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‘Mission: Impossible’ Debut Comes Up Short at $54.7 Million

  • Tom Cruise stars in the seventh installment of the franchise
  • Sound of Freedom is the weekend’s 2nd highest-grossing film

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Source: Paramount Pictures

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh installment of the action franchise starring Tom Cruise as an elite spy, took in $54.7 million in US and Canadian theaters over its debut weekend.

That compares with projections of $61 million to $75 million in ticket sales for the Friday-to-Sunday period from forecaster Boxoffice Pro.