'Mission Impossible 7' storms Indian box-office: Tom Cruise-starrer earns Rs 12 crore on day 1

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Tom Cruise has proved yet again, why he’s the undisputed king when it comes to box-office. The superstar’s latest film ‘Mission: Impossible -Dead Reckoning Part One’ is demolishing the Indian box-office. According to the Indian film trade tracking portal Sacnilk.com, the action extravaganza has minted about Rs 12.50 crore. This makes the Christopher McQuarrie directorial, movie has become the biggest opener from the ‘Mission Impossible’ franchise. The predecessor, ‘Mission: Impossible-Fallout’ which was released in 2018, collected Rs 9 crore on the opening day and enjoyed a lifetime collection of Rs 80 crore. As per Sacnilk.com, the movie is predicted to earn Rs 8.5 crore on the first Thursday. If it manages to do so, the figure will come to a rather fabulous Rs 20 crore. This impressive opening-day collection has surpassed the first-day figures of several movies such as ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ (Rs 10 crore), the ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ at Rs (Rs 9 crore), and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ with approximately (Rs 7.30 crore) and ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Box ‘ (Rs 2 crores). The Cruise -starrer is expected to have a huge opening globally as well. A Variety report has speculated that ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ will probably make $95 million in North America and $165 million at the global box-office. This would make the total collection a staggering $250 million.

The movie is the seventh installment of the iconic espionage thriller series. Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt a no-nonsense and highly skilled field agent. Aside from Cruise, the movie also stars Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, etc. Atwell will play Hunt’s new ally, a burglar, who later joins hands