intriguing and timely plot around artificial intelligence which might even be able to outsmart ethan hunte pressure was on to top the last mission: impossible film, 2018's fallout, which made more than $800 million for cinemas. at the time of release, the cast were hoping for even more with dead reckoning. is that what you're hoping forfor mission: impossible? that it'll be a huge blockbuster summer? of course. i'd love crack a bill — wouldn't you? i mean, i'd love to get a bit of that. what was it, 800,000? yeah. i've never been in a billion—dollarfilm. but then, with tom and with top gun, amazingly, of course you want everyone to see this. i feel like this film is everything a cinematic blockbuster should be. and it should be seen, and there's so many films — i mean, we speak about mission but it also becomes a ripple effect, doesn't it, where we show that we can do it, other films will do it? what has made a billion—dollar movie almost mission: impossible, despite cruise's ability to pull off breathtaking stunts, was the release of barbie and oppenheimer, just after dead reckoning. aft