Mission: Impossible 4 Rescued The Series (& Tom Cruise’s Career)

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was a critical film not only for the franchise but for Tom Cruise’s career too; here’s how it saved both. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol not only rescued the franchise but also pulled Tom Cruise’s career out of a lean period. Mission: Impossible 2 may have aged poorly, but it was a major hit back in 2000 and helped establish Cruise as an action star. The sequel was sold on the setpieces and Cruise’s willingness to perform his own stunts. Mission: Impossible 3
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arrived six years later and is notable for being J.J. Abrams’ directorial debut and while not regarded as one of the franchise’s best, it’s a solid spy adventure with a great villain performance by the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. While Mission: Impossible 3 was a success, its less than $400 million box-office haul was seen as a disappointment. The movie’s performance also saw Paramount cut its long-standing relationship with Cruise, with the actor’s public persona being specifically cited as a reason for the sequel’s underperformance.
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The third Mission: Impossible movie was released following Cruise’s infamous couch jump on Oprah, his advocacy of Scientology and publicly critiquing actor Brooke Shields after she revealed she took antidepressant medication following a battle with postpartum depression. Cruise later apologized to Shields, but his image took a major hit from the episode. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was very much sold on Cruise’s star
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power, including his incredible Burj Khalifa stunt. The sequel also helped establish key components of how the series would evolve, including putting more of a focus on the IMF team surrounding Hunt. Ghost Protocol was met with glowing reviews, and not only did it earn nearly $300 million more than the previous outing, but it was also Cruise’s biggest financial success as a leading man up to that point.
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