This is the release date of the new ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’ movie and its surprising budget
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt this month, in the eighth - and possibly final - instalment of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ film franchise.
The hugely expensive, much delayed latest instalment in the Mission: Impossible film franchise is set for release this month - and it remains unclear whether the movie will mark Ethan Hunt’s final assignment.
Who is in the cast for the new Mission: Impossible movie?
The eighth film in the M:I series, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning once again stars Tom Cruise as Hunt, a skilled operative who carries out high-risk missions for a secret US government agency.
The picture is a direct sequel to 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One; indeed, The Final Reckoning was originally entitled Dead Reckoning Part Two.
Filmed back to back, the two movies see Hunt and his team at the Impossible Missions Force go up against the “Entity”, an advanced artificial-intelligence system that has gone rogue.
Alongside Cruise, The Final Reckoning features a cast that includes Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Angela Bassett, Henry Czerny and Hannah Waddingham.
When is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning coming out?
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is due to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
The picture is then scheduled to come out in movie theaters on Friday, May 23, 2025.
The Final Reckoning had originally been slated for release in 2022, but - with Dead Reckoning also pushed back - the movie was delayed several times. The reasons for the hold-ups included the Hollywood strikes in 2023, and a reported submarine malfunction early last year.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: watch the trailer
How much did Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning cost?
In part because of the project’s numerous delays, the budget for The Final Reckoning is estimated to have hit around $400 million, making it one of the most expensive movies ever made. 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is credited with being the costliest movie of all time, at a reported $446.6 million.
Will The Final Reckoning be the last in the Mission: Impossible saga?
The Misson: Impossible franchise’s future after The Final Reckoning remains unconfirmed.
The title of the new movie certainly suggests it might be the last in the series. What’s more, Screen Rant’s Max Ruscinski points out that the film‘s trailer includes a potentially significant line, in which Cruise’s character tells his team: “I need you to trust me - one last time.”
Meanwhile, Ruscinski’s Screen Rant colleague Ryan Northrup notes that The Final Reckoning’s extra-long runtime may be because it is a “franchise farewell”. At two hours and 49 minutes with credits, the movie is the longest in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Northrup says.
However, Cruise has spoken of his desire to carry on filming M:I into his 80s - emulating Harrison Ford’s longevity as the star of the Indiana Jones franchise.
“Harrison Ford is a legend,” Cruise, 62, told an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald last summer. “I hope to be still going; I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him. I hope to keep making Mission: Impossible films until I’m his age.”
Moreover, the The Final Reckoning‘s director, Christopher McQuarrie, told Fandango in June 2023 that he’s looking beyond the upcoming instalment and has ideas for what comes next.
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