Paramount’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ secures China release date
The country is the second-largest theatrical market globally, trailing only the US
[LOS ANGELES] Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the action movie from Paramount Global, won China’s consent for release on May 30, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The decision follows the approval in recent weeks for other Hollywood pictures to play in Chinese theatres, such as Walt Disney’s live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon from Comcast’s Universal Pictures.
The move suggests there’s been no measurable retaliation against Hollywood as a result of trade tensions between the US and China. The Beijing government said in April it will “moderately reduce” the number of US pictures allowed in the country in response to tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
The Final Reckoning, starring Tom Cruise as secret agent Ethan Hunt, is the eighth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, which has grossed more than US$4 billion in worldwide ticket sales, including about US$500 million from China.
Although the popularity of Hollywood productions in China has waned in recent years – with audiences favouring local-language blockbusters such as the February release Ne Zha 2 – the country can still drive significant revenue. In 2023, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning grossed US$48.8 million in China, or 8.5 per cent of global sales.
China is the second-largest theatrical market globally, trailing only the US. BLOOMBERG
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