“Mission: Impossible” flying at Box Office

Tom Cruise has been welcomed back to the multiplexes, with “Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation” heading for an opening weekend that could top $50 million, as per early estimates.

 “Rogue Nation” dominated Friday business, with a first-day total of at least $20 million. Paramount's fifth entry in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has launched amid a marketing campaign with Cruise to discuss eye-popping stunts of the film, including his clinging to an airplane on takeoff.

“Rogue Nation” is set in Morocco, Austria and the UK, where Ethan Hunt tracks down an organisation bent on creating global chaos. Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson also star in the Christopher McQuarrie-directed film.

Source: Variety