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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

No plan. No backup. No choice.

🍅 93% 76%

73

3.74

7.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$29.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$209.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$694.7M

$485.3M international

Domestic Legs7.07x

Budget$145M

2011 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

Full Bird filmography

Brad Bird Director

Tom Cruise Starring

Simon Pegg Starring

Jeremy Renner Starring

ScreenplayAndré Nemec, Josh Appelbaum Produced byTom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk CinematographyRobert Elswit MusicMichael Giacchino StudioParamount Pictures SeriesMission: Impossible

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 16-18 3 $12.8M — 425 $30,082 $13.4M

2 Dec 23-25 1 $29.6M +131.2% 3,448 $8,572 $62.0M

3 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $29.4M −0.5% 3,455 $8,515 $132.4M

4 Jan 6-8 2 $19.9M −32.5% 3,555 $5,588 $169.6M

5 Jan 13-15 3 $11.7M −41.2% 3,346 $3,492 $186.9M

6 Jan 20-22 8 $5.6M −52.5% 2,519 $2,204 $197.4M

7 Jan 27-29 11 $3.5M −37.5% 1,654 $2,100 $202.6M

8 Feb 3-5 16 $1.7M −51.0% 1,077 $1,581 $205.2M

9 Feb 10-12 20 $707.0K −58.5% 469 $1,507 $206.5M

10 Feb 17-19 24 $486.1K −31.2% 275 $1,767 $207.3M

11 Feb 24-26 32 $237.2K −51.2% 178 $1,332 $207.8M

12 Mar 2-4 32 $158.2K −33.3% 107 $1,478 $208.0M

13 Mar 9-11 26 $310.8K +96.5% 229 $1,357 $208.4M

14 Mar 16-18 30 $237.5K −23.6% 229 $1,037 $208.8M

15 Mar 23-25 29 $183.5K −22.7% 200 $917 $209.1M

16 Mar 30-Apr 1 37 $107.2K −41.6% 150 $714 $209.2M

17 Apr 6-8 39 $70.2K −34.6% 102 $687 $209.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 15 $1.1M — $1.1M 425 $2,588 -1

Fri Dec 16 #3 $4.1M — $4.1M 425 $9,653 1

Sat Dec 17 #3 $4.7M +16% $8.9M 425 $11,173 2

Sun Dec 18 #3 $3.9M −17% $12.8M 425 $9,255 3

Mon Dec 19 #3 $2.0M −49% $14.8M 425 $4,755 4

Tue Dec 20 #3 $1.7M −16% $16.5M 425 $3,972 5

Wed Dec 21 #1 $8.9M +428% $26.0M 3,448 $2,587 6

Thu Dec 22 #1 $6.4M −28% $32.4M 3,448 $1,862 7

Fri Dec 23 #1 $9.7M +51% +136% $42.1M 3,448 $2,806 8

Sat Dec 24 #1 $6.2M −36% +31% $48.3M 3,448 $1,805 9

Sun Dec 25 #1 $13.7M +119% +247% $62.0M 3,448 $3,959 10

Mon Dec 26 #1 $14.6M +7% +621% $76.6M 3,448 $4,223 11

Tue Dec 27 #1 $9.7M −34% +472% $86.2M 3,448 $2,802 12

Wed Dec 28 #1 $8.5M −12% −5% $94.7M 3,448 $2,470 13

Thu Dec 29 #1 $8.2M −3% +28% $103.0M 3,448 $2,391 14

Fri Dec 30 #1 $10.6M +29% +10% $113.6M 3,455 $3,077 15

Sat Dec 31 #1 $8.7M −18% +40% $122.3M 3,455 $2,527 16

Sun Jan 1 #1 $10.1M +15% −26% $132.4M 3,455 $2,911 17

Mon Jan 2 #1 $8.8M −13% −40% $141.2M 3,455 $2,541 18

Tue Jan 3 #1 $3.4M −61% −65% $144.6M 3,455 $992 19

Wed Jan 4 #1 $2.6M −23% −69% $147.2M 3,455 $762 20

Thu Jan 5 #1 $2.5M −7% −70% $149.7M 3,455 $709 21

Fri Jan 6 #2 $6.1M +151% −42% $155.8M 3,555 $1,727 22

Sat Jan 7 #2 $9.0M +47% +3% $164.9M 3,555 $2,537 23

Sun Jan 8 #2 $4.7M −48% −53% $169.6M 3,555 $1,323 24

Mon Jan 9 #2 $1.3M −73% −85% $170.9M 3,555 $362 25

Tue Jan 10 #1 $1.7M +32% −50% $172.6M 3,555 $478 26

Wed Jan 11 #1 $1.4M −20% −48% $173.9M 3,555 $384 27

Thu Jan 12 #1 $1.3M −3% −46% $175.2M 3,555 $371 28

Fri Jan 13 #4 $3.3M +146% −47% $178.5M 3,346 $972 29

Sat Jan 14 #3 $4.8M +46% −47% $183.3M 3,346 $1,421 30

Sun Jan 15 #3 $3.7M −23% −22% $186.9M 3,346 $1,098 31

Mon Jan 16 #4 $2.5M −32% +95% $189.4M 3,346 $751 32

Tue Jan 17 #3 $892.4K −65% −48% $190.3M 3,346 $266 33

Wed Jan 18 #3 $724.5K −19% −47% $191.1M 3,346 $216 34

Thu Jan 19 #3 $743.6K +3% −44% $191.8M 3,346 $222 35

Fri Jan 20 #8 $1.5M +107% −53% $193.4M 2,519 $612 36

Sat Jan 21 #7 $2.9M +86% −40% $196.2M 2,519 $1,135 37

Sun Jan 22 #8 $1.2M −60% −69% $197.4M 2,519 $456 38

Mon Jan 23 #7 $436.7K −62% −83% $197.8M 2,519 $173 39

Tue Jan 24 #9 $474.5K +9% −47% $198.3M 2,519 $188 40

Wed Jan 25 #8 $395.4K −17% −45% $198.7M 2,519 $156 41

Thu Jan 26 #9 $421.3K +7% −43% $199.1M 2,519 $167 42

Fri Jan 27 #11 $935.9K +122% −39% $200.0M 1,654 $565 43

Sat Jan 28 #11 $1.7M +79% −42% $201.7M 1,654 $1,010 44

Sun Jan 29 #13 $866.6K −48% −25% $202.6M 1,654 $523 45

Mon Jan 30 #13 $225.5K −74% −48% $202.8M 1,654 $136 46

Tue Jan 31 #13 $256.8K +14% −46% $203.0M 1,654 $155 47

Wed Feb 1 #13 $217.3K −15% −45% $203.3M 1,654 $131 48

Thu Feb 2 #13 $233.0K +7% −45% $203.5M 1,654 $140 49

Fri Feb 3 $525.3K +125% −44% $204.0M 1,077 $487 50

Sat Feb 4 $926.2K +76% −45% $204.9M 1,077 $859 51

Sun Feb 5 $251.4K −73% −71% $205.2M 1,077 $233 52

Mon Feb 6 #14 $142.3K −43% −37% $205.3M 1,077 $132 53

Tue Feb 7 #14 $171.9K +21% −33% $205.5M 1,077 $159 54

Wed Feb 8 #14 $142.8K −17% −34% $205.7M 1,077 $132 55

Thu Feb 9 #14 $150.0K +5% −36% $205.8M 1,077 $139 56

Fri Feb 10 $186.9K +25% −64% $206.0M 469 $398 57

Sat Feb 11 $341.1K +82% −63% $206.3M 469 $727 58

Sun Feb 12 $178.9K −48% −29% $206.5M 469 $381 59

Mon Feb 13 $55.3K −69% −61% $206.6M 469 $117 60

Tue Feb 14 $125.6K +127% −27% $206.7M 469 $267 61

Wed Feb 15 $54.6K −57% −62% $206.8M 469 $116 62

Thu Feb 16 $63.1K +16% −58% $206.8M 469 $134 63

Fri Feb 17 $122.4K +94% −35% $206.9M 275 $445 64

Sat Feb 18 $206.1K +68% −40% $207.1M 275 $749 65

Sun Feb 19 $157.6K −24% −12% $207.3M 275 $573 66

Mon Feb 20 $105.5K −33% +91% $207.4M 275 $383 67

Tue Feb 21 $50.1K −53% −60% $207.5M 275 $182 68

Wed Feb 22 $39.2K −22% −28% $207.5M 275 $142 69

Thu Feb 23 $39.5K +1% −37% $207.5M 275 $143 70

Fri Feb 24 $68.4K +73% −44% $207.6M 178 $384 71

Sat Feb 25 $112.6K +65% −45% $207.7M 178 $632 72

Sun Feb 26 $56.2K −50% −64% $207.8M 178 $315 73

Mon Feb 27 $18.9K −66% −82% $207.8M 178 $106 74

Tue Feb 28 $28.2K +50% −44% $207.8M 178 $158 75

Wed Feb 29 $20.9K −26% −47% $207.8M 178 $117 76

Thu Mar 1 $22.5K +8% −43% $207.9M 178 $126 77

Fri Mar 2 $44.1K +96% −36% $207.9M 107 $411 78

Sat Mar 3 $76.7K +74% −32% $208.0M 107 $716 79

Sun Mar 4 $37.4K −51% −33% $208.0M 107 $349 80

Mon Mar 5 $13.8K −63% −27% $208.0M 107 $128 81

Tue Mar 6 $19.1K +39% −32% $208.1M 107 $178 82

Wed Mar 7 $12.8K −33% −39% $208.1M 107 $119 83

Thu Mar 8 $18.4K +44% −18% $208.1M 107 $172 84

Fri Mar 9 $87.4K +374% +98% $208.2M 229 $381 85

Sat Mar 10 $142.3K +63% +86% $208.3M 229 $621 86

Sun Mar 11 $81.0K −43% +116% $208.4M 229 $353 87

Mon Mar 12 $35.3K −56% +156% $208.4M 229 $153 88

Tue Mar 13 $41.8K +19% +119% $208.5M 229 $182 89

Wed Mar 14 $34.8K −17% +172% $208.5M 229 $151 90

Thu Mar 15 $38.9K +12% +111% $208.5M 229 $169 91

Fri Mar 16 $71.4K +83% −18% $208.6M 229 $311 92

Sat Mar 17 $103.0K +44% −28% $208.7M 229 $449 93

Sun Mar 18 $63.1K −39% −22% $208.8M 229 $275 94

Mon Mar 19 $23.1K −63% −35% $208.8M 229 $100 95

Tue Mar 20 $28.1K +22% −33% $208.8M 229 $122 96

Wed Mar 21 $23.1K −18% −34% $208.9M 229 $100 97

Thu Mar 22 $24.5K +6% −37% $208.9M 229 $107 98

Fri Mar 23 $53.5K +118% −25% $208.9M 200 $267 99

Sat Mar 24 $86.8K +62% −16% $209.0M 200 $434 100

Sun Mar 25 $43.2K −50% −32% $209.1M 200 $215 101

Mon Mar 26 $16.5K −62% −28% $209.1M 200 $82 102

Tue Mar 27 $18.4K +11% −34% $209.1M 200 $92 103

Wed Mar 28 $15.7K −15% −32% $209.1M 200 $78 104

Thu Mar 29 $16.7K +7% −32% $209.1M 200 $83 105

Fri Mar 30 $32.8K +96% −39% $209.2M 150 $218 106

Sat Mar 31 $49.2K +50% −43% $209.2M 150 $328 107

Sun Apr 1 $25.2K −49% −42% $209.2M 150 $167 108

Mon Apr 2 $11.0K −56% −33% $209.3M 150 $73 109

Tue Apr 3 $14.3K +29% −23% $209.3M 150 $95 110

Wed Apr 4 $13.3K −7% −15% $209.3M 150 $88 111

Thu Apr 5 $16.5K +24% −1% $209.3M 150 $109 112

Fri Apr 6 $28.7K +75% −12% $209.3M 102 $281 113

Sat Apr 7 $29.0K +1% −41% $209.4M 102 $284 114

Sun Apr 8 $12.4K −57% −51% $209.4M 102 $121 115

Mon Apr 9 $8.3K −33% −25% $209.4M 102 $81 116

Tue Apr 10 $7.5K −10% −47% $209.4M 102 $73 117

Wed Apr 11 $8.0K +6% −40% $209.4M 102 $78 118

Thu Apr 12 $9.2K +15% −44% $209.4M 102 $89 119

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$207.5M

Dec 15Jan 2Jan 19Feb 6Feb 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $486.1K

$12.8M

$29.6M

$29.4M

$19.9M

$11.7M

$5.6M

$3.5M

$1.7M

$707.0K

$486.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,555 → 275 −92.3%

425 open275 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.2%

+131.2% W1→2

−0.5% W2→3

−32.5% W3→4

−41.2% W4→5

−52.5% W5→6

−37.5% W6→7

−51.0% W7→8

−58.5% W8→9

−31.2% W9→10

Steepest +131.2%Best hold −0.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 43 days

$100M

Day 14

Dec 29

$200M

Day 43

Jan 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#11 Best second-weekend holds$20M+ openers, all-time −0.5% #20 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $29.6M

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