career. Abrams’ third Mission film is the low water mark with $134 million. Fallout will unquestionably become the fifth film in the franchise to cross the $180 million mark. Word-of-mouth is going to be the best friend to Mission: Impossible – Fallout, just as it was to Ghost Protocol, which initially opened in just 425 IMAX screens nationwide and earned a robust $17 million in its first (limited) five days on its way to over $209 million domestic (second only to part 2) and over $694 million worldwide (the series’ best). ![]() King of the Crop: Fallout Poised To Be The King Beyond This Weekend On top of all of that, it is the highest opening three-day total of Tom Cruise’s career – War of the Worlds had $57.6 million in the bank after a pre-July 4 Wednesday opening, and made $64.8 million from Friday to Sunday. It has now passed Mission: Impossible II’s $57.8 million to post the highest opening in the series, with $61.5 million. (The previous two films each received a 93%.) It has the highest audience score in the series with a 94%, so far (but expect that to move up and down as time passes). It is the best-reviewed film of the series by critics with a 97% Tomatometer rating. The word “best” has been following Mission: Impossible – Fallout around this week. ![]()
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