Hailed by some as the best Mission: Impossible movie to date, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation earned $20 million on Friday and is expected to gross around $52 million for the weekend.
The Christopher McQuarrie helmed movie has already had the biggest opening day in the history of the franchise, so part six will no doubt start moving ahead very soon (Tom Cruise has been quoted as saying it will be next year). For a while now, Cruise hasn't had a huge amount of luck at the domestic box office, with the majority of his movies - Jack Reacher and Edge of Tomorrow for example - performing much better overseas; Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation should mark a turn of fortunes for him though. At this point, it's surprising he hasn't done a comic book movie!
After remaining at #1 last weekend, Ant-Man has now slipped to #4 with Vacation and Minions slipping past it. The Marvel movie is expected to make around $12 million this weekend.
Did you see Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation this weekend or did Ant-Man tempt you back?
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