Two Day Gross Rises To $24M – expected franchise global 5-day record of $250M

THURSDAY AM: Paramount reported $15.5M for the Wednesday opening day of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which includes previews. The studio isn’t reporting a 3 and 5-day projection as those type of forecasts can be wonky and it ultimately boils down to Friday business.

Rivals, however, are betting at this point in time that Dead Reckoning isn’t as big as the $90M tracking purported it to be. More like $47M for the 3-day and $70.5M per industry estimates right now. The worry here is if this is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny all over again with a very expensive film near $300M production cost, long-running time and older dude skewing franchise falling short of expectations. There’s a chance on a five-day basis, this could still be a franchise record start: Mission: Impossible II has the best five-day opening for the Cruise series at $78.8M.

[My guess: Tu 7, W 9, Th 9, F 15, Sa 20+, Su 15, 5 day 75+]

I wouldn't count on it. I think the movie is (sadly) going to do terrible. Everyone is more excited for Barbie and Oppenheimer than Mission Impossible. Even the Facebook page to the movie theater in my town is doing more marketing for Barbie and Oppenheimer than marketing Mission Impossible. And this is new for the Facebook page/odd behavior. They didn't pull this crap for Evil Dead Rise, John Wick 4, Fast & Furious 10, Transformers, The Flash, The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones, and so on. They gave all those movies the proper marketing/attention when it was their opening weekend or the final week build to their release dates AND they continued to market them for a week or two afterwards. Mission Impossible got like one or two posts, but the Facebook page has moved on to Barbie and Oppenheimer. Even the movie theater doesn't give a crap about what's currently playing (Mission Impossible). And all over the internet and social media I'm seeing "I'm saving my money for Barbie and Oppenheimer. F'k Mission Impossible (and Tom Cruise)." Mission Impossible is more than likely not going to do well, although when it comes to sequels, remakes, reboots, prequels, superhero movies, etc. (stuff people are tired of), Mission Impossible 7 is one that actually deserves the money. The way I felt after leaving Mission Impossible 7, I haven't felt since maybe The Batman. The last couple years I've been pretty hard to please. So Mission Impossible 7 did something right. Well, I did like Fast X, but I'm only going to add it to my top ten movies of 2023 if I don't have enough movies to make a complete top ten list. For now, it's an honorable mention. But yeah. I don't see Mission Impossible 7 doing well. It's all about Barbie and Oppenheimer.

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They're all a waste of time. I've watched them on tv (well, except for MI2, which I couldn't even finish) and have zero interest to watch them again.

They are fun films. The second one is the weakest. They are more fun to me then the James bonds films and WAY better than the god awful last 4 Fast And Furious films..

Mission Impossible 7 wasn't 3 hours though. Remove end credits, the movie is about 2 hours 34 minutes. And there is nothing during or after the credits, so once the end credits start, you can leave or turn it off (in case someone is reading this when the movie releases on Blu-Ray and streaming). Also, the movie did not feel 2 hours 34 minutes. Felt 20-30 minutes shorter. The opening credits let you know you are about 30 minutes in since they don't happen until around 25-30 minutes into the movie.