The Summer box-office has been a mixed bag with some success stories like “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and some high-profile disappointments like “The Flash” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”.
The result is, per Comscore as of May 1st-July 9th, the summer domestic box office is sitting at $2.1 billion so far – 6% behind the same period last year.
All eyes are now on the gushingly reviewed “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” which kicks off its run on Wednesday worldwide and is expected to take in a global five-day haul of $250 million worldwide – $90 million domestic and $160 million overseas from 70 markets.
Previews begin at 2pm on Tuesday ahead of opening in 4,300 locations in the U.S. by Wednesday. With a budget of $291 million blown out due to being heavily impacted by the pandemic, the project faces a serious challenge to hit profitability. Still, $250 million is a very strong start to achieve those ambitions.
In fact, it’s an opening about on par with last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” which did $256 million worldwide in three days before having legs that lasted for months and ultimately carried it to $1.5 billion globally.
The prior ‘Mission’ entry, the sixth film “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” scored 72% of its domestic gross after its opening weekend, so this is expected to ultimately outdo that film’s $220 million domestic haul.
Internationally, ‘Fallout’ made $173.1 million in its opening weekend – helped considerably by $74 million from China – a number that’s not expected to be repeated in the Middle Kingdom this time, but how it will fare there is being watched with keen interest (it opens there on Friday).
Source: Deadline
