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Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning closes at ₹92 cr in India, misses franchise record by a margin
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has concluded its theatrical journey in India, collecting a final ₹92 crore net at the box office. After four weeks of strong earnings totaling ₹89.50 crore, the film added another ₹2.50 crore in the following days to complete its lifetime figure. With new releases now taking over screens, the film is expected to add little more to its total from here. Despite falling short of expectations, the film has emerged as the second-highest earner in the Mission: Impossible franchise in India, just behind Dead Reckoning Part One, which had closed at ₹105.50 crore in 2023. It was initially expected that The Final Reckoning would surpass this figure, but that milestone remained unmet. Strong opening followed by steady run amid competition The Final Reckoning opened with the franchise's best-ever day-one collection in India. In its first week, the film earned ₹49 crore, followed by ₹24.50 crore in week two. The third week brought in ₹11.25 crore, while week four added another ₹5 crore. The final ₹2.5 crore came in after that, bringing the total to ₹92 crore. Despite facing challenges from Bloodlines, Kesari 2, and Housefull 5, the film maintained a strong presence in urban markets, supported by Tom Cruise's draw and loyal franchise fans. Global numbers fall short of break-even point On the international front, The Final Reckoning is headed towards a USD 600–625 million finish, which is higher than Dead Reckoning Part One's global collection of USD 571 million. While this would typically be a healthy figure for a long-running franchise's eighth installment, the film had an estimated budget of USD 300 million, meaning it needed to reach around USD 800 million globally to break even through theatrical revenue alone. This shortfall suggests that the producers might not recover their investment from box office earnings alone, though future streaming and syndication deals are expected to help bridge the gap. Every choice, every mission, has all led to this. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. May 23, 2025. Top Hollywood import in India this year Despite not meeting its highest projections, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning remains 2024's top-performing Hollywood film in India, surpassing other imports such as Final Destination: Bloodlines. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the movie features a cast including Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames, and serves as the final chapter in Ethan Hunt's journey. Though it didn't reach the ₹125 crore mark, its ₹92 crore finish still marks a strong conclusion and further solidifies the franchise's popularity in India. The Mission: Impossible films have long been a staple for Indian audiences, and The Final Reckoning is expected to maintain momentum in the digital space as fans revisit the saga online.
Pink Villa
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning Lifetime India Box Office: Tom Cruise completes his last task as actioner nets good Rs 92 crore in full run
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning has wrapped its theatrical run in India, netting a solid Rs 92 crore. After collecting Rs 89.50 crore net in 4 weeks, the Tom Cruise -led action thriller added Rs 2.50 crore in the days after, to take it to a very respectable final total. With exhibitors going all out on the new movies, there's not much M:I8 will be able to add from here. A Rs 92 crore net finish makes The Final Reckoning the second highest-grossing film in the Mission: Impossible franchise in India. It falls just behind Dead Reckoning Part One, which earned Rs 105.50 crore in 2023. The expectations for The Final Reckoning were to surpass Dead Reckoning's India numbers but that has not happened. The Final Reckoning Ends Its India Run With A Good But Slightly Underwhelming Rs 92 Crore Net In India The Final Reckoning took the biggest net start of the franchise in India on the opening day, and went on to collect Rs 49 crore in its first week. Week two saw a steady hold, earning Rs 24.50 crore. The third week added Rs 11.25 crore and then week 4 added Rs 5 crore. The final Rs 2.5 crore pushed the total to Rs 92 crore. The film faced stiff competition from Bloodlines, Kesari 2, and Housefull 5. Despite this, it held strong, especially in urban centers, driven by Tom Cruise's star power and the franchise's loyal fanbase. The Final Reckoning Looks To Under Perform Vis-à-Vis Expectations At The Global Box Office, Considering Its Astronomical Budget Globally, The Final Reckoning is heading toward a USD 600-625 million finish. This is higher than Dead Reckoning Part One's USD 571 million global total. It's a strong number for the eighth film in the 29-year-old franchise. However, with a USD 300 million budget, the movie needed atleast USD 800 million to break even theatrically. Falling short of this mark means producers may face losses from ticket sales. In the long run, streaming and TV syndication deals should help recover costs. Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning Continues To Be The Highest Grossing Hollywood Import In India This Year Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, The Final Reckoning also stars Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames. It marks the final chapter of Ethan Hunt's saga. While it didn't reach the expected Rs 125 crore in India, Rs 92 crore is a very respectable result. The movie continues to be the year's biggest Hollywood import in India, with the next best being Final Destination: Bloodlines. Mission: Impossible Is Among The Most Favourite Hollywood Franchises In India Mission: Impossible franchise remains a favorite in India, and this finale has left a mark. Fans will likely revisit it on streaming platforms, ensuring its legacy continues. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates on Tom Cruise and his upcoming films.
Hindustan Times
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Brad Pitt says yes to collaborating with Tom Cruise as long as his ‘ass' stays off airplanes; everything to know
What do you get when you put Hollywood's most ageless action star and its smoothest leading man in one movie? A fantasy many fans have been dreaming about since Interview with the Vampire (1994). And now, it just might happen if Tom Cruise can keep his feet on the ground. While promoting his upcoming Formula One movie F1 in Mexico, Brad Pitt was asked whether he'd consider reuniting with Cruise. His response? 'Well, I'm not gonna hang my ass off airplanes and shit like that,' he said with a laugh, referencing Cruise's now-iconic death-defying stunts. 'So when he does something again that's on the ground, [then yes],' he told E! News. Cruise has become known for raising the bar with each new Mission: Impossible movie, most recently The Final Reckoning, which has seen him skydiving, climbing cliffs, and hanging off airplanes. Meanwhile, Pitt's F1, directed by Top Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, leans into high-octane thrills of its own. Kosinski once tried to bring Cruise and Pitt together for his version of Ford v Ferrari, but the studio reportedly didn't greenlight his budget. That project eventually went to James Mangold and starred Christian Bale and Matt Damon. In a recent interview, Kosinski didn't hold back when asked what it would've been like to direct Cruise in a film like F1: 'Tom always pushes it to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled,'** he said, before adding with a smile, 'But yeah... I could see Tom maybe scaring us a little bit more.'
Gizmodo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Ethan Hunt Doesn't Die in the New ‘Mission Impossible,' But They Considered It
When the eighth Mission: Impossible film changed its title to 'The Final Reckoning,' we all had the same thought: Tom Cruise's character, Ethan Hunt, was going to die. It would have been the most obvious way to add some real finality to the franchise, but we now know that doesn't happen. Instead, Ethan lives, as does his sworn enemy, the Entity. And, in a new interview, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie discussed those crucial decisions and many more. In an extended, spoiler-filled conversation with Empire, McQuarrie admitted he toyed with the idea of killing his main character and even had an idea of how to do it. 'Everything is on the table,' McQuarrie said. 'There was a moment in the editing of the final sequence of the movie where Ethan goes spinning into that cloud bank where I thought, 'If you cut to his grave right now, you'd feel the sacrifice was sufficient. Wow, that's very, very effective'.' Ultimately, though, he didn't think killing Ethan would've served the story in the right way. 'The idea of a conclusion of a story being the death of that character… they are not one and the same,' McQuarrie said. 'When you fully tie off the story, the story ceases to be. And that's not life. Stories go on, whether or not the movies do.' Which, of course, leaves the door open for more Mission movies. 'Do I think [Mission] is in my rear-view mirror? I want to say yes,' McQuarrie said, adding the caveat that 'Tom Cruise is a force of nature, and a very, very tricky one.' And so, the director admits, he could one day return to the franchise, but only 'if it was the movie I desperately wanted to make.' Another fascinating decision made by McQuarrie at the end of Final Reckoning was the one to not defeat the unstoppable AI, the Entity. Fellow Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro said he wanted the Entity to scream when it was defeated (another revelation from the interview) but McQuarrie chose not to do that and chose not to kill it at all. Instead, it's merely contained, a decision McQuarrie made as a commentary on AI at large 'You can't put the genie back in the bottle,' McQuarrie said about AI. 'Really experienced experts in this field, who have been with it since its infancy, were telling me the only way that you'll ever be able to now combat AI is with AI. It's never going to go away. Destroying the Entity was actually kind of a hollow and empty idea…. [Destroying the Entity is] not going to stop somebody else from making an Entity. And so the idea of Ethan keeping the Entity at the end was fully antithetical to everything we believed—and yet, there it was emotionally in the movie, and that's how the ending came to be.' Whether or not you agree with McQuarrie's thought process here—and we mostly do—it's refreshing to hear him explain why the decision was made. These are things he and his team clearly thought about at length, and no decision was made lightly. Read more from McQuarrie over at Empire and listen to the full discussion at this link. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now in theaters.
Buzz Feed
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
The 8 Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Performed By Tom Cruise In The Mission: Impossible Series
Jumping Between Biplanes - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning I'm sorry, but I don't understand how Tom Cruise is still alive after all these years performing these death-defying stunts. With the climactic biplane chase scene in The Final Reckoning, Cruise and Company outdid themselves. Not only is Cruise hanging off a flying plane, but he must jump onto another flying one and get into the cockpit. Pure insanity, and we loved every minute of it. Piloting and Falling Out of a Helicopter - Mission: Impossible - Fallout By the end of Fallout, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt should be out of breath. After all, the audience certainly is! Yet, here he is, climbing up to a mobile helicopter, flying it, and falling out of it in a thrilling chase sequence. This action setpiece was practically a victory lap for the M:I team in their most daring mission to date. Free-Fall Motorcycle Jump - Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Although Dead Reckoning was relatively light on bonkers stunts, it slowly built up to one of the most harrowing set pieces in the franchise's history. In one of the most meticulously crafted stunts, one error could've derailed everything and potentially harmed Cruise's life. But of course, the star successfully vaulted from a moving motorcycle off a ledge. Even more impressive than the execution of the stunt is the breathtaking photography capturing Cruise's audaciousness. Burj Khalifa - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Anyone who experienced the IMAX aspect ratio shift when Tom Cruise steps out onto the ledge inside the Burj Khalifa in Ghost Protocol is truly blessed. More reliant on sweat-inducing thrills than visceral action (while also providing an unexpected amount of laughs), you feel like Cruise will plummet to the earth's crust at any moment. The actor and the filmmakers behind M:I never make it easy on themselves. Only they would think to perform a free-solo climb on one of the tallest buildings in the world. Underwater Submarine Dive - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning In a shocking change of pace for the series, The Final Reckoning's first major set piece features no dialogue or score. The audience is forced to sit with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt as he submerges into the deep sea and searches through the ruins of a submarine. It's eerily claustrophobic and moody, and being a world-class super-spy never seemed so scary. HALO Jump - Mission: Impossible - Fallout Fallout gets to an incredibly fast start, and by the time Tom Cruise is performing a real HALO jump from an aircraft, moving through the clouds at breakneck speed, the film is officially shot out of a canon. It's almost amusing how much Cruise is willing to go to entertain us and push the boundaries for stunt performance in movies. Hanging Off the Side of a Plane - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation In a bold storytelling decision, Rogue Nation uses his signature stunt in the cold open, and what a way to grab the audience's attention. You can see it in his face--Tom Cruise is holding on for dear life as a plane takes off at full speed. It may not factor into the main plot of the film, but it captures the essence of M:I to a tee. Free Solo Climb - Mission: Impossible II Mission: Impossible II is known for its dazzling style that doesn't always amount to substance. This impressive, while now relatively rudimentary stunt, speaks to the gaudy nature of the series' second entry. Tom Cruise is in pure movie star mode as he does a free-solo climb on a mountain. The minimalism of the stunt enhances the maximalism of the film's larger-than-life movie star, who hasn't lost a beat twenty years later.
