As I pointed out in our Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review, that sort of reverence is also present in director Christopher McQuarrie ’s current box office hit. Short of watching all of the prior films with a Paramount+ subscription, this is one of the best sequels to use as an introductory point to new fans.

Yesterday, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning opened in 106K screens, and on day 2, there’s a surge of up to 116K screens. Also, the advance booking for today is strong, and even the initial word-of-mouth is extremely positive. So, expected a solid jump.

Barry Diller’s memoir Who Knew details his adventures as an executive at Paramount, Fox, the Fox Network, Universal and Vivendi, Peter Bart writes.

In the new installment of Tom Cruise’s action film series, “ Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ,” a godlike AI called the Entity has the world on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse, and a doomsday cult is rooting for the AI. (Spoiler alert: Cruise saves everyone.)

The overall framework of the Rabbit’s Foot and its history would have been a super easy way to confirm Ethan Hunt’s fight against The Syndicate as a career-long chess game. What’s more, that suggested plotline would have strengthened another legacy character’s return into something much more powerful.

"The Final Reckoning" director goes behind the scenes on creating the most dangerous "Mission: Impossible" scene ever.

Some of Technicolor-owned MPC's final VFX work appears in 'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning' and 'Lilo & Stitch'