Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning
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As Thunderbolts* continues trying to reach $400 million, Lilo & Stitch is rocketing towards $1 billion as Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning's attempt to reach profitability continues in earnest.
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The National Interest on MSNThe Final Mission: Impossible Film Received Financial Support from the US MilitaryThe Final Reckoning received US military support, including aircraft carriers and helicopters, for key scenes. The collaboration ensured authenticity, while the film grossed $77 million on opening weekend.
The overall framework of the Rabbit’s Foot and its history would have been a super easy way to confirm Ethan Hunt’s fight against The Syndicate as a career-long chess game. What’s more, that suggested plotline would have strengthened another legacy character’s return into something much more powerful.
The two films fueled the biggest Memorial Day weekend in history, while 'Lilo' supplanted Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' as the holiday's top opener of all time (he's also the mainstay star of the 'M:I' series).