{"id":173899,"date":"2018-07-29T22:56:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T02:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=173899"},"modified":"2018-07-29T22:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T02:56:55","slug":"mission-impossible-fallout-shoots-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/29\/mission-impossible-fallout-shoots-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Mission: Impossible Fallout’ shoots to No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMission: Impossible — Fallout\u201d easily took the No. 1 spot on the domestic charts this weekend. (File Photo<\/a>: Mission: Impossible\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES — After six movies, 22 years, countless bruises and a broken ankle, Tom Cruise’s death-defying \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d stunts continue to pay off at the box office.<\/p>\n

\u201cMission: Impossible — Fallout\u201d easily took the No. 1 spot on the domestic charts this weekend. Paramount Pictures estimates that it earned $61.5 million from 4,386 North American theatres.<\/p>\n

Not accounting for inflation, it’s a best for the long-running franchise, which has grossed $2.8 billion worldwide, and one of Cruise’s biggest too (just shy of \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d’ $64.9 million debut in 2005). Internationally, the film earned $92 million from 36 markets which is also a franchise best.<\/p>\n

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, \u201cFallout\u201d has scored some of the best reviews in the series and has been in the news cycle for almost a year. Talk about the film started early, in August of 2017, when Cruise broke his ankle performing a stunt in London with video to prove it.<\/p>\n

\u201cParamount was strategically perfect in their marketing and publicity game,\u201d said comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. \u201cThey showed how important a star’s presence is in marketing the movie early on. Tom Cruise broke his ankle and they made that into a positive for the movie — it fed the Tom Cruise ‘Mission: Impossible’ mystique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second place went to \u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u201d which fell 57 per cent in its second weekend in theatres, to earn $15 million. It was a much steeper decline than the first film, which dropped only 36 per cent between its first and second weekends.<\/p>\n

Denzel Washington’s \u201cThe Equalizer 2\u201d slid to third with $14 million in weekend two, and \u201cHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation\u201d took fourth with $12.3 million.<\/p>\n

The animated \u201cTeen Titans Go! To the Movies,\u201d a feature spinoff of the Cartoon Network television show about Robin and some of the lesser-known DC superheroes, was the only major film to open against \u201cFallout.\u201d The Warner Bros. release earned $10.5 million and landed in fifth place.<\/p>\n

The film earned positive reviews from critics and younger audiences, but also faced a fair amount of animated competition from both \u201cHotel Transylvania 3\u201d and \u201cIncredibles 2,\u201d which is still going strong in its seventh weekend and headed toward the $1 billion mark. As of Sunday the Disney\/Pixar sequel had earned an estimated $996.5 million globally.<\/p>\n

But although $10.5 million might seem on the lower side, \u201cTeen Titans\u201d also cost only $10 million to produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamily movies like this will play for a lot of weeks,\u201d said Warner Bros.’ domestic distribution president Jeff Goldstein. \u201cThe whole objective of this movie was to work with our cousins in other Warner units for brand identification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cMission: Impossible — Fallout,\u201d $61.5 million ($92 million international).<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u201d $15 million ($26.6 million international).<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cThe Equalizer 2,\u201d $14 million ($1.9 million international).<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,\u201d $12.3 million ($31 million international).<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cTeen Titans Go! To the Movies,\u201d $10.5 million ($1 million international).<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cAnt-Man and The Wasp,\u201d $8.4 million ($11.5 million international).<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cIncredibles 2,\u201d $7.2 million ($20 million international).<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,\u201d $6.8 million ($10.9 million international).<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cSkyscraper,\u201d $5.4 million ($17.7 million international).<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cThe First Purge,\u201d $2.2 million ($4.5 million international).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theatres (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to comScore:<\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cHello Mr. Billionaire,\u201d $129.5 million.<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cMission: Impossible — Fallout,\u201d $92 million.<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cDetective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings,\u201d $42.9 million.<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,\u201d $31 million.<\/li>\n
    5. \u201cMamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u201d $26.6 million.<\/li>\n
    6. \u201cIncredibles 2,\u201d $20 million.<\/li>\n
    7. \u201cSkyscraper,\u201d $17.7 million.<\/li>\n
    8. \u201cAnt-Man and The Wasp,\u201d $11.5 million.<\/li>\n
    9. \u201cJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,\u201d $10.9 million.<\/li>\n
    10. \u201cIllang: The Wolf Brigade,\u201d $5.2 million.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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