The month of July is quite exciting for cinephiles. The seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, is all set to release on July 12th, 2023. However, shortly after that, Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Oppenheimer, will hit the theatres.
Reports claim that Tom Cruise is upset that his movie will be removed from the IMAX theatres as the theatres will roll Nolan’s Oppenheimer roughly a week after Cruise’s movie’s release. Now, film critic, Jeff Snieder, has made some speculations regarding the situation and explained how the two parties will reach an agreement.
Tom Cruise is upset over the release dates of his Mission: Impossible movie and Oppenheimer
It has been reported that Tom Cruise is upset that his new Mission: Impossible movie, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, will only stay in the IMAX theatres for roughly a week before the theatres play Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, Oppenheimer, in July 2023. Journalist Matt Belloni said,
“Cruise has been complaining loudly to Paramount executives and others about the Imax situation, per multiple sources familiar with the dialogue.”
Initially, Cruise’s movie was going to release on July 14th but due to Nolan’s movie coming out on 21st July, the release date of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has been reportedly shifted to July 12th.
Jeff Sneider explains what could be done in such a situation
Since this will affect the box office count of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the studios need to conclude soon. Film critic Jeff Snieder recently appeared on an episode of The Hot Mic podcast and explained what may happen,
“Tom Cruise is like, I am only getting one week in premium format theatres, that’s gonna affect the box office and this is the guy who brought everyone back to the cinemas. I don’t know how long Nolan has that IMAX engagement locked up for. Well, what you could technically see is Mission: Impossible return to theatres in IMAX after the Oppenheimer run. If it’s a three-week or four-week contractual run, you could see it in week five, which is six weeks after the release of Mission: Impossible.”
Nolan reportedly shot Oppenheimer entirely on Imax cameras. This is not new as he has been shooting his movies on Imax cameras since 2008’s The Dark Knight. So, there is no doubt that his movie will spend at least 4 weeks in IMAX theatres.
Tom Cruise is showing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning to cinema owners
Jeff Sneider also added that Tom Cruise is trying to garner some fans, especially famous cinema owners, in order to boost his box office collection. Sneider said,
“Tom is showing this movie aggressively to theatre owners and he’s not trying to lose screens essentially.”
The film critic further suggested that they should’ve released the movie on the Fourth of July weekend if they wanted the spotlight to be entirely on the movie.
Source: The Hot Mic podcast
