'Mission: Impossible 鈥� Rogue Nation' wins box office, a sequel is on the way
'Rogue' came in first at the box office, while the comedy 'Vacation' came in second. 'Rogue' actor Tom Cruise recently said work on a sixth 'Mission' movie has begun and a Paramount executive confirmed that the movie is in development.
'Rogue' came in first at the box office, while the comedy 'Vacation' came in second. 'Rogue' actor Tom Cruise recently said work on a sixth 'Mission' movie has begun and a Paramount executive confirmed that the movie is in development.
The newest 鈥淢ission: Impossible" film came in first at the box office this past weekend, grossing $56 million domestically.
鈥淢ission: Impossible 鈥� Rogue Nation鈥� stars Tom Cruise as well as Rebecca Ferguson and actors who have recently joined the franchise like Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg.聽
鈥淰acation,鈥� which stars Ed Helms and Christina Applegate and is a sequel to the 1980s comedy 鈥淣ational Lampoon鈥檚 Vacation," did okay, grossing more than $14 million over the weekend and coming in second place.
The newest Marvel superhero film 鈥淎nt-Man鈥� and the animated family movie 鈥淢inions鈥� both held on, coming in third and fourth at the domestic box office, respectively. The Adam Sandler comedy 鈥淧ixels鈥� came in fifth.
And apparently the 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥� movies aren鈥檛 going anywhere. When Cruise appeared on 鈥淭he Daily Show with Jon Stewart,鈥� the actor said of a sixth film, 鈥淲e're starting to work on it now. We'll probably start shooting it next summer.鈥� Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, reiterated in an interview that a sixth 鈥淢ission鈥� film is moving forward. 鈥淲e're very happy to be developing this movie with Tom," Moore said. "There's no question that [鈥楳ission鈥� protagonist] Ethan Hunt deserves another film.鈥�
If a sixth film does indeed happen, the 鈥淢ission鈥� franchise stands out as being inspired by a currently unlikely source: a TV show. Hollywood has recently been mining mostly books for blockbuster inspiration, particularly young adult novels, as seen with the success of the 鈥淗arry Potter,鈥� 鈥淭wilight,鈥� 鈥淗unger Games,鈥� and 鈥淒ivergent鈥� films. Counting comic books as written material as well, almost all of the top 10 domestically highest-grossing films of 2014 came from a book 鈥撀犫�淎merican Sniper,鈥� the highest-grossing movie of the year, came from Chris Kyle鈥檚 memoir of the same name, while the second-highest-grossing movie was the newest 鈥淗unger鈥� film and the third- and fourth-highest-grossing were the comic book movies was 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy鈥� and 鈥淐aptain America: The Winter Soldier.鈥�
However, others will soon be trying to launch a movie based on a 1960s TV series 鈥� the movie 鈥淭he Man from U.N.C.L.E.,鈥� starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer, is set to be released later this month. With the success of 鈥淢ission,鈥� we鈥檒l see if more classic TV shows are mined for film, though if they do try, studios may be learning a lesson in how to adapt them from previous failures. The 2013 movie 鈥淭he Lone Ranger鈥� was one of Disney鈥檚 biggest bombs ever and was criticized for how the Native American character Tonto was portrayed. The 2005 movie "Bewitched," which had a meta plotline involving actors filming a "Bewitched" remake, didn't do well either. 鈥淟one鈥� seemed to indicate that if a classic TV show is going to be the basis of a movie, the story also has to be updated for contemporary audiences, while "Bewitched" showed that the plot of a movie adaptation couldn't be so far from the original story that it confuses viewers.