presses theaters to release on the big screen the latest “before Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” – the actor was bummed that he missed a three-week window of IMAX exclusivity during the first holiday season since the pandemic, which can bring in big box office profits Matthew Belloni of The Puck reports: “Tom Cruise has been pretty pissed off lately. He complains loudly to Paramount executives and others about the IMAX situation, as attested by numerous sources familiar with the matter.
Tom Cruise ‘pissed off’ about ‘Oppenheimer’ premiere
The thing is that “Mission: Impossible. Dead Reckoning Part One” will hit theaters on July 12, and at that time it will be shown on most IMAX screens in the US. But on July 21, Universal-promoted “Oppenheimer” goes into distribution and is to be shown in all American IMAXs for a full three weeks. As a result, Cruise’s production, which cost nearly $300 million to make, loses almost two weeks of screening on the big screen, which will undoubtedly earn less than it could potentially earn. Informants report that for this reason Tom Cruise “feels unfairly treated”, because in 2022 “Top Gun: Maverick” was literally “to save cinemas”. Recall, the film grossed 1.5 billion worldwide, of which 110 million came from IMAX screens.
So Cruise is unhappy that his film will run in IMAX for a shorter period than Oppenheimer and is now urging other networks to keep Mission: Impossible’s premium big-screen screenings longer. Some say he “calls personally”. Let’s add that Christopher Nolan shot “Oppenheimer” only with cameras compatible with the large IMAX format, and the release date was booked by Universal in 2021, a few months before Paramount, which chose July 12 to start distributing “Mission: Impossible”.
The last three installments of “Mission: Impossible” grossed between $688 million and $787 million in worldwide distribution, and so far no film in the series has grossed more than $800 million, and Tom Cruise’s appetite for “Top Gun” is growing . He not only played the lead role in the movie “Dead Reckoning”, he is also one of the producers, so it’s hardly surprising that he wants to make as much profit as possible. And this summer, the competition in cinemas will be really strong, because the premieres also have such anticipated productions as the latest part of “Indiana Jones” and the fantastically promising “Barbie” directed by Greta Gerwig.
Source: Gazeta
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