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'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' Delivers $6M in Thursday Previews; 'Teen Titans' $1M

Mission: Impossible - Fallout explodes with implausible Cruise chaos

Review: Tom Cruise really goes for it in another ridiculously entertaining -- and entertainingly ridiculous -- superspy stuntfest.

Rank*	Title	Monday 7/23	Tuesday 7/24	Wednesday 7/25	Thursday 7/26
1	MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Universal3,317	$4,906,510 -49.6% / $1,479 $39,858,690 / 4	$6,742,430 +37.4% / $2,033 $46,601,120 / 5	$4,865,225 -27.8% / $1,467 $51,466,345 / 6	$3,958,180 -18.6% / $1,193 $55,424,525 / 7
2	HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION Sony / Columbia4,267	$3,310,642 -57.2% / $776 $95,015,619 / 11	$5,360,662 +61.9% / $1,256 $100,376,281 / 12	$3,604,864 -32.8% / $845 $103,981,145 / 13	$2,942,356 -18.4% / $690 $106,923,501 / 14
3	THE EQUALIZER 2 Sony / Columbia3,388	$3,688,910 -62.8% / $1,089 $39,700,550 / 4	$5,002,719 +35.6% / $1,477 $44,703,269 / 5	$3,126,325 -37.5% / $923 $47,829,594 / 6	$2,401,751 -23.2% / $709 $50,231,345 / 7
4	ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Buena Vista3,778	$2,272,573 -58% / $602 $167,278,021 / 18	$3,315,774 +45.9% / $878 $170,593,795 / 19	$2,271,063 -31.5% / $601 $172,864,858 / 20	$1,859,269 -18.1% / $492 $174,724,127 / 21
5	INCREDIBLES 2 Buena Vista3,164	$1,819,687 -54% / $575 $559,530,190 / 39	$2,507,228 +37.8% / $792 $562,037,418 / 40	$1,950,083 -22.2% / $616 $563,987,501 / 41	$1,636,147 -16.1% / $517 $565,623,648 / 42

Pleasingly for anyone struggling to distinguish the Mission: Impossible franchise from other all-action espionage movies, at least one part of the team's plan comes straight from the original 1960s TV show. You might also spot echoes of The Dark Knight's and The French Connection's most memorable action scenes, not to mention surprising similarities to the most recent James Bond movies.
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With each new Mission: Impossible movie, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must go to greater and greater lengths in order to achieve the impossible. The latest installment in the series, Fallout, is no exception to the rule, featuring a car-motorcycle-boat chase through Paris and a show-stopping (and heart-stopping) helicopter chase that calls back to the very first Mission: Impossible film and then amplifies it by a factor of 1,000

so. Six films in, the franchise is largely defined by its thrilling action sequences, in no small part because the stunts are executed practically rather than done against a green screen or via motion capture. A crash in the new Fallout, for example, was filmed using a real helicopter body set up on a crane 100 feet in the air, using high-speed winches to simulate the 70 to 80 mph speed at which the crash would occur. And yes, as you’ve likely heard, Cruise does all his own stunts — including the one in Fallout that resulted in two broken ankle bones and a shooting delay. Cruise’s insistence on verisimilitude has become a major part of the mythology around the Mission: Impossible films, adding an extra dimension to “death-defying” when it comes to the franchise’s biggest action set pieces.