”Mission: Impossible 7” is on track to become the biggest winning Hollywood blockbuster this summer. This further thickens Tom Cruise’s record that breaking it is “impossible” for anyone.
As one of the best-selling faces in movie history, Tom Cruise possesses a box office record that is desirable for any actor. Since the first lead role in Risky Business (1983) , Tom Cruise has continuously achieved success after success for 40 years, with all genres from science fiction combined with talented director Steven. Spielberg until now is the face of the Mission Impossible franchise. Even the independent art film line, Tom Cruise also “makes money”.
During 40 years of persistent operation, Tom Cruise continues to conquer new heights. The year 2022 marks the biggest success in the career of the 62-year-old actor when Top Gun: Mavericks is the first film to reach the $1 billion mark, surpassing all Marvel movies released in the same year and only second to the blockbuster Avatar: The Way Of Water . However, Tom Cruise also holds another box office record, which can be considered impossible for any actor who intends to break.
Specifically, so far Tom Cruise has had more than 30 films with revenue over 100 million USD. Among them are films like Jerry Maguire , Rain Man and Cocktail – independent films, produced based on original scripts. In this day and age of movie franchises, it’s hard to imagine how original movies can make a lot of money.
Among Tom Cruise’s “hundred million dollars” movies, the only movie that has reached the $1 billion mark is Top Gun: Mavericks . The actors from the Marvel family all have at least 2 billion USD movies for themselves, but their names always have to go with the brand and often fail to make their own movies. The difference of Tom Cruise from the rest lies in the durability plus the ability to filter content and capture the moment too impressive.
The durability of Tom Cruise is what Iron Man Robert Downey Jr, Captain America Chris Evans or Thor Chris Hemsworth do not have after their roles have ended.
Meanwhile, Tom Cruise is not too dependent on the brand name, in addition to the Mission: Impossible series , two Jack Reacher movies, two Top Gun movies , the remaining “hundred million dollar” movies of Tom Cruise are all original screenplay or novel adaptation. That shows that Tom Cruise’s ability and acting is really respectable.
At the age of 60, Tom Cruise still made 8 motorcycle rides into the abyss and 500 risky skydiving jumps for the movie Mission: Impossible 7 – Dead Reckoning (Mission: Impossible 7 – Karma). The scene of Ethan Hunt riding a motorcycle off the cliff took a total of 15 months to prepare, along with 536 practice jumps. In addition, Tom Cruise also had to undergo a series of skydiving training, parachute control, exiting the plane at dangerous angles to learn how to adjust his position in the air.
Tom Cruise’s efforts helped Mission: Impossible 7 receive positive feedback from critics and audiences. The film is certified “Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes with 99% positive votes from experts. The score on IMDb is also very good, at 8.3/10. Most reviews of the work have brought the action genre to a new level.
If Mission: Impossible 7 wins big , that will mark two consecutive summers at the world box office belonging to Tom Cruise. The question to ask here is whether there are any other records that Tom Cruise has not reached?
