Hollywood
Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible 8' Scores Franchise Best $190 Million Opening Weekend Worldwide; Good In India
Mumbai, May 26 - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise takes Mission: Impossible β The Final Reckoning to new heights at the domestic and worldwide box office. The film has shattered the franchise record to emerge as the biggest opener. ## Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, The Final Reckoning flew to a franchise best domestically (North America), internationally and globally, with $63 million, $127 million, and $190 million, through Sunday. The worldwide debut is $204 million, which includes the US Monday holiday estimates. ## The Friday to Sunday domestic total of $63 million is the biggest for the MI franchise, beating Fallout's previous franchise 3-day weekend record of $61.2 million. Interestingly, The Final Reckoning is said to be the final movie of the franchise. ## The biggest contributor to the latest blockbuster outside the domestic market is Korea, where the movie has grossed $12.7 million so far. In India, MI8 has done very well and grossed around $10 million (85 crore) in 9 days as the 4th biggest overseas market for the movie. ## It will be interesting to see whether Final Reckoning can beat the lifetime gross of 131 crores of Mission: Impossible β Dead Reckoning, which is also the highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise in India. Also, MI8 is already the biggest Hollywood grosser of the year in the country. ## Stay tuned...