{"id":584070,"date":"2023-07-24T06:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T03:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mission-impossible-box-office-can-dead-reckoning-rebound-from-barbenheimer\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T06:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T03:15:07","slug":"mission-impossible-box-office-can-dead-reckoning-rebound-from-barbenheimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mission-impossible-box-office-can-dead-reckoning-rebound-from-barbenheimer\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Mission: Impossible\u2019 Box Office: Can \u2018Dead Reckoning\u2019 Rebound From Barbenheimer?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Tom Cruise, the star who is credited with saving the box office after Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> flew to $1.5 billion in global ticket sales, is now facing another kind of reckoning \u2014 surviving the Barbenheimer effect.<\/p>\n

\n His Mission: Impossible \u2014 Dead Reckoning Part One<\/em> tumbled a franchise-worst 64 percent to $19.5 million in its second weekend when going up against Barbie<\/em> and Oppenheimer<\/em>, whose dual arrivals transformed into a cultural phenomenon and propelled the domestic box office to historic heights. Revenue for the July 21-23 weekend was the fourth-biggest of all time; in addition, it was the first time ever that one movie opened to $100 million or more and another to $50 million or more. Barbie<\/em> scored $155 million, followed by $80.5 million for Oppenheimer<\/em>. No one in Hollywood anticipated such a staggering turnout.<\/p>\n

\n The seventh installment in Paramount and Skydance\u2019s storied Mission: Impossible<\/em> series<\/a>, which finished Sunday with a domestic total of $118.8 million, had hoped to earn as much as $25 million in its second outing. <\/p>\n

\n The question now is whether Dead Reckoning Part One<\/em> can level out and enjoy a long run as other series installments have done, and just as Cruise\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> did. Executives across Hollywood, and not just at Paramount, aren\u2019t ruling Dead Reckoning<\/em> out just yet, especially since it has a better critics\u2019 score on Rotten Tomatoes than Barbie<\/em> and Oppenheimer<\/em>, as well as strong audience exit scores. <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI don\u2019t think the story has yet been written,\u201d says one executive at a rival studio.<\/p>\n

\n Mission: Impossible<\/em> pics have never sported mega-openings, yet expectations were high for Dead Reckoning<\/em> after Cruise\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> opened to $160.5 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2022, including $126.7 million for the three days. Dead Reckoning<\/em> had been tracking to open to $90 million in its first five days beginning July 12; instead, it took in a franchise-best $78.5 million, not adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n

\n Titles in the Mission<\/em> franchise have always drawn a larger percentage of their global gross from the foreign box office. Dead Reckoning<\/em> Part One<\/em> is no exception. It earned another another $55 million from 72 markets in its second weekend for a foreign tally of $252.1 million and $370.9 million globally through Sunday. It is doing especially well in Asia, where Barbie<\/em> and Oppenheimer<\/em> aren\u2019t strong players. And in a number of markets, it is pacing 15 percent or more ahead of 2018\u2019s Mission: Impossible \u2014 Fallout<\/em>. In Japan, it debuted to $7.9 million, 23 percent ahead of Fallout<\/em>, which earned a franchise-best $571.5 million overseas for a global total of $791.7 million, including $220.2 million in North America.<\/p>\n

\n Mission: Impossibl<\/em>e 7<\/em> had to contend with losing Imax screens for three weeks to Oppenheimer<\/em>, in addition to losing premium large-format screens to both Oppenheimer<\/em> or Barbie<\/em>. The upcharge for Imax and PLFs is significant, and can have a big impact on the bottom line. In early July, Imax screens were dedicated to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n Cruise\u2019s latest movie, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, cost nearly $300 million to produce and saw its release date delayed numerous times because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was initially set to open in summer of 2021, then summer or fall of 2022. Its release date ultimately landed on mid-July of this year, a date dictated by the shooting schedule of Dead Reckoning Part Two<\/em> and Cruise\u2019s availability to promote Part One<\/em> (the actor is known for his global marketing efforts).<\/p>\n

\n Adds another observer: \u201cBarbenheimer siphoned off MI7<\/em>\u2018s potential this weekend, with Oppenheimer<\/em> drawing older males away from Dead Reckoning<\/em>. Not only that, Sound of Freedom<\/em> is an unexpected force to be reckoned with and is presenting competition from an unlikely source.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Estimates for the U.S. box office show Angel Studios\u2019 faith-based political thriller Sound of Freedom<\/em> in beating Dead Reckoning<\/em> for the weekend with $20.1 million for a cume of $123.4 million (Sound of Freedom<\/em> opened on July 4), according to Comscore. Paramount and other studios show Dead Reckoning<\/em> beating Sound of Freedom<\/em>; Monday actuals will determine the order. <\/p>\n

\n Mission: Impossible \u2014 Dead Reckoning Part Two <\/em>is set to open in theaters on June 28, 2024. McQuarrie and Cruise have shot much of the movie, but production is now halted because of the SAG-AFTRA strike in another moment of reckoning for the storied action franchise. <\/p>\n

\n Things looked different in late June, when Cruise \u2014 Hollywood\u2019s highest-profile advocate for the theatrical experience \u2014 urged audiences to see Dial of Destiny<\/em>. And, yes, two other movies in a surprisingly effective plea. Wrote the actor on Instagram : \u201cI love a double feature, and it doesn\u2019t get more explosive (or more pink) than one with Christopher Nolan\u2019s\u00a0Oppenheimer<\/em>\u00a0and Greta Gerwig\u2019s\u00a0Barbie<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n