The next Mission Impossible movie is reportedly getting a bizarre name change

Mission Impossible 8 has also had its release date postponed by nearly a year.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One was released in cinemas last summer and, despite earning rave reviews, wound up being a bit of a box office disappointment. In terms of the figures, the seventh instalment in the Tom Cruise-led action spy movie franchise grossed $567.5 million on a $291 million budget. While this may sound like a big success, films must generally gross over double the cost of their productions to be considered profitable. As for the reasons for the movie's lower box office returns - particularly when compared to its predecessor Fallout garnering nearly $792 million in cinemas - one factor was that it was released the same month as smash hits Barbie and Oppenheimer, as well as the sleeper hit Sound of Freedom.

The next Mission Impossible movie is reportedly getting a bizarre name change

Plus, the budget for Dead Reckoning Part One was significantly higher than any of the previous entries in the franchise - perhaps due to impacts of Covid-19 on its production, as well as the movie's bigger set-pieces and stunts. As one would probably expect from its title, Dead Reckoning Part One was planned as being the first film in a two-part saga and as such, ended on a cliffhanger. In fact, Part One and its follow-up were initially set to be shot back-to-back, before filming on the second part was hit by delays - most recently due to the ongoing Hollywood actors' strike. And in further bad news for fans of the franchise, The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has stated that the next Mission: Impossible sequel has had its release date postponed by over a year from 28 June 2024 to 23 May 2025. While this was to be expected, what is strange is that THR has also reported that the follow-up appears to no longer bear the subtitle Dead Reckoning Part Two - perhaps as a way to put some distance between the sequel and the box office disappointment of its predecessor. Still, it will be odd having a film named Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, without having another titled Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two. In terms of other delays, The Hollywood Reporter has also said that A Quiet Place: Day One - a prequel in the post-apocalyptic horror franchise - has had its release date switched from 8 March 2024 to 28 June 2024 - the date the now untitled next Mission: Impossible movie was originally set to come out.

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