Tom Cruise enjoys a large fan base in India. The day one collection of his new film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is evidence of this fact. The seventh installment in the action-packed drama series has reportedly cost over Rs 100,000. 12 crore in all languages in India on opening day. Christopher McQuarrie directed and starred in the spy action film Hayley Atwell. The film follows a 60-year-old Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team as they work to defeat a mysterious, all-powerful artificial intelligence known as “The Entity”.
Variety reported that “MI 7” is expected to earn about US$85 million (about Rs.697 crore) to US$95 million (about Rs.779 crore) in North America and US$160 million (about Rs 1,313 crore rupees) internationally of publication. This would result in a worldwide opening of US$250 million (approximately 2,052 crore). Mission: Impossible – Fallout currently holds the record at US$61 million (approximately 500 crore rupees), followed by the 2000s Mission: Impossible II at $57.8 million (about Rs.474 crore), according to Variety.
“MI 7” suffered many setbacks caused by COVID-19 over the course of several years of filming. Filming was halted at least five times due to the pandemic, with Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie eventually contracting the disease himself, and audio of Cruise insisting the crew must comply with COVID restrictions left viral. The film finally hit theaters on July 12.
Returning to the Mission Impossible franchise, Cruise told The Hollywood Reporter, “We’ve talked about it. We dreamed about it. It’s something very, very special. At Top Gun: MaverickThey just kept pushing the movie and it’s such an ambitious movie for (McQuarrie) and me. And it was a big challenge to produce the film and then everything happened and it was even more challenging. So it’s very special to get that reaction.”
When asked if he felt any pressure for his latest film to do well at the box office, Cruise said, “I’m just going to make the best films that I can make and I want them all to do well, and I want that all.” “I think about the quality and longevity of a film and I invest everything in it. So my job is really just trying to make the best possible movie to entertain the audience for that particular genre. Hollywood aficionados have high expectations for the film, as it was released at a time when a number of summer tentpoles were underperforming at the box office, including: The Lightning, Elementary And Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
