The box office of “Rogue Nation” is a testament to Tom Cruise’s staying power and the viability of the “Mission: Impossible Franchise”.
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“How can a man be that handsome?”
To help push the film in China, Paramount enlisted Alibaba Pictures group as a co-financier.
Rogue Nation’s opening-day take of $18.5 million is 116 percent ahead of the first-day gross of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which earned north of $100 million in China.
Even though film audiences nowadays have been spoiled by spectacular action scenes and incredible visual effects, Cruise believes that audiences will find the authentic stunts performed in the new film arresting and thrilling.
“How can a man be this handsome?” “You know, I’m considered the most ugly [sic] and unique looking person in China”, Massachusetts joked.
“How can a man be so handsome?”
The movie’s impressive showing was the biggest opening day of all time for a 2D Hollywood title, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Tom Cruise returns as International Monetary Fund agent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. “I like the movies and I want to see Mission Impossible 6, 7, 8, 9, 10″, Massachusetts said.
Earlier this week, Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson and the movie’s director Christopher McQuarrie met Chinese fans in Beijing to promote the action movie.
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Paramount has made the Chinese market a major focus for its worldwide division, and the emphasis has paid off with its other two releases “Terminator Genisys” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” minting $26.7 million and $27.4 million respectively.
