'Mission: Impossible 6' Gets Summer 2018 Release Date
By Dave McNary
Paramount Pictures has scheduled Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 6 for July, 27, 2018.
Cruise had announced in July, 2015, that he planned to go ahead with Mission: Impossible 6 — a notion that was strongly endorsed by the studio following a $121 million global opening weekend for Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation with $56 million in the U.S. and another $65 million from 40% of international markets.
Rogue Nation took in $195 million domestically and $682 million worldwide. Paramount has opted to open Mission: Impossible 6 using the same late July slot that it used for Rogue Nation.
Paramount also announced Wednesday that it has set Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, starring Matt Damon, for Dec. 22, 2017.
The previous four Mission: Impossible films have grossed a combined $2 billion at the worldwide box office. Rogue Nation, which carries a $150 million pricetag, is produced by Cruise along with J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
Christopher McQuarrie directed Rogue Nation from a screenplay he wrote with Drew Pearce. Each Mission: Impossible has employed a different director. The previous films were directed by Brian De Palma, John Woo, Abrams and Brad Bird.
