Weekend box office: 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' scales to new heights

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” the sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible cinematic franchise, opened to $61.5 million. That’s the biggest opening for the series, besting the $57 million that “Mission: Impossible II” earned in 2000. Those numbers are a little deceiving in that ticket prices have dramatically increased in the last 18 years, Still, Paramount should be happy with the weekend’s results and even more thrilled that the film is being warmly received by critics and audiences alike.

Internationally, the numbers are even better as “Fallout” brought in an estimated $92 million. After three days, the film has a worldwide total of $152 million.

In a distant second place is “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” with $15 million. The worldwide total for the ABBA jukebox musical is $167 million.

Continuing with the sequel trend, “Equalizer 2” brought in $14 million for a domestic total of $64 million, which essentially covers the film’s budget.

“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” continued to draw audiences, despite the presence of “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies,” earning $12.5 million for a worldwide total of $280 million.

Coming in well below projections is the aforementioned “Teen Titians Go! To the Movies” with $10 million. That covers the film’s budget, but early predictions had the film finishing with $17 million.

“Incredibles 2” inched closer to the $1 billion mark this weekend. The animated sequel currently sits at $996,480,648 worldwide. Three films have already surpassed the $1 billion mark: “Avengers: Infinity War” with $2 billion, “Black Panther” with $1.3 billion and "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” with $1.2 billion.

Elsewhere, “Sorry to Bother You” added $1.45 million for a domestic total of $13 million and “Eighth Grade,” my favorite release of the week, brought home $1.31 million from 158 theaters for a North American total of $2.96 million.