The Seattle Times · Aug 2, 2015
‘Mission: Impossible’ climbs to No. 1, ‘Vacation’ is a bust
In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Tom Cruise, left, and Rebecca Ferguson appears in a scene from LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stakes may be high for Ethan Hunt and his team in “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” but it was hardly impossible for the Tom Cruise pic to conquer the box office.
The fifth installment in the nearly 20-year-old film series has earned $56 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Opening weekend audiences were 62 percent male and 81 percent over the age of 25.