International Box Office update: ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ earns $235 million globally in opening week

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is a global blockbuster, with $235 million in collections worldwide in its first week. Over $155 million of the collections come from 70 international regions (excluding Japan and China).

The collections are 15% more than Mission: Impossible Fallout, reports Deadline. Globally, Mission: Impossible 7 has had the biggest opening weekend as compared to other M:I franchise movies. These results are from 35 international markets, including India, Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Netherlands, Scandinavia and the UK.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Box Office Collection in the US:

In the US, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One has set a new opening box office record for the M:I franchise, with $80M collections.

IMAX collections

In IMAX theaters in the US and worldwide, Mission: Impossible 7 garnered $25M, including a whopping $14M from international areas. These figures are the best for the M:I series of films yet, and also the third-highest for producers Paramount. M:I7 saw these collections in 53 markets, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, India, UAE, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico and Brazil.

Elemental box office collections:

Disney/Pixar’s animated film Elemental had a slow start but finally crossed $300M worldwide in its fifth week, attaining $311.7M worldwide.

Insidious: The Red Door Box Office collections:

Horror franchise film Insidious: The Red Door is a hit in India and Southeast Asia, achieving the ‘highest grossing horror movie of all time’ status in the Philippines, with $6M collections. Insidious opened at No.1 in Indonesia at $3.8M and at the same rank at Vietnam with $770K.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny box office:

Harrison Ford’s swan song Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny finally crossed the $300M mark worldwide, with $302.4M worth of collections. Its top collections came from the UK ($21M), France ($15.1M), Japan ($12.8M), Germany ($9.9M) and Spain ($9.4M).

What worked for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One?

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One appeared to have benefited from unique promotional campaigns for the film, including social media, on-ground premieres, events, video featurettes, and even a branded Etihad Airways plane at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s new Midfield Terminal.

In the UK, $13.8M made for the best start for the franchise at 717 locations. India, for its part, launched with a No. 1 $9M at 1,872 locations for the best weekend bow of the year. In Australia, the No. 1 debut was good for $8.3M and the best-ever for the Mission movies. France launched M:I7 to $7.7M at 785 sites while Taiwan drove up $7M from just 101, the best of the bunch.

FAQs

Q1:Is there a Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two?
Yes. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two is a sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. It will be the eighth instalment in the Mission: Impossible film series of Tom Cruise.

Q2:What were the brand partnerships in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One?
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One had tie-ups with brands such as Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Bose in France, BBVA in Mexico, and Shell in Germany. 7-Eleven in Korea and Family Mart in Japan were also among the brands that collaborated for Mission: Impossible 7.