Universal and Christopher Nolan claimed the Jdate all the way back in October 2021 - back when the studio announced the film’s production. Cruise’s representative also had no comment. Discovery (which distributes “Barbie”) did not respond to calls at press time. Universal and Paramount declined comment. Tom Holland Says ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Is ‘the Best Spider-Man Movie Ever Made’ (Let’s also note that “Oppenheimer’s running time hits 3 hours the new “Mission: Impossible” clocks in at 2 hours and 43 minutes.) Cruise’s death-defying stunts in which he once again outdoes himself will, too, want to be seen in large formats.

(Unlike “M:I 7,” “Oppenheimer” was shot entirely on IMAX large-format cameras.) Audiences will line up to see the Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s recreation of an atomic bomb without CGI on the biggest screen possible. Beyond the visual impact those screens provide, they also come with an upcharge that can add millions to the box office - especially for an action spectacle like a seventh “Mission: Impossible” movie.Ĭhristopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” his first film for Universal after parting ways with longtime partner Warner Bros., will take over all IMAX screens in North America for three weeks, bumping “Mission: Impossible” from auditoriums.

Everyone expects a same-day box-office battle between “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) and “Oppenheimer” (Universal) on July 21, but the real contention may lie between “ Oppenheimer” and a film that opens 10 days earlier, Tom Cruise’s “ Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures, July 12).Ī new report in Puck claimed that Cruise has personally called rival studio executives and exhibitors in hopes of convincing them to relinquish PLF (premium large-format) screens that may have planned to show “Oppenheimer” and show “M:I 7” instead.

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