Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Previews Light Up With $6M-$7M

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is off to a strong start at the box office, with previews projecting to bring in $6M-$7M. This is higher than the Thursday previews of the last Mission Impossible film, Fallout, which did $6M.

The film is one of the longer films of the summer, clocking in at 2 hours and 43 minutes with credits. However, the action is unlike anything any Mission Impossible or Fast and Furious movie has ever delivered before. Seriously, that Rome, Italy car chase will make you want to see the movie again.

Paramount is going for a Mission: Impossible franchise five-day record here with a Wednesday start, which is smart given this sequel's length and the limited amount of showtimes exhibitors can program. Disney did not execute a Wednesday start with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, another older dude skewing film, the studio opting for a Friday launch and seeing $60.3M over three days before July 4.

The best-reviewed Mission: Impossible of all-time at 98% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Dead Reckoning is projected to have a $90M five-day stateside, $250M+ worldwide.

Last year, the decade's long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick posted the best box office results of Cruise's career with $19.3M in U.S. previews, $126.7M domestic opening, and $256.4M WW start. The pic finalised at $718.7M domestic (No. 1 pic for 2023 domestic), $1.49 billion WW (No 2 global for 2023 after Avatar: The Way of Water).

Mission: Impossible – Fallout opened to $61.2M domestic, and legged out to $220.1M domestic, and $791.6M WW. Even if Mission comes up short this weekend, remember, Cruise's movies are always backloaded at the B.O.