Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission Impossible’ Tops China Box Office

Tom Cruise’s film is back on top in China. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning posted the biggest opening for a US film in the country this year, defying trade and geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Paramount Global’s eighth installment in the action franchise earned $25.2 million across 11,847 locations in China during the opening weekend, the studio said in a statement. The film has become the top-performing US release in the country for 2025, surpassing Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.’s A Minecraft Movie which raised $29 million since its April 4 debut, according to ticketing platform Maoyan.