Tom Cruise And MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION No. 1 At The Box Office With $56 Million

Left to right: Director Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, and Rebecca Ferguson

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION was number one at the box office with an estimated $56 million for the July 31 – August 2 weekend.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the film has received stellar reviews (93% Rotten Tomatoes) and stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin.

Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Paramount’s ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’ shows Tom Cruise’s global star power is on full tilt as the latest in the two decades old franchise rakes in an impressive $121 million this weekend in 41 territories, including North America. With 25 markets set to release the film in the coming weeks, including China on September 8th, the film still has a ton of earnings potential on the horizon.”

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates.

1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount Pictures – $121.0M
2. Minions – Universal – $51.3M
3. Ant-Man – Disney – $32.6M
4. Pixels – Sony – $30.2M
5. Monster Hunt – Multiple – $27.0M
6. Inside Out – Disney – $22.3M
7. Vacation – Warner Bros. – $14.8M
8. Assassination, The – Showbox – $12.7M
9. Paper Towns – 20th Century Fox – $10.6M
10. Southpaw – Multiple – $10.5M
11. Trainwreck – Universal – $10.0M
12. Dynasty Woman: Yang Gui Fei – Multiple – $9.0M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates.

1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount – $56.0M
2. Vacation – Warner Bros. – $14.8M
3. Ant-Man – Disney – $12.6M
4. Minions – Universal – $12.2M
5. Pixels – Sony – $10.4M
6. Trainwreck – Universal – $9.7M
7. Southpaw – The Weinstein Company – $7.5M
8. Paper Towns – 20th Century Fox – $4.6M
9. Inside Out – Disney – $4.5M
10. Jurassic World – Universal – $3.8M
11. Mr. Holmes – Roadside Attractions – $2.4M
12. Terminator Genisys – Paramount – $0.9M

Next weekend’s openings include SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (Aug 5), FANTASTIC FOUR, RICKI AND THE FLASH starring Meryl Streep and THE GIFT featuring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton, who also directs the thriller.