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Mission: Impossible(1996)
Released
1996 · FILM

Mission: Impossible

Ethan Hunt must outwit a hidden IMF mole and a shadowy arms dealer while evading his own agency’s suspicion, racing to expose the conspiracy before the betrayal destroys every covert operative in Europe.

“Expect the impossible.”

Directed by
Brian De Palma
Written by
Bruce Geller, David Koepp
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
111 min
ActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he

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A crew of 65+ credited

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Paul HirschShot by Stephen H BurumScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by Norman Reynolds

Box Office

1996 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$457.7M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$457.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $181.0M — 40% of worldwide · International: $276.7M (60%)

Opening weekend: $18.1M — 10% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.1M — 10% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,012 theaters

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Also known as

  • Mission: Impossiblede
  • Misión: Imposiblees
  • Mission impossiblefr

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