Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One takes $5.6 million
This weekend, the Australian box office made $14,550,007, down 24% from last week’s $14,755,889.
Australia chose to accept their mission, heading to the cinemas to watch Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, debuting at the Australian box office in the number one spot over the weekend. The Tom Cruise-led action movie brought in just over 35% of this week’s earnings, bringing in $5.6 million Down Under and over USD 235 million worldwide.
The film’s numbers flew past the last instalment of the franchise, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which opened with $4,599,808 back in 2018 and is on track to cement itself as the biggest film in the long-running Mission franchise.
Coming in at number two this week was Walt Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The fifth and final instalment is still hitting over the $1 million mark, bringing in $1.7 million for its second week in cinemas with a decline of 43%.
As the July school holidays come to a close, families have taken their final opportunity to head to the movies. Coming in third this weekend was Walt Disney’s Elemental, which in its fifth week, recorded $1.7 million nationally, down 36%.
After making its first appearance last week, coming in at number four was Sony’s Insidious: The Red Door. The American supernatural horror film was directed by and stars Patrick Wilson (in his directorial debut) and brought in just over $975k, down 34% for its second week.
Spidey is still holding on tight, coming in fifth for its seventh weekend at the box office. Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse brought in $936k nationally, down 42%.
Falling out of the top five this weekend was Paramount’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Sony’s No Hard Feelings, Sharmill’s Encore – NT Live: Fleabag 2023 (debut) and Roadshow’s Joy Ride.
#1 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – $5,654,406
Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most. The film grossed $5,654,406, averaging $9,393 over 602 screens.
#2 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – $1,796,014
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones (Ford) races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi who works for NASA. The film grossed $1,796,014, averaging $4,266 over 421 screens.
#3 Elemental – $1,724,352
Elemental journeys alongside an unlikely pair, Ember (Leah Lewis) and Wade (Mamoudou Athie), in a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together. The fiery young woman and the go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common. The film grossed $1,724,352, averaging $4,830 over 357 screens.
#4 Insidious — The Red Door – $975,081
Josh Lambert (Wilson) heads east to drop his son, Dalton (Ty Simpkins), off at school. However, Dalton’s college dream soon becomes a living nightmare when the repressed demons of his past suddenly return to haunt them both. The film grossed $975,081, averaging $4,277 over 228 screens.
#5 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – $936,846
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse follows Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), who is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. The film grossed $936,846, averaging $2,974 over 315 screens.