Tom Cruise
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 40 films, with $10,523,750,091 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #1) |
Best-known acting roles: Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Top Gun: Maverick), Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One), Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible—Fallout), Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation), Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol) |
Best-known technical roles: Top Gun: Maverick (Producer), Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One (Producer), Mission: Impossible—Fallout (Producer), Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation (Producer), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol (Producer) |
Most productive collaborators: Christopher McQuarrie, Joseph Kosinski, Alex Kurtzman, Doug Liman, David Koepp |
Born: July 3, 1962 (61 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 40 | $4,358,461,747 | $6,165,288,344 | $10,523,750,091 |
Lead Ensemble Member | 4 | $493,773,267 | $1,074,321,052 | $1,568,094,319 | |
Supporting | 3 | $179,371,366 | $80,629,943 | $260,001,309 | |
Cameo | 1 | $213,117,789 | $83,220,874 | $296,338,663 | |
Narrator | 1 | $93,231,060 | $33,282,126 | $126,513,186 | |
In Technical Roles | Producer | 13 | $2,423,209,979 | $4,273,471,882 | $6,696,681,861 |
Executive Producer | 1 | $96,545,842 | $111,242,369 | $207,788,211 | |
Story Creator | 1 | $82,670,733 | $75,000,000 | $157,670,733 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Tom Cruise’s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The Star Score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies (based on box office) in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on..
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Theater counts: Indiana Jones dials up another week as widest release
July 6th, 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will continue into into its sophomore frame with its opening count of 4,600 theaters, once again easily making it the widest release of the week. The latest installment of the beloved adventure franchise turned up $60.37 million in its opening weekend, and currently holds a six-day total of $89.4 million, while bumping the franchise’s worldwide box office to over $2.1 billion. This week it will try to fend off the arrival of two new wide releases, as well as a surprise hit that arrived on the Fourth of July.
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Weekend predictions: Indiana Jones shooting for $70 million this weekend
June 30th, 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny may break an unusual record this weekend by opening with fewer millions of dollars than the age of its leading star. The fifth movie in the franchise would need to top $80 million to outscore the age of its octogenarian lead, Harrison Ford, and it looks likely to come up short. The last tentpole adventure film to do that was probably 2017’s The Mummy, which stumbled out the gate with $31.6 million, in spite of having to cross a lower bar: Tom Cruise was “just” 54 when that film debuted. Indy will most likely come in somewhere around $70 million.
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Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, Part One trailer 2
May 17th, 2023
Action movie with an ensemble cast led by Tom Cruise arrives in theaters on July 12, 2023 ... Full Movie Details.
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
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Theater counts: Wakanda Forever is back as widest release, but Avatar: The Way of Water looms
December 8th, 2022
As expected, this week witnesses a lull in new releases arriving to theaters, as well as the top films dropping in viewing locations. In fact, we have to go back nearly three months, to September 16, 2022 to not see a film registering over 4,000 locations. This week Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is back on top with 3,725 cinemas, and more so as a result of last week’s widest release, Strange World, shedding 614 theaters this week, beginning its third week at the box office in 3,560 venues. As everyone is likely aware, this week is just the calm before the storm until Avatar: The Way of Water makes landfall on December 16.
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Theater counts: Strange World becomes widest release while Violent Night smashes its way into theaters
December 1st, 2022
After a slew of new wide releases made their way into movie theaters over the Thanksgiving Holiday, we see only one true new wide release coming to cinemas this week in the way of Christmas action-comedy, Violent Night. Joining Violent Night is a familiar face, as Top Gun: Maverick soars in for a two week theatrical engagement in 1,864 locations before making its streaming debut on Paramount+ starting December 22. Tom Cruise’s epic jet fighter sequel currently sits at number 5 on the all-time domestic box office chart with over $716 million in earnings. The widest release this week however belongs to last week’s newcomer, Strange World, keeping its opening count of 4,174 locations from its under-performing debut week.
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2022 market prediction: Maverick gives theatrical business a giant lift
July 11th, 2022
It’s Tom Cruise’s world. We just live in it. The incredible run of Top Gun: Maverick at the box office has helped increase our prediction for total box office earnings in 2022 by $200 million this month, in spite of a poor performance from Lightyear and, to a lesser extent, Jurassic World: Dominion. Our overall projection for the year now stands at $6.9 billion, up from the $6.7 billion our model projected as of May 18, and Maverick is now predicted to be the number one movie of the year.
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Weekend projections: Maverick and Elvis tied at the top
June 26th, 2022
Two American icons are tied at the top of the box office this weekend, with Elvis and Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick both headed for a weekend around $30.5 million. Technically, Maverick leads according to the studios’ official projections, but that’s simply down to how they report the numbers on Sunday morning (and how we interpret what they report). We won’t know who has come out on top until official numbers are released on Monday.
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Weekend projections: Top Gun: Maverick will smash Memorial Day record
May 29th, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick will post a $124-million opening three-day weekend, according to Paramount’s Sunday-morning projection. With another $27 million expected tomorrow, it will shoot to $151 million by the end of the long weekend. In the process, it’ll topple Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’s $114.7-million 3-day/$139.8-million 4-day Memorial Days records (see the 3-day records here and 4-day records here).
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Weekend predictions: the sky’s the limit for Top Gun: Maverick
May 27th, 2022
It feels like the buzz around Top Gun: Maverick has been growing since mid-May, 1986, given the cruel delays in development, production, and release of the film. It finally arrives in theaters this weekend with hype at a perfectly-timed crescendo, and will top War of the Worlds to give Tom Cruise his best opening weekend ever. Given its $19.3 million in previews on Thursday, it has Pirates of Caribbean: At World’s End’s $114.7-million Memorial Day 3-Day Weekend record firmly in its sights. Our model thinks it could go much higher than that given how quickly it’s taken off.
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Theater counts: Top Gun: Maverick soars into theaters as the widest release in history
May 26th, 2022
After 36 years, the wait is finally over as Top Gun: Maverick arrives in theaters, and does so in high-flying fashion as it is propelled to the top of the all-time widest release chart by debuting in 4,735 theaters. Tom Cruise returns as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he is tasked with training a new group of Top Gun recruits to go on a dangerous mission, while confronting elements from his past. Top Gun: Maverick isn’t the only wide release hitting theaters this week however as The Bob’s Burgers Movie enters the fray in 3,425 locations.
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Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning—Part One trailer
May 23rd, 2022
Action movie with an ensemble cast led by Tom Cruise arrives in theaters on July 14, 2023 ... Full Movie Details.
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Theater counts: Downton Abbey and Men arrive in North America, but Doctor Strange remains widest release
May 19th, 2022
For the third consecutive week, Doctor-Strange in the Multiverse of Madness stands perched atop our theater count chart. After compiling over $715 million worldwide since its release in early May, the film keeps its opening location count of 4,534 heading into week three, while two new wide releases appear this week: Focus Features’ Downton Abbey: A New Era and A24’s Men.
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Top Gun: Maverick trailer
March 29th, 2022
Action movie starring Tom Cruise opens in theaters on May 27 ... Full Movie Details.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
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2021 forecast update: market prospects remain steady in spite of shuffled schedules
May 12th, 2021
After a month of strong performances at the box office, rearrangements of the theatrical release schedule, and increased vaccinations and slowly falling coronavirus case counts, our 2021 market forecast finds itself just about back where we started. When we introduced our market prediction last month, it looked as though 2021 would end with a total box office gross of $6.3 billion in North America. Today’s update very slightly decreases that number to $6.2 billion. Each month, we’ll provide a monthly snapshot here on The Numbers, and full details will be in our monthly Bankability Report, available by subscription.
Here’s what the model says today for the market prospects for 2021.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Mission: Impossible—Fallout
December 3rd, 2018
Mission: Impossible—Fallout will likely end up being Paramount’s biggest hit released in 2018. (Bumblebee has a very slim shot at topping it.) It also earned some of the best reviews of any wide release of the year. Do I agree with the critical consensus? Or am I in the minority?
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2018 Preview: July
July 1st, 2018
June was amazing, with two absolute monster hits and a solid $100 million hit. By the end of the month, 2018’s lead over 2017 will be well over $500 million, or close to 10%. Even if 2018 only managed to maintain this lead in terms of raw numbers for the rest of the year, it will be a massive jump at the box office. As for July, there are a couple of potential monster hits, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Mission: Impossible—Fallout, plus four potential $100 million hits. Last July, there was only one monster hit, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and three $100 million hits. I don’t think 2018 will match 2017 at the top, but 2018 appears to have more depth and that should put it a little ahead over the full month.
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Home Market Releases for June 26th, 2018
June 26th, 2018
As long time readers know, summer is the worst time of the year for the home market. Summer blockbusters are taking up everyone’s attention and it is still too soon for the rush of TV on DVD releases. The biggest first-run release of the week is Acrimony, which is only for Tyler Perry fans. As for the best of the rest, there are a handful of Pick of the Week contenders, including two Anime titles. To be more accurate, only one of them came out this week, as it took a couple of weeks for my screener of My Hero Academia: Season Two, Volume Two: Limited Edition Combo Pack to arrive. It is the Pick of the Week.
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Mission: Impossible—Fallout Trailer
May 17th, 2018
Action movie starring Tom Cruise opens July 27 ... Full Movie Details.
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Mission: Impossible—Fallout Trailer
February 7th, 2018
Thriller starring Tom Cruise opens July 27 ... Full Movie Details.
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Home Market Releases for January 2nd, 2018
January 2nd, 2018
This is the first Tuesday of the year, so it should be no surprise that there are not a lot of top-tier releases on this week’s list. In fact, there were so few releases worth mentioning that I had to pad the list with some films that were not selling well enough to be worth mentioning during most weeks. As for the Pick of the Week contenders, there were only two: Lucky and Battle of the Sexes. It was a close race, but in the end, I gave that title to Lucky on DVD.
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New at The Numbers: Genre Stars and Keyword Connections
November 18th, 2017
Here at The Numbers, we strive to improve your reading experience by adding more features we believe you will find interesting. Today, we have two new features to talk about. Firstly, we have a series of new acting records for the various categorizations we use. For example, the highest grossing leading actors in films based on a TV show. The number one actor is Shia LaBeouf, who starred in the first three Transformers movies. Number two is Tom Cruise, who is the star of the Mission: Impossible franchise, while number five is Justin Long, who provided the voice for the titular character in the Alvin and the Chipmunks films. Starting to notice a pattern? Nearly everyone on the top of this list is someone who starred in one TV adaptation that turned into a lucrative franchise. The only exception is Simon Pegg, who has been in two of these franchises: Mission: Impossible and Star Trek trilogy.
Weekend Estimates: Threeway Tie at the Top
October 1st, 2017
Warner Bros. is claiming a weekend win at the box office for It as of this morning, but whichever way you slice it, we have a threeway tie at the top of the chart, based on Sunday morning estimates. In fact, we might have a rare weekend where three different movies will top the daily chart. American Made took a lead on Friday with a $6.17 million opening day, It won on Saturday with around $7.9 million, and the eventual result for the weekend will depend on whether Kingsman: The Golden Circle wins on Sunday, and by how much. As of this morning, Kingsman is projected to make $17 million, American Made $17.02 million, and It (a slightly optimistic, for my money) $17.3 million. We’ll know the real winner on Monday morning, and It probably has a slight edge.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: The Mummy
September 3rd, 2017
The Mummy came out this summer and was supposed to kick off Universal’s Dark Universe franchise. In fact, Universal had announced about a dozen films in the franchise, at least one of which had a release date, but no star. Then the reviews started coming out. For a short time, The Mummy was the worst wide release of the summer. It bombed domestically and even though it did a lot better internationally, it still failed to pay for its nearly $200 million production budget. Was is unfairly attacked by critics? Or does Universal need to rethink their plans for a Dark Universe?
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2017 Preview: September
September 1st, 2017
As bad as July was, August actually managed to be worse. 2017 was over $300 million behind 2016’s pace during August alone. That’s worse than the rest of the summer combined. The only film that was an unqualified hit was Annabelle: Creation, although there were a couple of other films that are doing well enough to be considered financial hits. There’s some good news and some bad news for this September. The month gets off to a slow start with no wide releases the first weekend, but there are three films opening during the rest of the month that are expected to top $100 million and all three should be better than the best August had to offer. It is expected to be the biggest hit of the month and is tracking to break the record for the biggest September weekend. Both Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie are expected to cross $100 million, although they are opening the same weekend, so that could hurt both of their chances. Meanwhile last September, Sully was the biggest release of the month earning $125.07 million. It should top that, while Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie won’t be too far behind. 2017 should cut the gap with 2016, but sadly only by a little bit.
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Weekend Estimates: Mummy’s $32 Million Debut No Match for Wonder Woman
June 11th, 2017
There are precious few crumbs of comfort to be found from Universal’s launch of The Mummy this weekend. The studio is projecting a $32.2 million opening this weekend from 4,035 theaters. That will be a fairly distant second to Wonder Woman, which is expected to earn about $57.1 million. Even the bright news—that this is Tom Cruise’s biggest global opening weekend—comes with an asterisk.
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American Made Trailer
June 5th, 2017
Crime caper starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, and Sarah Wright, directed by Doug Liman, opens September 29 ... Full Movie Details.
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2017 Preview: June
June 1st, 2017
May was a really soft month with only one unqualified hit, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, which is climbing towards $375 million domestically. The second biggest hit of the month will be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and I would be surprised if it tops $150 million by any serious margin. June looks a lot more profitable. There are five weeks and every week there is at least one film with a great shot at $100 million or more. In fact, there are four films with at least a decent shot at $200 million and we could double the number of $300 million hits released so far this year. Wonder Woman is widely expected to start the month with an explosive debut and pulling in more than $100 million during its opening weekend is more and more likely. That said, Despicable Me 3 will probably end up being the biggest hit overall with over $300 million. Meanwhile, Cars 3 and Transformers: The Last Knight are both aiming for $200 million. Last June was not particularly strong, outside of one hit. Finding Dory earned nearly $500 million domestically, while the second best film, Central Intelligence, barely earned a quarter of that. I don’t think any film will come close to Finding Dory, but there’s a lot more depth this time around and I have high hopes 2017 will extend its lead.
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The Mummy Trailer
May 22nd, 2017
Fantasy adventure starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, and Annabelle Wallis opens June 9 ... Full Movie Details.
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Bankability Index: Tom Cruise Still King of the Hill
April 20th, 2017
This month we’re introducing a new Bankability Index that estimates how much someone is worth to a film based on analysis of the Hollywood Creative Graph™, a network of over 130,000 people with over 6 million connections that represent all the films they have worked on together. By using an analytical technique called graph analysis, the Bankability Index measures the influence of each person in the Hollywood Creative Graph, which we translate into an estimate of the average value added per movie by everyone. Here on The Numbers, we will now publish each month the top 50 people on a per-movie basis, and subscriptions are available for our full report, which contains information on the top 250 people in the business.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Doctor Strange
February 20th, 2017
Doctor Strange was the first time that magic was really strongly introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and some thought the film was a bit of a risk as a result. Instead, the film became the second biggest introductory film in the MCU, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy. Is it as good as its box office numbers would suggest? Or has the MCU become self-sustaining generating hundreds of million of dollars regardless of quality?
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The Mummy Trailer
December 5th, 2016
Monster adventure starring Tom Cruise opens June 9 ... Full Movie Details.
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Weekend Estimates: Jack Reacher No Match for Madea
October 23rd, 2016
Hollywood has a habit of underestimating Tyler Perry. When Diary of a Mad Black Woman opened back in 2005, it was expected to struggle to make the top 10, and yet finished top of the chart with a $21.9 million weekend. More than eleven years later, he, or perhaps more accurately, Madea, continues to defy tracking models and rack up wins at the box office, with Boo! A Madea Halloween set to top this weekend’s chart with a projected $27.6 million. That’s nearly $5 million better than the debut of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which Paramount has coming in at $23 million.
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2016 Preview: October
October 1st, 2016
September is over and we should all be glad about that. Unless the final weekend brings a surprise $100 million hit or two, 2016’s lead over 2015 will shrink over the month. There were some bright spots, most notably Sully, which will be the biggest hit of the month. On the other hand, we had more outright bombs than even midlevel hits. Sadly, October isn’t much better. There are a couple of films that could be $100 million hits, but most of the films will struggle to become midlevel hits. Both Inferno and The Girl on the Train are aiming for $100 million. One of them might get there too. If both get there, then October will be seen as a success. By comparison, last October was led by The Martian; however, because of a misalignment in the calendar, The Martian’s opening weekend actually lines up with the final weekend in September. It had great legs, so that will help 2015 early in the month, but the rest of the month was terrible last year and I think 2016 will come out ahead as a result.
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Weekend Estimates: Matt Damon Shows Star Power Can Matter
July 31st, 2016
When it comes to “star power” in Hollywood, I’ve been a skeptic ever since we launched our Bankability Index, and started looking at the real influence a single actor has on the performance of a film. With some notable exceptions (Tom Cruise and Sandra Bullock chief among them these days), actors generally don’t move the box office dial much when they appear in a generic film. But this weekend’s opening of Jason Bourne shows what the combination of the right actor in the right role can do. In spite of virtually identical reviews to 2012’s The Bourne Legacy, the new film, a franchise un-re-boot if you will, starring Matt Damon in the role he made iconic, will post a very solid $60 million this weekend. To be fair, that’s a bit behind the inflation-adjusted openings of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy, but it’s far better than the $38 million earned by Legacy when it debuted.
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Trailer
July 22nd, 2016
Thriller starring Tom Cruise, directed by Edward Zwick, opens October 21 ... Full Movie Details.
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2015 Preview: July
July 1st, 2015
June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out.
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Weekend Estimates: American Sniper Continues Box Office Domination
January 25th, 2015
After smashing the January weekend record last weekend, American Sniper is enjoying a very solid second-weekend hold. So solid, in fact, that it will also have the third-best January weekend. If it drops less than 35% next weekend, it will share with Avatar the records for the top six January weekends, each movie having topped $42 million three times. Sniper’s expected weekend this time around is $64.365m, according to Warner Bros. Sunday morning projection.
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2014 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I
November 26th, 2014
This Thursday is Thanksgiving, which means this is Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and a ton of shopping. It also means the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. Over the next month, we will talk about TV on DVD releases, independent releases, foreign language releases, classics, etc. but this week we start with Major Movie Releases. These are first run releases, franchise box sets, etc. In some ways, this is better than last year, as there were a wider number of big releases that would make great gifts. However, in other ways it is much weaker. I can't think of a single big franchise box set that came out this year. There are some smaller ones, like the Halloween Box Set, but while the franchise has lasted ten installments and 30 years, how many can you really say are worth repeated viewing? Fortunately, there were plenty of great films to come out this year, starting with what is currently the biggest hit of the year.
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Weekend Predictions: Are the New Releases Faulty?
June 5th, 2014
This weekend, there are two wide releases coming out, one of which is the obvious potential monster hit and the other being the obvious counter-programing. On paper, Edge of Tomorrow is the obvious potential monster hit. It is a Sci-fi action film with a production budget that is nearly $200 million. The Fault in Our Stars is the obvious counter-programing. It is about two teen cancer patients who fall in love, which couldn't be farther away from a popcorn flick. However, the buzz really suggests The Fault in Our Stars could win. In fact, it could break the record for biggest opening for a romantic drama. This weekend last year, The Purge won with $34.06 million, while no other film earned more than $20 million. This year, three films might top $30 million and the winner could pull in more than $40 million. I think 2014 will win this weekend in the year-over-year competition.
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2014 Preview: June
June 1st, 2014
It is too soon to tell how May will end, as this story will be published before the weekend estimates came out. (Maleficent had an excellent start on Friday, unlike A Million Ways to Die in the West.) Overall, it was a good month with at least three movies that are on track to hit $200 million, but there was no really big winner for the month. It was nice and balanced. Unfortunately, last May there was a monster hit, Iron Man 3, and 2014 could not compete with that, so it lost ground to 2013. June hopes to turn things around and there are some reasons to be optimistic. All four weeks there is at least one film opening that at least has a shot at $100 million. There are even two films that at least have a shot at $300 million. Transformers: Age of Extinction should win the monthly box office race while How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a long shot to win, but I wouldn't be completely surprised if it did. Additionally, 22 Jump Street, Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault in Our Stars, and Think Like a Man 2 are all contenders for the century club. Not all of them will get to that milestone, but all of them at least have a short. Last June, there were three films that reached $200 million, including Man of Steel, which nearly reached $300 million. It looks like June of 2014 will be about as strong as June of 2013, more or less. If all films reach their potential, it could win the year-over-year comparison. Unless there are some shocking bombs, it shouldn't struggle so much that 2014 loses its lead over 2013 entirely.
Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Oblivion
August 5th, 2013
Oblivion was a spring release, which isn't a great time to release a film, but it is far from a terrible time either. It opened in first place at the box office, but quickly faded away after that. It is hard to get excited by its box office numbers, but it wasn't a real bomb either. It will need help on the home market to recoup its $120 million production budget. Does it deserve to be seen by more on the home market? And is the DVD and / or Blu-ray worth picking up?
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for May 7th, 2013
May 7th, 2013
While there are a lot of new releases listed on Amazon.com, it isn't long before you run into filler. Worse still, the top two selling movies, Jack Reacher and Save Haven, are just mediocre movies. The Great Escape is coming out on Blu-ray this week, which would normally be a reason to celebrate. However, a lot of reviewers are complaining about the poor video quality. The film needed, and deserves, a full restoration, but that didn't happen. We need to look further down the list to find a Pick of the Week contender, and we find one in 30 Rock: Season Seven.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Jack Reacher
May 5th, 2013
During the holiday season of 2011, Tom Cruise starred in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. I thought it was arguably the best action movie of the year and it became the stars biggest hit globally and his best domestic hit in a decade (not counting a cameo in Goldmember). A year later, Jack Reacher opened with barely a fraction of the buzz. I was one of the most Bullish analysts and I was only predicting $75 million. The film did pull in $80 million domestically, which is better than expected, but nothing compared to MI:IV. Is it really that much weaker? Or did it struggle in comparison, because it wasn't part of a popular franchise.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Oblivion Survives Opening Weekend
April 22nd, 2013
The overall box office was in line with expectations, more or less, which is unfortunately bad news, as expectations were low. Oblivion easily won the weekend, but the overall box office still fell 5.7% from last weekend to $110 million. Worse still, this is 19% lower than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2013 has pulled in $2.77 billion, which is 11% lower than 2012's pace. 2013 is already $350 million behind 2012 and even with Iron Man 3 looming large, I don't see how 2013 is going to turn things around any time soon.
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Weekend Predictions: Will 2013 Continue on Its Path to Oblivion?
April 18th, 2013
It is no secret that 2013 has been a bad year at the box office so far. There's only one film debuting wide this week, Oblivion, which should benefit from the lack of competition this weekend. (Although we are already seeing plenty of hype for Iron Man 3, which could hurt this film's chance at the box office.) There are also several films opening in more than 100 theaters: Filly Brown, Home Run, and The Lords of Salem. There's a chance one of them will be a better than expected hit and reach the top ten; it's a slim chance, but a chance. Finally, The Place Beyond the Pines is expanding to an additional 1,000 theaters and should climb higher in the top ten. Last year, there were three wide releases led by Think Like a Man. That film was a bigger than expected hit, but hopefully Oblivion will have an even better start, but not everyone is positive it will.
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2013 Preview: April
April 1st, 2013
March is over and while it is a little too soon to tell where a few films will end their box office runs, it is clear Oz The Great and Powerful won the month. Some films beat expectations to become midlevel hits, like The Call, but it wasn't a great month at the box office, especially compared to last year. This month, there are only seven wide releases spread over four weeks. Only one of those films, Oblivion, has a shot at being anything more than a midlevel hit. None of the other six releases look like they will come close to $100 million, but none of them look like obvious bombs either. (Although I do have my worries when it comes to Scary Movie 5.) Last April was even weaker with no film earning $100 million, although Think Like a Man did come relatively close. We might actually see growth on the year-over-year comparison. We'd better, because 2013 is behind 2012's pace by a huge margin at the moment and things will get worse when May arrives.
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2012 Preview: December
December 1st, 2012
November was a strong month and left 2012 with a very easy path to a new all time record. There was only one major miss the entire month, Rise of the Guardians, while The Silver Linings Playbook was pulled from wide release at the last minute, so it is a little hard to judge its box office performance. On the positive side, Skyfall might top original expectations by $100 million. All this December has to do is maintain pace with last December to ensure 2012 sets the new record. I would like to say that will be easy to do, but I really don't know. Last year, there was only one $200 million hit, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, plus a few others that reached $100 million, so the bar isn't set too high. This year, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is expected to at least come close to $300 million. Some think it will earn more than $400 million. However, it could also be the last film to make $100 million till February. December is normally a very good month to release a film, but the release schedule is so messed up that it makes it very hard to predict what will happen. There appears to be just ten films opening truly wide this month (I'm getting mixed signals on a few of them). That's a really light schedule for a month and a light schedule tends to help maximize the box office potential for individual films. However, eight of these films open wide within a seven-day period. That's insane. There's no way all of those films will find an audience and there's a chance that due to the competition, none of them will. Let's hope the situation isn't as bad as that, but there are some serious reasons to be concerned for most new releases coming out this month.
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All Acting Credits
Announced (Undated)
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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May 23, 2025 | Mission: Impossible 8 | Ethan Hunt | |||
Jul 12, 2023 | Mission: Impossible De… | Ethan Hunt | $172,640,980 | $394,003,163 | $566,644,143 |
May 27, 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Pete “Maverick” M… | $718,732,821 | $746,858,459 | $1,465,591,280 |
Jul 27, 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fa… | Ethan Hunt | $220,159,104 | $566,467,079 | $786,626,183 |
Sep 29, 2017 | American Made | Barry Seal | $51,342,000 | $84,227,212 | $135,569,212 |
Jun 9, 2017 | The Mummy | Nick Morton | $80,101,125 | $329,852,780 | $409,953,905 |
Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go… | Jack Reacher | $58,697,076 | $101,249,413 | $159,946,489 |
Jul 31, 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Ro… | Ethan Hunt | $195,042,377 | $493,816,615 | $688,858,992 |
Jun 6, 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Lt. Col. Bill Cage | $100,206,256 | $266,822,724 | $367,028,980 |
Apr 19, 2013 | Oblivion | Jack | $89,107,235 | $198,809,398 | $287,916,633 |
Dec 21, 2012 | Jack Reacher | Jack Reacher | $80,070,736 | $137,300,000 | $217,370,736 |
Jun 15, 2012 | Rock of Ages | Stacie Jaxx | $38,518,613 | $22,513,319 | $61,031,932 |
Dec 16, 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Gh… | Ethan Hunt | $209,397,903 | $485,315,327 | $694,713,230 |
Jun 23, 2010 | Knight and Day | Roy Miller | $76,423,035 | $182,328,335 | $258,751,370 |
Dec 25, 2008 | Valkyrie | Col. Claus von St… | $83,107,829 | $120,824,345 | $203,932,174 |
Aug 13, 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Lee Grossman | $110,515,313 | $80,629,943 | $191,145,256 |
Nov 9, 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Senator Jasper Ir… | $14,998,070 | $48,213,018 | $63,211,088 |
May 5, 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Ethan Hunt | $133,501,348 | $265,886,397 | $399,387,745 |
Jun 29, 2005 | War of the Worlds | Ray Ferier | $234,280,354 | $372,556,181 | $606,836,535 |
Aug 6, 2004 | Collateral | Vincent | $100,170,152 | $117,432,815 | $217,602,967 |
Dec 5, 2003 | The Last Samurai | Capt. Nathan Algren | $111,110,575 | $345,700,000 | $456,810,575 |
Jul 25, 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldm… | Famous Austin Powers | $213,117,789 | $83,220,874 | $296,338,663 |
Jun 21, 2002 | Minority Report | Officer John Ande… | $132,024,714 | $226,800,000 | $358,824,714 |
Apr 19, 2002 | Space Station | Narrator | $93,231,060 | $33,282,126 | $126,513,186 |
Dec 14, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | David Ames | $100,614,858 | $102,111,747 | $202,726,605 |
May 24, 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Ethan Hunt | $215,409,889 | $334,178,627 | $549,588,516 |
Dec 17, 1999 | Magnolia | Frank T.J. Mackey | $22,450,975 | $25,995,827 | $48,446,802 |
Jul 16, 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Dr. William Harford | $55,691,208 | $48,573,409 | $104,264,617 |
Dec 13, 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire | $153,952,592 | $119,600,000 | $273,552,592 |
May 21, 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Ethan Hunt | $180,981,886 | $276,716,108 | $457,697,994 |
Nov 11, 1994 | Interview with the Vam… | Lestat | $105,264,608 | $118,300,000 | $223,564,608 |
Jun 30, 1993 | The Firm | Mitch McDeere | $158,340,892 | $112,000,000 | $270,340,892 |
Dec 11, 1992 | A Few Good Men | Lt. Daniel Kaffee | $141,340,178 | $95,159,822 | $236,500,000 |
May 22, 1992 | Far and Away | Joseph Donnelly | $58,883,840 | $58,883,840 | |
Jun 27, 1990 | Days of Thunder | Cole Trickle | $82,670,733 | $75,000,000 | $157,670,733 |
Dec 20, 1989 | Born on the Fourth of … | Ron Kovic | $70,001,698 | $70,001,698 | |
Dec 16, 1988 | Rain Man | Charlie Babbitt | $172,825,435 | $239,974,565 | $412,800,000 |
Jul 29, 1988 | Cocktail | Brian Flanagan | $78,222,753 | $78,222,753 | |
Oct 17, 1986 | The Color of Money | Vincent | $52,293,000 | $52,293,000 | |
May 16, 1986 | Top Gun | Maverick | $180,470,489 | $176,993,259 | $357,463,748 |
Apr 18, 1986 | Legend | Jack | $15,502,112 | $8,004,125 | $23,506,237 |
Oct 21, 1983 | All the Right Moves | Stef | $17,200,000 | $17,200,000 | |
Aug 5, 1983 | Risky Business | Joel Goodson | $63,541,777 | $63,541,777 | |
Apr 8, 1983 | Losin' It | Woody | $1,246,141 | $1,246,141 | |
Mar 25, 1983 | The Outsiders | Steve Randle | $25,697,647 | $25,327 | $25,722,974 |
Dec 9, 1981 | Taps | David Shawn | $35,856,053 | $35,856,053 | |
Jul 17, 1981 | Endless Love | Billy | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | |
Averages | $116,042,505 | $200,993,036 | $277,710,817 | ||
Totals | 47 | $5,337,955,229 | $7,436,742,339 | $12,774,697,568 |
Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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May 23, 2025 | Mission: Impossible 8 | |||||
Jul 12, 2023 | Mission: Impossible De… | $54,688,347 | 4,327 | $172,640,980 | $566,644,143 | 30.5% |
May 27, 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $126,707,459 | 4,751 | $718,732,821 | $1,465,591,280 | 49.0% |
Jul 27, 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fa… | $61,236,534 | 4,395 | $220,159,104 | $786,626,183 | 28.0% |
Sep 29, 2017 | American Made | $16,776,390 | 3,098 | $51,342,000 | $135,569,212 | 37.9% |
Jun 9, 2017 | The Mummy | $31,668,375 | 4,035 | $80,101,125 | $409,953,905 | 19.5% |
Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go… | $22,872,490 | 3,780 | $58,697,076 | $159,946,489 | 36.7% |
Jul 31, 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Ro… | $55,520,089 | 3,988 | $195,042,377 | $688,858,992 | 28.3% |
Jun 6, 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | $28,760,246 | 3,505 | $100,206,256 | $367,028,980 | 27.3% |
Apr 19, 2013 | Oblivion | $37,054,485 | 3,792 | $89,107,235 | $287,916,633 | 30.9% |
Dec 21, 2012 | Jack Reacher | $15,210,156 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | $217,370,736 | 36.8% |
Jun 15, 2012 | Rock of Ages | $14,437,269 | 3,470 | $38,518,613 | $61,031,932 | 63.1% |
Dec 16, 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Gh… | $12,785,204 | 3,555 | $209,397,903 | $694,713,230 | 30.1% |
Jun 23, 2010 | Knight and Day | $20,139,985 | 3,104 | $76,423,035 | $258,751,370 | 29.5% |
Dec 25, 2008 | Valkyrie | $21,027,007 | 2,838 | $83,107,829 | $203,932,174 | 40.8% |
Nov 9, 2007 | Lions for Lambs | $6,702,434 | 2,216 | $14,998,070 | $63,211,088 | 23.7% |
May 5, 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $47,743,273 | 4,059 | $133,501,348 | $399,387,745 | 33.4% |
Jun 29, 2005 | War of the Worlds | $64,878,725 | 3,910 | $234,280,354 | $606,836,535 | 38.6% |
Aug 6, 2004 | Collateral | $24,701,458 | 3,205 | $100,170,152 | $217,602,967 | 46.0% |
Dec 5, 2003 | The Last Samurai | $24,271,354 | 2,938 | $111,110,575 | $456,810,575 | 24.3% |
Jun 21, 2002 | Minority Report | $35,677,125 | 3,001 | $132,024,714 | $358,824,714 | 36.8% |
Dec 14, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | $25,015,518 | 2,842 | $100,614,858 | $202,726,605 | 49.6% |
May 24, 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | $57,845,297 | 3,669 | $215,409,889 | $549,588,516 | 39.2% |
Dec 17, 1999 | Magnolia | $193,604 | 1,086 | $22,450,975 | $48,446,802 | 46.3% |
Jul 16, 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | $21,706,163 | 2,483 | $55,691,208 | $104,264,617 | 53.4% |
Dec 13, 1996 | Jerry Maguire | $17,084,296 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | $273,552,592 | 56.3% |
May 21, 1996 | Mission: Impossible | $45,436,830 | 3,012 | $180,981,886 | $457,697,994 | 39.5% |
Nov 11, 1994 | Interview with the Vam… | $36,389,705 | 2,604 | $105,264,608 | $223,564,608 | 47.1% |
Jun 30, 1993 | The Firm | $32,476,785 | 2,393 | $158,340,892 | $270,340,892 | 58.6% |
Dec 11, 1992 | A Few Good Men | $15,517,468 | 2,201 | $141,340,178 | $236,500,000 | 59.8% |
May 22, 1992 | Far and Away | $12,948,940 | 1,885 | $58,883,840 | $58,883,840 | 100.0% |
Jun 27, 1990 | Days of Thunder | $15,490,445 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | $157,670,733 | 52.4% |
Dec 20, 1989 | Born on the Fourth of … | $172,021 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | $70,001,698 | 100.0% |
Dec 16, 1988 | Rain Man | $7,005,719 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | $412,800,000 | 41.9% |
Jul 29, 1988 | Cocktail | $11,789,466 | 1,462 | $78,222,753 | $78,222,753 | 100.0% |
Oct 17, 1986 | The Color of Money | $6,357,877 | 1,205 | $52,293,000 | $52,293,000 | 100.0% |
May 16, 1986 | Top Gun | $8,193,052 | 1,531 | $180,470,489 | $357,463,748 | 50.5% |
Apr 18, 1986 | Legend | $4,261,154 | 1,187 | $15,502,112 | $23,506,237 | 65.9% |
Oct 21, 1983 | All the Right Moves | $1,625,486 | 909 | $17,200,000 | $17,200,000 | 100.0% |
Aug 5, 1983 | Risky Business | $4,275,327 | 1,137 | $63,541,777 | $63,541,777 | 100.0% |
Apr 8, 1983 | Losin' It | $1,246,141 | $1,246,141 | 100.0% | ||
Mar 25, 1983 | The Outsiders | $5,068,165 | 1,002 | $25,697,647 | $25,722,974 | 99.9% |
Averages | $26,292,793 | 2,745 | $118,347,195 | $294,923,034 | 52.5% | |
Totals | 42 | $4,852,235,014 | $12,091,844,410 |
Supporting Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Aug 13, 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | 3,473 | $110,515,313 | $191,145,256 | 57.8% |
Dec 9, 1981 | Taps | $93,005 | 792 | $35,856,053 | $35,856,053 | 100.0% |
Jul 17, 1981 | Endless Love | $4,162,921 | 632 | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | 100.0% |
Averages | $10,022,907 | 1,632 | $59,790,455 | $86,667,103 | 85.9% | |
Totals | 3 | $179,371,366 | $260,001,309 |
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All Technical Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Jul 12, 2023 | Mission: Impossible Dead Re… | Producer | $172,640,980 | $394,003,163 | $566,644,143 |
May 27, 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Producer | $718,732,821 | $746,858,459 | $1,465,591,280 |
Jul 27, 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fallout | Producer | $220,159,104 | $566,467,079 | $786,626,183 |
Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Producer | $58,697,076 | $101,249,413 | $159,946,489 |
Jul 31, 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Rogue N… | Producer | $195,042,377 | $493,816,615 | $688,858,992 |
Dec 21, 2012 | Jack Reacher | Producer | $80,070,736 | $137,300,000 | $217,370,736 |
Dec 16, 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost P… | Producer | $209,397,903 | $485,315,327 | $694,713,230 |
May 5, 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Producer | $133,501,348 | $265,886,397 | $399,387,745 |
Oct 14, 2005 | Elizabethtown | Producer | $26,850,426 | $23,868,947 | $50,719,373 |
Dec 5, 2003 | The Last Samurai | Producer | $111,110,575 | $345,700,000 | $456,810,575 |
Dec 14, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Producer | $100,614,858 | $102,111,747 | $202,726,605 |
Aug 10, 2001 | The Others | Executive Producer | $96,545,842 | $111,242,369 | $207,788,211 |
May 24, 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Producer | $215,409,889 | $334,178,627 | $549,588,516 |
May 21, 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Producer | $180,981,886 | $276,716,108 | $457,697,994 |
Jun 27, 1990 | Days of Thunder | Story Creator | $82,670,733 | $75,000,000 | $157,670,733 |
Averages | $173,495,104 | $297,314,283 | $470,809,387 | ||
Totals | 15 | $2,602,426,554 | $4,459,714,251 | $7,062,140,805 |
Producer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jul 12, 2023 | Mission: Impossible De… | $54,688,347 | 4,327 | $172,640,980 | $566,644,143 | 30.5% |
May 27, 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $126,707,459 | 4,751 | $718,732,821 | $1,465,591,280 | 49.0% |
Jul 27, 2018 | Mission: Impossible—Fa… | $61,236,534 | 4,395 | $220,159,104 | $786,626,183 | 28.0% |
Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go… | $22,872,490 | 3,780 | $58,697,076 | $159,946,489 | 36.7% |
Jul 31, 2015 | Mission: Impossible—Ro… | $55,520,089 | 3,988 | $195,042,377 | $688,858,992 | 28.3% |
Dec 21, 2012 | Jack Reacher | $15,210,156 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | $217,370,736 | 36.8% |
Dec 16, 2011 | Mission: Impossible—Gh… | $12,785,204 | 3,555 | $209,397,903 | $694,713,230 | 30.1% |
May 5, 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $47,743,273 | 4,059 | $133,501,348 | $399,387,745 | 33.4% |
Oct 14, 2005 | Elizabethtown | $10,618,711 | 2,517 | $26,850,426 | $50,719,373 | 52.9% |
Dec 5, 2003 | The Last Samurai | $24,271,354 | 2,938 | $111,110,575 | $456,810,575 | 24.3% |
Dec 14, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | $25,015,518 | 2,842 | $100,614,858 | $202,726,605 | 49.6% |
May 24, 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | $57,845,297 | 3,669 | $215,409,889 | $549,588,516 | 39.2% |
May 21, 1996 | Mission: Impossible | $45,436,830 | 3,012 | $180,981,886 | $457,697,994 | 39.5% |
Averages | $43,073,174 | 3,630 | $186,400,768 | $515,129,374 | 36.8% | |
Totals | 13 | $2,423,209,979 | $6,696,681,861 |
Writer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jun 27, 1990 | Days of Thunder | $15,490,445 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | $157,670,733 | 52.4% |
Averages | $15,490,445 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | $157,670,733 | 52.4% | |
Totals | 1 | $82,670,733 | $157,670,733 |
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Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,457 | $96,545,842 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office | 26 | $2,423,209,979 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900) | 865 | $82,670,733 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,466 | $111,242,369 |
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office | 19 | $4,273,471,882 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the International Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) | 974 | $75,000,000 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,476 | $207,788,211 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office | 21 | $6,696,681,861 |
Top Grossing Story Creator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) | 931 | $157,670,733 |