Tom Cruise has only one task now

The cinema summer of 2023 is off to a very weak start and the high hopes and expectations of the cinema industry have not yet been met. Now superstar Tom Cruise has to judge it. The predictions sound great, but will he really make it for the second year in a row?

During the Corona years, the cinema experience fell under the wheels, while streaming services flourished. Tom Cruise had to come along last year and prove to everyone that cinema isn’t dead after all. Although “Top Gun: Maverick” was already finished during the Corona period, only a real theatrical release was an option for Cruise.

It was delayed in May 2022 and then ensured a Tremors at the box office. With worldwide revenues of almost 1.5 billion US dollars, “Top Gun: Maverick” simply secured the cinema summer, saved the big screen experience and was then the second most successful film of the year behind “Avatar: The Way of Water”.

Tom Cruise in action: High expectations for Mission: Impossible number 7

Since then, cinema has not been a sure-fire success. You can see that from the current cinema flops. For example, the film studios hoped for much more from “The Flash” or “Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny”. Given the extremely expensive production costs, the current earnings are an absolute joke. But the industry does not want to give up the cinema summer of 2023 completely.

Now it’s up to Tom Cruise, with the seventh part of his successful series. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” has been in cinemas in the USA since July 12, in Germany the film started a day later. The forecasts for its expected sales sound promising.

The hopes for the cinema summer of 2023 are based on this film:

So it is expected that “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” will bring in around 250 million US dollars in the first few days (Source: deadline). If that happens, the latest part of the Mission Impossible series would be at the starting level of “Top Gun: Maverick” and, with a little luck, could also generate decent sales in its entirety. As a reminder, “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” almost broke the 800 million mark in 2018.

Critics cheer: No film in the series has been so good

The hopes are justified, because those who have already seen “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” are more than just enthusiastic. The IMDb is already listing one outstanding rating of 8.3 points.

The vote of the professional critics at Rotten Tomatoes is even more impressive: they award a full 98 percent. No other film in the series has received such a high rating.

In summary, it reads like this (translated): “With world-threatening missions and epic set designs befitting this massive title, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One proves this is still a franchise to watch.”

In short: Tom Cruise and his team have done their homework. Now only the cinema viewer has to bite. If it works, the now 61-year-old will save the cinema summer again – twice in a row.

Don’t want to miss any more news about technology, games and pop culture? No current tests and guides? Then follow us
Facebook
or Twitter.