Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’s teaser poster
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation had the biggest U.S. opening weekend so far in “The Year of the Spy,” according to box office estimates released Sunday, VARIETY.COM REPORTED.
The fifth movie in the M:I film series generated estimated box office of $56 million, making it the top movie at the box office this weekend, Variety.com said. The final figures will be reported Monday.
M:I Rogue Nation’s performance was substantially better than early “tracking numbers” two weeks ago of a $40 million opening.
The movie also came in considerably higher than other spy films released earlier this year: Taken 3’s $39.2 million, Kingsman: The Secret Service’s $36.2 million and Spy’s $29.1 million.
Producer-star Tom Cruise made his first M:I movie 19 years ago. the previous entry in the series, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, was released in 2011.
The Deadline: Hollywood website WROTE FRIDAY that M:I Rogue Nation had benefited from good reviews. According to the ROTTEN TOMATOES website, the film had a “fresh” rating of 93 percent for reviews and a 92 percent audience rating.
Next up for the Year of the Spy is The Man From U.N.C.L.E. on Aug. 14, which will be challenged to come close to M:I Rogue Nation’s opening. SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond film that’s due out this fall, is all but certain to have No. 1 spy opening.
Filed under: James Bond Films, The Other Spies | Tagged: Kingsman: The Secret Service, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, SPECTRE, Spy, Taken 3, Tom Cruise, Variety |
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Why am i not surprised, seeing these numbers, ‘the man from u.n.c.l.e will come in second and as this blogs predicts ‘SPECTRE’ WILL COME IN AS #1 being ‘the year the spy” film for 2015