'Mission: Impossible' final installment draws over 1 million viewers in less than a week

Hollywood star Tom Cruise attends a press event to promote his latest film "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning" in Seoul on May 8, 2025. Yonhap

SEOUL, May 21 (AJP) - "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning" attracted over 1 million moviegoers less than a week after its release here last week, distributor Lotte Entertainment said on Wednesday.

The eighth and final installment in the action-packed franchise, released last Saturday, swept the box office by drawing about 424,000 viewers on its opening day alone.

The Hollywood blockbuster starring its perennial star Tom Cruise achieved the feat in just five days since its release, about three days faster than crime thriller "Yadang: The Snitch," this year's most-watched South Korean film so far.

In the latest installment, Cruise, who visited Seoul earlier this month to promote the film, appears as a government agent on a desperate mission to confront a rogue artificial intelligence program threatening global security. He reportedly performed most of the deadly, action-packed scenes himself, without a stand-in.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

'Mission: Impossible' final installment draws over 1 million viewers in less than a week

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