Tom Cruise’s famous action franchise ‘Mission: Impossible’ is now going through a crisis. Its new film ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (Mi 8) is not able to reach its budget at the box office.
The film is still running in theaters, but so far its total worldwide collection has reached only $ 508 million. While its breakeven point is said to be $ 800 million. In such a situation, it is almost certain that the film will go into losses and the mission will remain incomplete. In India, this film has done a business of more than hundred crore rupees.
The previous film has drowned before
It is worth noting that Mi 7, released in 2023, ie ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ was not better than this. The film required $ 600 million to extract the cost of that film, but she could only earn $ 571 million.
Now for the second consecutive time, Mission Impossible series films are proving to be laggards in terms of earnings, which were considered a guarantee of box office at one time.
After all, why is such a huge cost?
The budget of ‘The Final Reckoning’ has been reported to be around $ 400 million, which is much higher than the general action films. According to experts, the cost due to delays during Kovid epidemic, increased promotion expenses, and new competition in the market caused the cost to become uncontrollable.
Now everyone is asking the same question, was such a huge cost well? Probably not.
Tom Cruise’s stardom could not get success
Even though Tom Cruise is still considered one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, the ‘Mission Impossible’ series could never repeat worldwide success like ‘James Bond’ at the box office.
Many critics believe that they are unable to earn as much expectations about the Mi franchise. And now that its last two films also seem to be failing, it is believed that this series will end without giving any $ 1 billion blockbuster.
Is ‘Mission Impossible’ really over?
Although the film’s team has not officially said anything, the future of the franchise is now seen in a serious crisis. After two consecutive economic failures, this series of Tom Cruise is now being remembered as “Mission Complete” but as “Mission Fled”.
