#BOXOFFICE: “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION” MAKES IT A DOUBLE DOMINATION

The competition came from every which direction. Neither Meryl nor Marvel could take it down!  For the second week in a row MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION take the top of the Box Office with $29 million for Paramount Pictures, from 3,988 theatres. In two weeks it has surpassed $108 million domestically.

FANTASTIC FOUR, a third attempt at rebooting the Franchise into Film, opens in second with $26 million for 20th Century Fox from 3,995 theatres.  This latest Adaptation starring Kate Mara, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan failed to please critically with a 9% on the Tomatometer and a C- CinemaScore. Word is that Director/Writer Josh Trank really was displeased with what came of the Film, having originally a completely different vision for it.

THE GIFT opens in third with $12 million for D Films and STX Entertainment, from 2,503 theatres. Critics adored the Thriller with a 93% on the Tomatometer, while Audiences gave it a B CinemaScore.  Joel Edgerton stars and directs the Film.

VACATION lands in fourth spot with $9 million in its second week out, now grossing $37 million thus far for Warner Bros.

RICKI AND THE FLASH opens in seventh with $6.7 million from 1,603 theatres for Sony Pictures. The Jonathan Demme Comedy starring Meryl Streep gets a B CinemaScore from Audiences and a mixed 59% from Critics.

SOUTHPAW rounds-out the Top Ten with $4.7 million for eOne Films and The Weinstein Co.  In three weeks it has just suprassed the $40-million-mark.

#BOXOFFICE: “ROGUE NATION” ACCOMPLISHES THE MISSION AT BOX OFFICE

Mission accomplished! MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE  NATION makes a smashing debut at the Box Office with $52 million from 3,956 theatres for Paramount Pictures! Compared to its Predecessors, it rates second among the popular Franchise only behind 2000’s MISSION POSSIBLE II, which opened with $57 million.  Critics adored this latest installment which places a still highly-bankable Tom Cruise opposite Swedish-born Actress Rebecca Ferguson, giving it 92% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore from Audiences.

VACATION opens in second with $14 million from 3,411 theatres for Warner Bros.  This latest installment of the National Lampoon’s Franchise is the biggest opening for the Series, which dates all the way back to 1983.  Critics gave the Comedy starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate a 23% on the Tomatometer and a B CinemaScore.

ANT-MAN in its third week out earns $12.4 million for Disney/Marvel, from 3,322 theatres. Thus far it has grossed $183 million.

MINIONS ranks fourth this weekend with $12.1 million for Universal Pictures in its fourth week out.  It has made $283 million this far domestically.

PIXELS places fifth for Sony Pictures with $10.1 million in its second week out, just ahead of TRAINWRECK with $9.7 million for Universal Pictures.

JURASSIC WORLD still is going strong, hanging-on to the Top Ten with $3.6 million in tenth spot.  In eight weeks it has banked $631 million for Universal Pictures.