LOS ANGELES – Tom Cruise’s latest, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” hasbroken the World Records for debut film in America.
It is on its way to a No. 1 debut at the North American box office with anestimated $59 million.
Should predictions hold, Paramount’s sixth installment of the franchisewill finish on the upper end of recent forecasts, which ranged from $50million to $65 million at 4,386 sites. It will come out ahead of itspredecessor “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” which debuted to $55million in 2015, and also mark a franchise best. “Rogue Nation” went on togross $682 million worldwide.
Christopher McQuarrie directed “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” afterhaving directed “Rogue Nation.” He also wrote the script for “Fallout.” Themovie is produced and financed by Paramount and partner SkydanceProductions, headed by David Ellison. Cruise is a producer along withMcQuarrie, J.J. Abrams and Jake Myers. Exec producers are Ellison, DanaGoldberg, and Don Granger.
Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Monaghan,and Sean Harris are reprising their roles from previous films, whileCavill, Vanessa Kirby, and Sian Brooke are joining the cast. The franchiseis based on the TV series that ran from 1966 to 1973.
“Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” is heading for second place with $15 millionin its sophomore weekend. The sequel film from Universal has so far earned$125 million globally, including $60.2 million from domestic sites. AmandaSeyfried, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan,Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, and Stellan Skarsgard reprise their roles fromthe original film, with Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies,Jeremy Irvine, Hugh Skinner, and Josh Dylan joining the cast.