Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis soaring up the box office chart for 2025. The movie, which is the eighth theatrical installment in the Tom Cruise action franchise, was directed and co-written by Christopher McQuarrie and could potentially be the last installment in the current iteration of the series. TheMission: Impossible- The Final Reckoningreleasekicked off over Memorial Day weekend, when it earned the highest-grossing domestic debut of the franchise with $64 million, though it took No. 2 behindLilo & Stitch’s record-smashing debut.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis projected to close out its second weekend in domestic theaters with a cumulative domestic total of $122.6 million that will push its global box office haul to $353.8 million. This will make it onlythe sixth movie of 2025 to pass the $350 million milestone worldwide, behindThunderbolts*,Captain America: Brave New World,Lilo & Stitch,A Minecraft Movie, andNe Zha 2.
However,the movie has still not made back its huge reported budget of $400 million, which marks it as one of the most expensive productions of all time.
What This Means For Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Its Audience Hold Is Slipping
AlthoughThe Final Reckoninghad the best opening weekend of the franchise and passed this major global milestone, its performance is dipping just enough thatit may not become the highest-grossing installment. At the domestic box office, it fell 57% from its opening weekend, which is the second-worst drop for the franchise behind its immediate predecessor, 2023’s disappointmentDead Reckoning Part One. Below, see howThe Final Reckoningis comparing to all of the previousMission: Impossiblemovies:
$45.4 million
-52.4%
$57.8 million
-53.3%
$47.7 million
-47.6%
$12.8 million
+131.2%
$55.5 million
-48.7%
$61.2 million
-42.3%
$54.7 million
-64.6%
$64 million
-57%
Its standing in the franchise will prove to be important, because if it doesn’t beatFallout($786.6 million worldwide) as the highest-grossing installment, it may not be able to turn a profit. Because movies generally need to earn back two and a half times their price tags to turn a profit in theaters, the huge reportedbudget ofMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningmost likelyplaces its estimated break-even point somewhere around a staggering $1 billion.
It Could Still Climb High On The Franchise Chart
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Although it is questionable ifMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningwill ever turn a profit, it is still set to perform well compared to the previous installments in the franchise, in terms of the raw numbers. If it continues on its current trajectory,it will soon surpass the lowest-grossing installment,Mission: Impossible III($399.4 million) and could climb into the Top 3 by the end of its run if it surpassesRogue Nation($688.8 million) orGhost Protocol($694.7 million), which seems entirely within the realm of possibility.
