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Mission: Impossible

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

Expect the impossible.

Mission: Impossible Box Office

Opening Weekend
$45.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$181M
Final
Worldwide Total
$458M
$277M international
Domestic Legs3.98x
Budget$80.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 24-26 1 $45.44M $63.53M 3,012 $15.1K 1
May 31-Jun 2 1 $21.63M -52.4% $107.15M 3,012 $7.2K 2
Jun 7-9 2 $14.66M -32.2% $130.82M 3,012 $4.9K 3
Jun 14-16 3 $8.61M -41.3% $145.05M 2,863 $3.0K 4
Jun 21-23 6 $6.44M -25.2% $156.23M 2,411 $2.7K 5
Jun 28-30 6 $4.83M -25.0% $164.27M 2,212 $2.2K 6
Jul 5-7 9 $2.34M -51.5% $169.01M 1,747 $1.3K 7
Jul 12-14 11 $1.52M -35.2% $171.70M 1,140 $1.3K 8
Jul 19-21 14 $717K -52.8% $173.25M 1,002 $715 9
Jul 26-28 19 $391K -45.4% $174.06M 511 $765 10
Aug 2-4 23 $416K +6.3% $174.69M 410 $1.0K 11
Aug 9-11 17 $392K -5.8% $175.31M 371 $1.1K 12
Aug 16-18 21 $304K -22.4% $175.78M 352 $863 13
Aug 23-25 22 $247K -18.9% $176.17M 309 $798 14
Aug 30-Sep 2 17 $1.43M +481.2% $177.71M 797 $1.8K 15
Sep 6-8 14 $957K -33.3% $178.98M 749 $1.3K 16
Sep 13-15 17 $710K -25.7% $179.94M 598 $1.2K 17
Sep 20-22 17 $165K -76.8% $180.24M 415 $396 18
Sep 27-29 16 $160K -2.8% $180.48M 256 $625 19
Oct 4-6 18 $133K -16.9% $180.68M 188 $707 20
Oct 11-13 17 $76K -43.2% $180.82M 112 $675 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

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

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