Conquering the box office is never impossible for Tom Cruise, and he proved it again by dominating North American theaters with the latest installment of his action-packed spy series, according to final figures released Monday.
“Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” debuted with $55.5 million to lead the way at theaters, according to box-office tracker Rentrak. The dominating opening weekend spoiled the debut of the much-advertised “Vacation” comedy reboot, which earned a disappointing $14.7 million between Friday and Sunday.
“Ant-Man,” which had spent the last two weeks in first place, slipped to third with $12.8 million, but pushed its three-week take to $132.3 million.
The animated family film “Minions” padded its already gaudy box office numbers by collecting another $12.4 million over the weekend, giving it a four-week total of $287.6 million.
Adam Sandler’s videogame-based comedy “Pixels” landed in fifth place with $10.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 films of the weekend were “Trainwreck” ($9.6 million); “Southpaw” ($7.6 million); “Paper Towns” ($4.6 million); “Inside Out” ($4.5 million); and “Jurassic World” ($3.9 million).
“Jurassic World” has earned $631.6 million in its eight weeks of release.
— Wire reports