The Final Reckoning secures the 5th-biggest first Monday post-COVID powered by positive word-of-mouth and solid retention.

Tom Cruise’s film is back on top in China. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning posted the biggest opening for a US film in the country this year, defying trade and geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Paramount Global’s eighth instalment in the action franchise earned $25.2 million across 11,847 locations in China during the opening weekend, the studio said in a statement. The film has become the top-performing US release in the country for 2025,