‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Makes Mighty Debut Atop U.K. Box Office as ‘Barbenheimer’ Looms

Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” was the dominant force at the U.K.

and Ireland box office with a mighty £10.3 million ($13.2 million), per numbers from Comscore.The Tom Cruise vehicle opened on Monday, July 10, instead of a traditional weekend slot.

Even with just the July 14-16 weekend numbers, the seventh instalment in the franchise scored £6.3 million, comfortably making it the No.

1 film in the territory.In second place, Disney’s “Elemental” collected £2.4 million in its second weekend for a total of £6.6 million.

Another Disney title, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,” whipped up £1.7 million in third place in its third weekend for a total of £16.3 million.In its second weekend, Sony’s “Insidious: The Red Door” scared up £1.5 million in fourth place for a total of £5.1 million.

Rounding off the top five was Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse,” which in its seventh weekend, swung…

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