The fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Rogue Nation, completed its mission of dominating the box office, earning $56m—more than the rest of the Top 5 combined. Warner Bros.' Vacation , on the other hand, underperformed and debuted to toxic reviews at #2.
1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Paramount) $56m 3,956/$14,156 avg. (debut)
2. Vacation (Warner Bros.) $15m 3,411/$4,354 avg. (debut)
3. Ant-Man (Buena Vista) $13m 3,322/$3,799 avg. (week 3)
4. Minions (Universal) $12m 3,575/$3,413 avg. (week 4)
5. Pixels (Sony/Columbia) $10m 3,723/$2,793 avg. (week 2)
Meanwhile, A24's dramatic biopic The End of the Tour, which follows Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) during his interviews with David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), enjoyed a strong bow for a limited release, earning an average of $32k across four theaters.
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