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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

The mission begins.

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6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$133.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$399.40M

$265.90M international

Domestic legs2.80x

Budget$150M

2006 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Abrams filmography

J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams Director

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames Starring

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup Starring

Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Monaghan Starring

ScreenplayJ.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci Produced byTom Cruise, Paula Wagner CinematographyDan Mindel MusicMichael Giacchino StudioParamount Pictures SeriesMission: Impossible

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 5-7 1 $47.7M — 4,054 $11,776 $47.7M

2 May 12-14 1 $25.0M −47.6% 4,059 $6,161 $85.1M

3 May 19-21 3 $11.3M −54.6% 3,450 $3,289 $103.5M

4 May 26-28 4 $7.0M −38.3% 3,053 $2,293 $114.3M

5 Jun 2-4 5 $4.7M −33.1% 2,667 $1,756 $122.7M

6 Jun 9-11 8 $3.0M −35.5% 1,908 $1,583 $127.5M

7 Jun 16-18 13 $1.3M −55.5% 1,002 $1,340 $130.2M

8 Jun 23-25 15 $719.3K −46.4% 552 $1,303 $131.5M

9 Jun 30-Jul 2 19 $491.0K −31.7% 507 $968 $132.3M

10 Jul 7-9 20 $312.7K −36.3% 418 $748 $133.0M

11 Jul 14-16 25 $201.8K −35.4% 283 $713 $133.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 4 $1.1M — $1.1M 2,000 $550 -1

Fri May 5 #1 $16.6M — $16.6M 4,054 $4,102 1

Sat May 6 #1 $18.4M +11% $35.0M 4,054 $4,541 2

Sun May 7 #1 $12.7M −31% $47.7M 4,054 $3,133 3

Mon May 8 #1 $3.5M −72% $51.3M 4,054 $871 4

Tue May 9 #1 $3.2M −9% $54.5M 4,054 $790 5

Wed May 10 #1 $2.8M −13% $57.3M 4,054 $686 6

Thu May 11 #1 $2.8M +2% $60.1M 4,054 $697 7

Fri May 12 #1 $7.5M +166% −55% $67.6M 4,054 $1,856 8

Sat May 13 #1 $10.4M +38% −44% $78.0M 4,054 $2,560 9

Sun May 14 #1 $7.1M −32% −44% $85.1M 4,054 $1,752 10

Mon May 15 #1 $1.9M −74% −47% $87.0M 4,054 $462 11

Tue May 16 #1 $1.9M +4% −39% $88.9M 4,054 $479 12

Wed May 17 #1 $1.6M −17% −42% $90.5M 4,059 $397 13

Thu May 18 #1 $1.7M +2% −42% $92.2M 4,059 $407 14

Fri May 19 #3 $3.4M +103% −55% $95.5M 3,450 $973 15

Sat May 20 #3 $4.9M +46% −53% $100.5M 3,450 $1,424 16

Sun May 21 #3 $3.1M −37% −57% $103.5M 3,450 $891 17

Mon May 22 #3 $1.1M −64% −41% $104.7M 3,450 $323 18

Tue May 23 #3 $855.7K −23% −56% $105.5M 3,450 $248 19

Wed May 24 #3 $812.3K −5% −50% $106.3M 3,450 $235 20

Thu May 25 #3 $950.2K +17% −42% $107.3M 3,450 $275 21

Fri May 26 #4 $2.0M +111% −40% $109.3M 3,053 $656 22

Sat May 27 #4 $2.6M +30% −47% $111.9M 3,053 $851 23

Sun May 28 #4 $2.4M −8% −22% $114.3M 3,053 $784 24

Mon May 29 #4 $1.9M −21% +70% $116.2M 3,053 $622 25

Tue May 30 #4 $604.1K −68% −29% $116.8M 3,053 $197 26

Wed May 31 #4 $576.6K −5% −29% $117.4M 3,053 $188 27

Thu Jun 1 #4 $633.4K +10% −33% $118.0M 3,053 $207 28

Fri Jun 2 #5 $1.3M +102% −36% $119.3M 2,667 $480 29

Sat Jun 3 #5 $2.1M +63% −20% $121.4M 2,667 $784 30

Sun Jun 4 #5 $1.3M −37% −45% $122.7M 2,667 $490 31

Mon Jun 5 #5 $414.5K −68% −78% $123.1M 2,667 $155 32

Tue Jun 6 #6 $505.9K +22% −16% $123.6M 2,667 $189 33

Wed Jun 7 #6 $439.6K −13% −24% $124.0M 2,667 $164 34

Thu Jun 8 #6 $440.9K n/c −30% $124.5M 2,667 $165 35

Fri Jun 9 #8 $893.4K +103% −30% $125.4M 1,908 $468 36

Sat Jun 10 #8 $1.3M +45% −38% $126.7M 1,908 $681 37

Sun Jun 11 #8 $827.7K −36% −37% $127.5M 1,908 $433 38

Mon Jun 12 #8 $338.5K −59% −18% $127.8M 1,908 $177 39

Tue Jun 13 #8 $332.5K −2% −34% $128.2M 1,908 $174 40

Wed Jun 14 #8 $337.3K +1% −23% $128.5M 1,908 $176 41

Thu Jun 15 #8 $320.5K −5% −27% $128.8M 1,908 $167 42

Fri Jul 14 $57.0K — $133.2M 283 $201 71

Sat Jul 15 $83.0K +46% $133.3M 283 $293 72

Sun Jul 16 $62.0K −25% $133.4M 283 $219 73

Mon Jul 17 #22 $27.0K −56% $133.4M 283 $95 74

Tue Jul 18 $31.0K +15% $133.4M 283 $109 75

Wed Jul 19 $28.0K −10% $133.5M 283 $98 76

Thu Jul 20 $33.0K +18% $133.5M 283 $116 77

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$128.8M

May 4May 15May 25Jun 5Jun 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $312.7K

$47.7M

$25.0M

$11.3M

$7.0M

$4.7M

$3.0M

$1.3M

$719.3K

$491.0K

$312.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,059 → 1,908 −53.0%

2,000 open1,908 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%

−47.6%

W1→2

−54.6%

W2→3

−38.3%

W3→4

−33.1%

W4→5

−35.5%

W5→6

−55.5%

W6→7

−46.4%

W7→8

−31.7%

W8→9

−36.3%

W9→10

Steepest −55.5%Best hold −31.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

May 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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