Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 8 Crushes Marvel with Record-Breaking Opening

May 18, 2025 Komal Das

Tom Cruise showed special love for India by releasing Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning here six days before the global launch

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The film earned a huge ₹17.5 crore on day one, the biggest opening for any Hollywood movie in India in 2025

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This opening beat Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World (₹4.2 crore) and Thunderbolts (₹3.8 crore) by a wide margin

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It also outperformed big Hindi releases like Akshay Kumar’s Kesari 2 (₹7.5 crore) and Sunny Deol’s Jaat (₹9.5 crore) on opening day

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Other Hollywood hits like Minecraft (₹2 crore) and Disney’s Snow White (₹65 lakh) opened far lower in India

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Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the movie features Tom Cruise with a star cast including Hayley Atwell and Vanessa Kirby

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Critics praised the film as a thrilling throwback, highlighting Tom Cruise’s most emotional and powerful performance in years

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