After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, launched with a franchise-best $80 million over five days, though it came in shy of industry expectations with a $56.2 million haul over the three-day weekend, according to studio estimates.

The Paramount Pictures debut was boosted by strong overseas sales of $155 million from 70 markets. But while a $235 million worldwide launch marked one of the best global openings of the year, 91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning91裸聊视频� couldn91裸聊视频檛 approach the high-speed velocity of last summer91裸聊视频檚 top film,

91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning Part One,91裸聊视频� the seventh film in the 27-year-old series, had been forecast to better the franchise high of the previous installment, 91裸聊视频淔allout,91裸聊视频� which opened with $61 million domestically in 2018. Instead, it also fell short of the $57.8 million 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible II91裸聊视频� debuted with in 2000.

That puts the film91裸聊视频檚 opening-weekend tally very close to which opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with $82 million over five days and $60 million over the three-day weekend. Paramount and Skydance had higher hopes for the action extravaganza of 91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning,91裸聊视频� which cost $290 million to make, not counting marketing expenses.

Those costs were inflated, in part, by the pandemic. 91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning,91裸聊视频� directed by Christopher McQuarrie, was among the first major productions shut down by COVID-19. It was preparing to shoot in Italy in March 2020. When the film got back on track, McQuarrie and Cruise helped lead the industry-wide recovery back to film sets 91裸聊视频� albeit with some along the way.

Still, 91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning91裸聊视频� was hailed as a high point in the franchise. Critics (96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and fans (an 91裸聊视频淎91裸聊视频� CinemaScore) alike came away awed by the stunts and chases of the latest 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible91裸聊视频� film. Though the coming competition of 91裸聊视频� the much-anticipated debuts of 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� looms, 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible91裸聊视频� should play well for weeks to come.

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91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning,91裸聊视频� Aronson said, met or exceeded the studio91裸聊视频檚 expectations.

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Cruise, the so-called savior of movie theaters last year, traveled tirelessly to again pump life back into a summer box office that91裸聊视频檚 been sluggish. After a splashy world premiere in Rome with a red-carpet on the Spanish Steps, Cruise and McQuarrie surprised theaters in Atlanta, Miami, Toronto and Washington D.C. in the days ahead of opening.

91裸聊视频淒ead Reckoning91裸聊视频� hit theaters at a crucial mid-summer period for Hollywood, and not just because of which began Thursday. 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible91裸聊视频� launched a week before one of the biggest box-office showdowns of the year.

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However that trio of films performs over the next few weeks will do a lot to determine the fate of the summer box office.

91裸聊视频淭hese are a crucial couple of weeks for the industry starting this weekend,91裸聊视频� said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore. 91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 going to be a fun reinvigoration of the box office because we have had a few films underperforming. Really, the summer movie season restarts this week with 91裸聊视频楳ission91裸聊视频� leading into 91裸聊视频楤arbenheimer.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

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Last week91裸聊视频檚 top film, 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� slid to third with $13 million in its second weekend. 91裸聊视频淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny91裸聊视频� is dropping quickly with $12 million its third weekend, with a domestical total so far of $145.4 million.

In limited release, opened to $270,000 from six theaters in New York and Los Angeles.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible 91裸聊视频� Dead Reckoning Part One,91裸聊视频� $56.2 million.

2. 91裸聊视频淪ound of Freedom,91裸聊视频� $27 million.

3. 91裸聊视频淚nsidious: The Red Door,91裸聊视频� $13 million.

4. 91裸聊视频淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,91裸聊视频� $12 million.

5. 91裸聊视频淓lemental,91裸聊视频� $8.7 million.

6. 91裸聊视频淪pider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,91裸聊视频� $6.1 million.

7. 91裸聊视频淭ransformers: Rise of the Beasts,91裸聊视频� $3.4 million.

8. 91裸聊视频淣o Hard Feelings,91裸聊视频� $3.3 million.

9. 91裸聊视频淛oy Ride,91裸聊视频� $2.6 million.

10. 91裸聊视频淭he Little Mermaid,91裸聊视频� $2.4 million.

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