By Alesia Stanford for Dailymail.Com
00:55 Jul 16, 2023, update 00:57 Jul 16, 2023
Tom Cruise’s latest action flick seems to be struggling to fulfill its mission.
The action star’s first part of Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning didn’t do as well at the box office as hoped and appears to have only earned $78 million domestically after its five-day opening, according to Variety.
The actor, 61, had to stop the production of the second part due to the actor’s strike.
Tom reprized his role as spymaster Ethan Hunt for the seventh time in Dead Reckoning.
He teamed up with Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson for this latest adventure.
The team must track down a dangerous weapon to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes and Rob Delaney are the newcomers who have signed on for a share of the action.
Variety reported that the disappointing ticket sales may be the result of Tom’s plans to appeal to an older audience than the target audience of males aged 13-30.
2018’s Mission Impossible: Fallout earned just $60 million in its first three days.
With a budget of around $290 million, Dead Reckoning Part 1 has a long way to go to recoup the costs.
The film received a 96% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an Audience Score of 94%.
As more word-of-mouth reviews come out, it could lead to a steady stream of moviegoers who will eventually head to theaters.
Globally, the action movie grossed $82.1 million across 70 international territories in its first three days of release.
Dead Reckoning Part 1 isn’t the only franchise movie to fall short of expectations.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny grossed $136,659,865 domestically.
The latest installment in the popular series has grossed an additional $127,150,765 internationally since its May 18 opening, according to Box Office Mojo.
Dial of Destiny is poised to become one of the top ten released domestic films of the year, however, the film did not come close to covering its production costs.
The fifth film in the franchise starring Harrison Ford as an action-seeking archaeologist had a budget of $300 million.
