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It has fallen over 70% in its second Friday in China unfortunately. This is somewhat to be expected, as films aren't usually as leggy over there. But it should sail past 700 million soon, and that's enough for the biggest Tom Cruise movie ever! (Unadjusted for inflation)
I think it's a safe bet they will make MI:7 for 2021, be it Summer or Winter.
It's worth noting that Fallout had many things working against it compared with Rogue Nation, one being significantly stiffer competition in North America, by both The Meg and Crazy Rich Asians which both turned out to be sleeper hits. The fact that Fallout outgrossed RN is no small feat, and it just goes to show that six installmets in, the franchise has real positive momentum going for it.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missionimpossible6.htm
And the biggest film of Tom Cruise career (unadjusted). :D
Should definitely pass the 750 mark now!
Deadpool 2 is in its sight at global #5 for the year and it will be taken out next week imho.
Fallout didn't gross as much as was expected this weekend stateside (came in about 10% below estimates) and I expect the gross to decline precipitously from here on in because it's lost some big theatres, but perhaps it can hit just about $220M once it's all said and done, which would be a great achievement. War of the Worlds will still remain Cruise's top grosser stateside.
I can't wait to see it again.
Yes, competition has been unusually tough stateside for August/September. Who saw The Meg or Crazy Rich Asians becoming such hits? I think if had not been for that MI Fallout could have easily hit 250 in America. Bodes well for a potential sequel.
The great thing about this series stateside imho is its opening weekend 'multiplier'. These films have legs. They open smaller but keep holding gross over multiple weeks, which is in contrast to most tentpole franchises these days which really count on the opening blast. These play at the box office like how films used to in the old days, and coincidentally, they do stunts like the old days too.
Bravo.
With its deft balancing of action and drama, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Glad you're padding those box office results! I'm guessing two, two and a half months max until it hits blu-ray/4K, where I'll inevitably destroy my copy by rewatching it too much.
Meanwhile White Boy Rick flops with 8.8 million. Does that rule out Demange for Bond 25 altogether?
Much as i enjoyed MI: Fallout i would have to disagree on the rewatchability of it. Or any MI film for that matter (excluding perhaps the original)
The MI films are primarily action films and their main draw is the amazing sequences they continue to come up with. But that's it. There is little to no characterization and the dialogue is mostly exposition to get us from one sequence to the next. The characters don't talk to each other, they talk AT each other with dialogue simply there to further the plot.
Which is why the Bond films will always have a much higher rewatch factor.
Agreed-- this is a one and done kind of series for me. Watch once. Enjoy it like a boozie night out, and forget almost everything about it by the next morning.
The stunts are damn fine, and wonderfully executed. Like a fun roller-coaster. Doesn't go beyond that for me.
I liked it a lot. Not quite as much as GP and RN, but a lot. When this is one of the only series I will go to a cinema for that says a lot and makes it worth the $12 I plunked down for it.
Like the Bond gunbarrel, I get a rush in hearing the MI theme and the fuse being lit with scenes of what's to come, and get a goofy grin when Cruise and company pull off one of those stunts. It's just a feeling that doesn't come around often, especially in the CGI era and given how the recent Bond films have turned out an action fix.
I do agree with others it's fine that Fallout went a little more dramatic and less humorous, although I thought that makes those films a little more accessible. I've read numerous criticisms about the stunts having been done before in Bond and other things. Hey, newsflash: the Bonds have been redoing their own stunts for years. Films like TSWLM and FYEO are kind of greatest hits packages of previous Bonds.
If a series can do similar takes on those and actually make them feel fresh, then bravo. Personally, I never thought oh, Bond already did that, once.
I do have some criticisms of my own:
Yet another director played by a noted actor is out to quash the IMF and its activities and later realizes its value. Holy Afterschool Special.
Ilsa's story is pretty much the same as before. Why repeat it? I was under the impression she was more or less invited to join the IMF after RN. I thought that was a messy part of the story and found her a lot less interesting this time out.
There were points when I got an AVTAK vibe as far as the team itself feeling old. Sure Cruise still makes Moore look positively geriatric in comparison, but along with Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg they seemed long in the tooth. One of the standout aspects of MI:III, which takes a lot of flack on this board, is the fresh feel of younger team members Maggie Q and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, or Renner and Paula Patton in GP. Renner in particular was missed, but given Cavill was the younger member, at least for a while, it made up for it somewhat.
Liked the motorcycle chase, but it comes on the heels of an equally impressive such chase in RN.
But those are pretty minor when you consider the overall good time this was. Now I can't wait to watch it again on video to get a second perspective. Besides, this thread gives me a lot more enjoyment than Bond 25 speculation.