Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis close to both reaching a major box office milestone and surpassing a previous installment. The film franchise, which is based on the 1966 espionage television series of the same name, kicked off in 1996 withMission: Impossible, a Brian De Palma-directed movie that introduced Tom Cruise’s superspy Ethan Hunt. The star has reprised his role in every subsequent installment, withThe Final Reckoningmarking his eighth outing in the franchise. The movie, which also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, and Angela Bassett, is a direct follow-up to 2023’sDead Reckoning.
TheMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningreleasedebuted at No. 2 behindLilo & Stitchat the domestic box office when it premiered over Memorial Day weekend, but its 3-day opening weekend gross of $64 million markedthe best debut of all time for the franchise. Additionally, its worldwide debut saw it gross nearly $200 million in just three days, making it the eighth highest-grossing movie of the year (at the time) in a matter of days. Since then, the movie has continued to climb up a variety of charts at the box office, with at least one major exception.
The Final Reckoning Is Just $36 Million Away From Passing Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III Made Just $399M At The Global Box Office
At the time of writing, perThe Numbers,The Final Reckoninghas earned $363 million worldwide. While it remains the lowest-grossing installment of the franchise so far, it is only $36 million away from surpassingMission: Impossible III, which grossed $399 million worldwide against a reported budget of roughly $186 million. Given the fact thatThe Final Reckoningis entering its third weekend in theaters,it seems that it will not take longer than a few days for it to pass the 2006 installment. Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance of the previous sevenMission: Impossiblemovies:
$457,697,994
$549,588,516
$399,387,745
$694,713,230
$688,858,992
$786,626,183
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One(2023)
$565,755,394
BeyondMission: Impossible IIIlies the first two installments, asthe initial trilogy has remained the lowest-grossing set of entries in the franchisewithout adjusting for inflation. However,Dead Reckoning Part Onebecame the lowest-grossing installment since 2006 during its disappointing theatrical run, which saw it earn just $565.7 million worldwide. This has increased the pressure onThe Final Reckoningto perform and improve its own standing among the franchise as a whole.
Mission: Impossible 8 Is Likely To Hit $400M
$400M Is Also The Reported Budget For The Final Reckoning
Once the 2025 movie surpasses the third installment,there will be less than $1 million to go before it crosses the $400 million milestone, which is a feat that only four other movies have accomplished so far in 2025. This will see the movie making back its production costs, because the reportedbudget ofMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningis a whopping $400 million, which makes it one of the 10 most expensive movies of all time.
The only 2025 movies to cross the $400 million worldwide milestone at the time of writing areCaptain America: Brave New World,Lilo & Stitch,A Minecraft Movie, andNe Zha 2.
However, there is still a long way to go forMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Because theaters keep half of ticket sales and publicity costs are not factored into production budgets, movies typically need to earn at least two and a half times their price tags in order to turn a profit at the box office. This rule of thumbcould mean that the new movie’s estimated break-even point is roughly $1 billion, which is a total that no installment has ever earned so far.
Can The Final Reckoning Surpass More Mission: Impossible Movies?
It May Not Rise As High As Expected
Not only is it doubtful thatMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningwill break even in theaters, it is becoming increasingly unclear how high it will climb up the franchise ranking, asit has fallen significantly behind the trajectory of the highest-grossing installment,Fallout, after earning the best opening weekend of the franchise. While it will most likely continue to climb past further installments, especially the first two movies, it seems more likely that it will end up toward the middle of the pack rather than breaking any more records.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Cast
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they pursue a formidable AI called the Entity that has compromised global intelligence networks. With new allies and a haunting figure from Hunt’s past in pursuit, they must act quickly to avert a global catastrophe.
