Poll: What’s the Best ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movie?

By Variety Staff

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – On July 27, Tom Cruise returns as Agent Ethan Hunt in the latest “Mission: Impossible” movie, “Fallout.”

The sixth film in the series is already getting rave reviews, scoring an impressive 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety‘s Peter Debruge went so far as to call “Fallout” “the most exciting installment” in the “” series yet in his review .

The first film came out in 1996, following Hunt as he led the fictional Impossible Missions Force team through inevitably dangerous assignments. It was, of course, a hit, grossing $457 million worldwide on an $80 million budget.

The series has gone on to gross a cumulative $2.7 billion to date, making it the 20th-highest-grossing film series of all time. The highest-grossing film in the series remains the fourth, “Ghost Protocol,” which took in $694 million worldwide, with $209 million of that coming from the U.S.

Christopher McQuarrie returned to direct “Fallout” after helming the previous “MI” movie, “Rogue Nation.” He’s the only filmmaker to direct two “Mission: Impossible” movies; previous installments were directed by Brad Bird, J.J. Abrams (who also produced “Fallout”), John Woo, and Brian De Palma.

Cruise has served as a producer on every “Mission: Impossible” movie, and it’s easily become his most reliable starring bet. Which film in the series is your favorite? Weigh in below!