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Mission: Impossible

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

Expect the impossible.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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 14 $717K -52.8% $173.3M 1,002 $715 9
Jul 26-28 19 $391K -45.4% $174.1M 511 $765 10
Aug 2-4 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
Produced byTom Cruise, Paula Wagner
CinematographyStephen H. Burum
MusicDanny Elfman
StarringTom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
StudioParamount Pictures