‘Mission: Impossible 7’ day 1 collection: Tom Cruise’s film takes a flying start

Tom Cruise enjoys a huge fan following in India The day one collection of his new film lsquoMission Impossible ndash Dead Reckoning Part Onersquo is proof of this factAs per reports the seventh part of the actionpacked drama minted over Rs 12 crore in all languages in India on the opening dayChristopher McQuarrie has directed the spy action film which also stars Hayley Atwell The film follows a 60something Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise and his IMF team as they work to take down a mysterious allpowerful artificial intelligence force called lsquoThe EntityrsquoVariety reported that lsquoMI 7rsquo is expected to make around USD 85 million to USD 95 million in North America and USD 160 million internationally in its first five days of release This would result in a global opening of USD 250 millionlsquoMission Impossible ndash Falloutrsquo currently holds the record with USD 61 million followed by 2000rsquos lsquoMission Impossible IIrsquo with USD 578 million Variety informedlsquoMI 7rsquo faced many setbacks caused by COVID19 during its multiyear shoot Filming was put on hold at least five times due to the pandemic with Cruise and writerdirector Christopher McQuarrie ultimately contracting the disease and audio of Cruise insisting that the crew abide by COVID restrictions went viral The film finally hit theatres on WednesdayOn Returning to lsquoMission Impossiblersquo franchise Cruise told The Hollywood Reporter ldquoWe talked about it We dreamed about it Itrsquos very very special On Top Gun Maverick they kept pushing the movie and pushing the movie and for McQuarrie and I this is such an ambitious movie And it was a very challenging film to produce and then everything happened and it was even more challenging So to have this responsehellipis very very specialrdquoWhen asked if he felt pressure for his latest film to perform well at the box office Cruise said ldquoIrsquom just going to make the best films that I can make and I want them all to perform well and I want all of the other films to perform wellrdquoHe added ldquoI think about a movie in terms of the quality and longevity I invest everything in it So really my job is just to try to make the best film I possibly can to entertain the audience for that particular genrerdquoHollywood lovers have a lot of expectations from the film as it has been released in theatres at a time when a number of summer tentpoles underperformed at the box office including lsquoThe Flashrsquo lsquoElementalrsquo and lsquoIndiana JonesrsquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever