Audiences are still buying what Tom Cruise is selling. The fifth installment in the Mission Impossible franchise topped the weekend box office with $56 million.
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation was the second highest opening for the series and Tom’s third highest opening weekend. According to Deadline, 81% of the audience was over the age of 25.
- Paramount exec Megan Colligan said in a statement, “The interesting story as it relates to Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation is that we were supposed to come out at Christmas. The move to July occurred when we were in the middle of shooting. It was a move that Tom Cruise wanted as he felt there was an opportunity in the summer and Brad Grey and Paramount backed him 100%.”
- The weekend’s other new release, Vacation, debuted in second place with $14.85 million and was popular among females.
- Mr. Holmes and Terminator: Genisys dropped out of the top 10.
THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — July 31 – August 2
1. Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation, $56M
2. Vacation, $14.85M
3. Ant-Man, $12.6M
4. Minions, $12.2M
5. Pixels, $10.4M
6. Trainwreck, $9.7M
7. Southpaw, $7.5M
8. Paper Towns, $4.6M
9. Inside Out , $4.5M
10. Jurassic World, $3.8M
(The Pulse of Radio)
