The movie ‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’ took first place at the box office on its first day of release, May 17(Sat), attracting 423,945 viewers.

‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’ is an action blockbuster about Ethan Hunt(Tom Cruise)and IMF team, who are driven into a life-or-death crisis that threatens all of humanity, risking their lives to embark on a single mission where all choices lead to victory.

‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’, which is heralding a powerful box office hit with an explosive increase in advance sales, has taken the overwhelming first place at the box office by mobilizing 423,945 viewers on its first day of release.This surpasses ‘Mickey 17’s first day score of 248,047, and ‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’ is showing explosive box office power by renewing the best opening score of the year.

In addition, it is heralding an unprecedented box office sensation, surpassing the opening score of ‘Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol’ (264,719 on its first day of release), which mobilized 7.5 million viewers, ‘Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning’ (229,753 on its first day of release), which heated up the summer of 2023, and even last year’s highest-grossing film ‘Abandoned’ (final audience number 11,914,784)with 330,118 on its first day of release.

‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’, which is energizing theaters by attracting audiences across generations, is expected to further accelerate its box office success as it has been receiving favorable reviews since its release for Tom Cruise’s amazing action stunts and the massive scale of the film that can only be seen in theaters.

The eighth story in the ‘Mission Impossible’ series, ‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’, is currently showing in theaters nationwide.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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