Tom Cruise, the Hollywood actor most loved by Koreans, has once again taken over domestic theaters.With the final installment of his blockbuster franchise, “Mission Impossible” series, “Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning,” he has proven his “name” by getting off to an overwhelming start from the first day of release.

O The greatest opening of all time has exploded

According to the integrated computer network for movie ticket sales on the 18th, ‘Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning’ (Mission Impossible 8)ranked first at the box office on the first day of its release, the 17th, by attracting 423,946 daily viewers.It surpassed our film ‘Opposition’ (42,905 viewers), which had been dominating the theaters for a long time, showing a difference of 10 times in scale.Based on this opening score, ‘Mission Impossible 8’ also earned 4.2 billion won, which is 76% of the total theater sales.

In particular, in terms of first-day box office results, ‘Mission Impossible 8’ succeeded in setting two new records: the highest of the year and the highest of the series.Before the appearance of ‘Mission Impossible 8’, the highest opening score of the year was 248,047, set by director Bong Joon-ho’s film ‘Mickey 17’.The highest opening score of the series itself was 264,719, achieved by ‘Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol’ in 2011, which was also the highest-grossing ‘Mission Impossible’ film.

The explosive firepower is analyzed to have been due to the ‘weekend release strategy’ also being effective, as it coincided with the high popularity of Tom Cruise among domestic audiences, which was further fueled by his visit to Korea before the release.’Mission Impossible 8’ broke the existing practice of being released on Wednesday or Thursday and declared an unusual release on ‘Saturday’, the start of the weekend holiday.

‘Tompamine’ that satisfies people of all ages!

In CJ CGV Golden Egg Index, which is a rating of actual audiences, ‘Mission Impossible 8’ is foreshadowing a huge hit with a high rating of 97%.In addition, it is notable that it received high ratings evenly from all age groups of the audience, proving that it is a popular franchise movie that transcends generations.According to the analysis of CGV ticket reservation audiences, the ratio of male and female audiences was 58% and 42%, respectively, and the age ratio was 15% for those in their 20s, 26% for those in their 30s, 30% for those in their 40s, and 29% for those in their 50s.

This film, which is heralded as the ‘last’ in the series, is receiving rave reviews from fans for its sincere ‘recovery of bait’, such as revealing secrets that were not revealed in the previous film 19 years ago, such as the identity of the ‘rabbit’s foot ‘that was mentioned in the third film released in 2006.

In addition, Tom Cruise’s signature action scenes that will have you on the edge of your seat are gaining support from younger viewers who haven’t watched the series yet.In line with this, on social media and online communities, Tom Cruise’s unprecedented action scenes that explode with “dopamine” are being praised with a new word, “Tompamine” (Tom Cruise + dopamine).


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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