Even more than the mysterious Gabriel (Esay Morales) and the AI he works on, Covid will prove to be Ethan Hunt’s most formidable opponent. Because it disrupted the plans of Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie and affected the production of the last two opus to date in the Mission: Impossible saga, among all kinds of delays and rising costs.
And so, respectively Puck NewsThe production budget for the eighth episode, which is now expected to hit our theaters on May 21, 2025, would increase to $300 million. That’s a record for the spy franchise, set by the seventh film, Dead Reckoning, at 291.
Information that, if left with a grain of salt until confirmed, remains plausible. Because filming all over the world is expensive, just like the incredible stunts that Tom Cruise does, in terms of logistics, preparation and execution.
And then there are many delays. Originally, Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 were supposed to be shot back to back. Which didn’t happen due to covid and Tom Cruise having to promote Top Gun: Maverick. Already well advanced, pre-production has also been delayed, which comes at a price.
Especially if there were several members among them, whose salaries were paid by the production, when it was impossible to shoot anything during the pandemic. Then there’s this footage that’s been around for over two years and still isn’t finished, with the release of Dead Reckoning last summer.
From one record to another?
This is undoubtedly not everything, but the reasons for this increase in the budget are undoubtedly in this area. And that means a feature film would have to gross at least $600 million worldwide for that production budget to break even (since the revenue isn’t just going into its studio’s coffers)… on top of which there would be marketing costs. was added.
In addition to saving the world, Ethan Hunt may once again have to break another record: the franchise’s top box office result (still held by Fallout and its $791.7 million). So that you don’t lose a lot of money in theaters. Is it really a mission impossible?
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