Mission: Impossible (film series)

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Mission: Impossible is an American series of action spy films, based on the 1966 TV series created by Bruce Geller. The series is mainly produced by Tom Cruise, who plays Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). The films have been directed, written, and scored by various filmmakers and crew, while incorporating musical themes from the original series by Lalo Schifrin.

Starting in 1996, it follows the missions of the IMF's main field team, under Hunt's leadership, to stop an enemy force and prevent an impending global disaster. The series focuses on Hunt's character, and like the television series' structure, is complemented by an ensemble cast, such as Luther Stickell (played by Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn (played by Simon Pegg), who have recurring roles.

The series has experienced a generally positive reception from critics and audience. It is the 17th-highest-grossing film series of all time, earning over $4.35 billion worldwide,[1] and is often cited as one of the best action franchises to date. The sixth film, subtitled Fallout, was released on July 27, 2018, and is currently the series' highest-grossing entry. The seventh film, Dead Reckoning Part One,Template:Efn was released in July 2023, and the eighth[2] film, The Final Reckoning, had its theatrical release in late May 2025. The films are co-produced and released by Paramount Pictures.

In 2024, the series received its first Academy Award nominations, with Dead Reckoning Part One being nominated in the categories of Best Visual Effects and Best Sound at the 96th ceremony.[3]

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Films

Film U.S. release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producers
Mission: Impossible Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brian De Palma David Koepp & Robert Towne David Koepp & Steven Zaillian Tom Cruise & Paula Wagner
Mission: Impossible 2 Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". John Woo Robert Towne Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore
Mission: Impossible III Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". J. J. Abrams J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brad Bird André Nemec & Josh Appelbaum Tom Cruise, Bryan Burk & J. J. Abrams
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Christopher McQuarrie Christopher McQuarrie Drew Pearce & Christopher McQuarrie Tom Cruise, Bryan Burk, Don Granger, J. J. Abrams, Dana Goldberg & David Ellison
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Christopher McQuarrie Tom Cruise, Jake Myers, J. J. Abrams & Christopher McQuarrie
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Christopher McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen Tom Cruise & Christopher McQuarrie
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Mission: Impossible (1996)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Ethan Hunt is framed for the murder of his Impossible Mission Force (IMF) team during a botched mission in Prague and accused of selling government secrets to an arms dealer known only as "Max". On the run, Ethan seeks to discover the real traitor and clear his name from the incident.

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Ethan Hunt goes back in action and works with a professional thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandiwe Newton). The duo go undercover to stop rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) (who is also Nyah's former lover) from stealing a deadly virus, starting a pandemic and selling the antidote to the highest bidder.

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Ethan is engaged to Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), who is unaware of his true job. He assembles a team to face the elusive arms and information broker Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who intends to sell a mysterious dangerous object known as "The Rabbit's Foot".

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Ethan and the entire IMF are framed for the bombing of the Kremlin while investigating an individual known only as "Cobalt" (Michael Nyqvist). Ethan and three other agents are left to stop Cobalt from starting a global nuclear war.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Ethan Hunt comes under threat from the Syndicate. Faced with the IMF's disbandment, Hunt assembles his team for their mission to prove the Syndicate's existence and bring the organization down by any means necessary.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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When an IMF mission to recover plutonium goes wrong, the world is faced with the threat of the Apostles, a terrorist group formed by former members of the Syndicate. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill the original mission, the CIA begins to question his loyalty and his motives.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)Template:Efn

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An AI called the Entity is responsible for the sinking of the next-generation Russian submarine Sevastopol. The Entity has since gone rogue and entrenched itself into cyberspace; the secret to stopping or controlling it lies with the key, which Ethan Hunt and the IMF must track down, as various world powers and nefarious forces race to obtain the key in order to use the Entity for their own purpose.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)

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Future

In June 2023, Christopher McQuarrie stated that Dead Reckoning Part One and The Final Reckoning would not end the series, as there are developments for future installments.[4] In July 2023, during promotion for Dead Reckoning Part One,Template:Efn Cruise expressed interest in continuing to make further films in the series as Ethan Hunt, despite both films having previously been billed as a send-off to the character.[5] Inspired by Harrison Ford's continued success in the Indiana Jones films, Cruise stated that he would like to keep making Mission: Impossible films until he is likewise in his eighties.[6] Nevertheless, in May 2025, during the New York premiere for The Final Reckoning, Cruise confirmed that the film would be his final film in the series, stating "The film is the final! It’s not called 'final' for nothing".[7]

Recurring cast and characters

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Overview of Mission: Impossible cast and crew
Character
Mission: Impossible 2 III Ghost Protocol Rogue Nation Fallout Dead Reckoning Part OneTemplate:Efn The Final Reckoning
Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise
Luther Stickell Ving Rhames Ving RhamesUC Ving Rhames
The Voice on Tape Henry Czerny Anthony HopkinsV Billy CrudupV Teddy NewtonV Christopher McQuarrieV Henry Czerny Angela Bassett
Eugene Kittridge colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Henry Czerny
Jim Phelps Sr. Jon Voight colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Jon VoightUA
Jack Harmon Emilio Estevez colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Emilio EstevezUA
Sarah Davies Kristin Scott Thomas colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Kristin Scott ThomasUA
William Donloe Rolf Saxon colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Rolf Saxon
Max Mitsopolis Vanessa Redgrave colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Referenced Vanessa RedgraveUA
The Contact Andreas Wisniewski colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Andreas WisniewskiC colspan="4" Template:CEmpty
Cmdr. Swanbeck Template:CEmpty Anthony Hopkins colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Anthony HopkinsUA
Benji Dunn colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Simon Pegg
Julia Meade colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Michelle Monaghan Michelle MonaghanUC Template:CEmpty Michelle Monaghan Template:CEmpty Michelle MonaghanUA
Owen Davian colspan="2" Template:CEmpty Philip Seymour Hoffman colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Philip Seymour HoffmanUA
William Brandt colspan="3" Template:CEmpty Jeremy Renner colspan="3" Template:CEmpty
Ilsa Faust colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Rebecca Ferguson Rebecca FergusonUA
Solomon Lane colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Sean Harris Template:CEmpty Sean HarrisUAV
Secretary Alan Hunley colspan="4" Template:CEmpty Alec Baldwin colspan="2" Template:CEmpty
Alanna Mitsopolis
The White WidowScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Vanessa Kirby Vanessa KirbyUA
Zola Mitsopolis colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Frederick Schmidt Template:CEmpty
Erika Sloane colspan="5" Template:CEmpty Angela Bassett Angela BassettUP Angela Bassett
Denlinger colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Cary Elwes
Grace colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Hayley Atwell
Jim Phelps Jr.
Jasper BriggsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Shea Whigham
Degas colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Greg Tarzan Davis
Gabriel colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Esai Morales
Paris colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Pom Klementieff
Marie colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Mariela Garriga
Head of the NSA colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Mark Gatiss
Head of the NRO colspan="6" Template:CEmpty Charles Parnell

Additional crew and production details

Production details of Mission: Impossible films
Film Crew/Detail
Composer Cinematographer Editor(s) Production companies Distributing companies Running time
Mission: Impossible Danny Elfman Stephen H. Burum Paul Hirsch Paramount Pictures
Cruise/Wagner Productions 		Paramount Pictures 110 min
Mission: Impossible 2 Hans Zimmer Jeffrey L. Kimball Steven Kemper
Christian Wagner 		Paramount Pictures
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Munich Film Partners & Company 		124 min
Mission: Impossible III Michael Giacchino Dan Mindel Mary Jo Markey
Maryann Brandon 		Paramount Pictures
Cruise/Wagner Productions
The Fourth Production Company Film Group 		126 min
Mission: Impossible –
Ghost Protocol 		Robert Elswit Paul Hirsch TC Productions
Skydance Media
Paramount Pictures
Bad Robot 		133 min
Mission: Impossible –
Rogue Nation 		Joe Kraemer Eddie Hamilton 131 min
Mission: Impossible –
Fallout 		Lorne Balfe Rob Hardy 147 min
Mission: Impossible –
Dead Reckoning Part OneTemplate:Efn 		Fraser Taggart TC Productions
Skydance Media
Paramount Pictures 		163 min
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Max Aruj
Alfie Godfrey 		170 min

Reception

Box office performance

Box-office performance of Mission: Impossible films (Dollar amounts are not adjusted for inflation)
Film U.S. release date Budget Box-office gross
Domestic International Worldwide
Mission: Impossible[8] May 22, 1996 $80 million $180,981,856 $276,714,535 $457,696,391
Mission: Impossible 2[9] May 24, 2000 $125 million $215,409,889 $330,978,219 $546,388,108
Mission: Impossible III[10] May 5, 2006 $150 million $134,029,801 $264,449,696 $398,479,497
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol[11] December 16, 2011 $145 million $209,397,903 $485,315,477 $694,713,380
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation[12] July 31, 2015 $150 million $195,042,377 $487,674,259 $682,716,636
Mission: Impossible – Fallout[13][14] July 27, 2018 $178 million $220,159,104 $571,498,294 $791,657,398
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part OneTemplate:Efn[15] July 12, 2023 $291 million $172,635,383 $398,500,000 $571,135,383
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning[16][17] May 23, 2025 $300/$400 million $185,996,365 $376,000,000 $561,996,365
Total[18] $1.419/$1.519 billion $1,513,152,678 $3,188,030,480 $4,704,783,158

Critical and public response

The Mission: Impossible film series has received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with Ghost Protocol through Dead Reckoning Part OneTemplate:Efn attracting significant praise directed towards their direction, cinematography, stunts, action sequences, performances, and musical scores.

Critical and popular reception of Mission: Impossible films
Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[19]
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Music

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Theme

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The opening theme music for the eight films are stylized renditions of Schifrin's original iconic theme, preserving the Template:Time signature rhythm, by Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Joe Kraemer, Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, and Alfie Godfrey, respectively.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

For Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.'s version featured on the first film's motion picture soundtrack, the time signature was changed to standard pop [[4/4 time|Template:Time signature time]] to make it more dance-friendly, although the intro is still in Template:Time signature time.[36] The Limp Bizkit song "Take a Look Around" from the soundtrack to the second film was set to a similar Template:Time signature modification of the theme, with an interlude in Template:Time signature.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Notes

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References

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