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Mission: Impossible

1996 PG-13 1h 50m Action, Adventure, Thriller Paramount Pictures

Expect the impossible.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$181M
Final
Opening Weekend
$45.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.98x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$458M
$277M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 24-26 1 $45.4M $63.5M 3,012 $15K 1
May 31-Jun 2 1 $21.6M -52.4% $107.2M 3,012 $7K 2
Jun 7-9 2 $14.7M -32.2% $130.8M 3,012 $5K 3
Jun 14-16 3 $8.6M -41.3% $145.0M 2,863 $3K 4
Jun 21-23 6 $6.4M -25.2% $156.2M 2,411 $3K 5
Jun 28-30 6 $4.8M -25.0% $164.3M 2,212 $2K 6
Jul 5-7 9 $2.3M -51.5% $169.0M 1,747 $1K 7
Jul 12-14 11 $1.5M -35.2% $171.7M 1,140 $1K 8
Jul 19-21 Atlanta Olympics 14 $717K -52.8% $173.3M 1,002 $715 9
Jul 26-28 Atlanta Olympics 19 $391K -45.4% $174.1M 511 $765 10
Aug 2-4 Atlanta Olympics 23 $416K +6.3% $174.7M 410 $1K 11
Aug 9-11 17 $392K -5.8% $175.3M 371 $1K 12
Aug 16-18 21 $304K -22.4% $175.8M 352 $863 13
Aug 23-25 22 $247K -18.9% $176.2M 309 $798 14
Aug 30-Sep 2 17 $1.4M +481.2% $177.7M 797 $2K 15
Sep 6-8 14 $957K -33.3% $179.0M 749 $1K 16
Sep 13-15 17 $710K -25.7% $179.9M 598 $1K 17
Sep 20-22 17 $165K -76.8% $180.2M 415 $396 18
Sep 27-29 16 $160K -2.8% $180.5M 256 $625 19
Oct 4-6 18 $133K -16.9% $180.7M 188 $707 20
Oct 11-13 17 $76K -43.2% $180.8M 112 $675 21

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian De Palma
ScreenplayDavid Koepp, Robert Towne
StarringTom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
StudioParamount Pictures