{"id":1066,"date":"2025-03-26T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:34:31","slug":"mission-impossible-8s-400000000-budget-makes-it-one-of-the-most-expensive-films-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/mission-impossible-8s-400000000-budget-makes-it-one-of-the-most-expensive-films-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Impossible 8\u2019s $400,000,000 budget makes it one of the most expensive films ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Upcoming blockbuster Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning has a bank-breaking budget of $400million (Picture: Paramount Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning is set to be one of the most expensive movies ever made with a giant production budget of $400,000,000 (\u00a3310,174,000).<\/p>\n

Tentatively confirmed as the last outing for Tom Cruise<\/a>\u2019s IMF agent Ethan Hunt, the eighth film dropped its teaser trailer<\/a> in November, packed with heart-stopping stunts<\/a> including the Hollywood star hanging off a plane.<\/p>\n

If that figure is proven accurate, it means The Final Reckoning is officially more expensive than James Cameron<\/a>\u2019s Avatar: The Way of Water and both Marvel\u2019s Avengers<\/a>: Age of Ultron and Endgame.<\/p>\n

Following long production delays<\/a> thanks to Covid and the Hollywood actors\u2019 strike, the film was pushed several times, including nearly a whole year from its release date of June 28, 2024, with costs gradually mounting.<\/p>\n

There have been whispers of this price tag previously, with The Hollywood Reporter suggesting in November that it was \u2018reportedly approaching $400million amid production delays\u2019, which is significantly more than seventh film Dead Reckoning<\/a>\u2019s budget of an estimated $291m (\u00a3225.5m).<\/p>\n

Industry expert Matt Belloni has also now reported that the budget is indeed $400m (\u00a3310m) on The Town<\/a> podcast, the latest source to do so.<\/p>\n

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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/07\/05\/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-review-tom-cruises-best-yet-19072864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did garner rave reviews<\/a> with a 96% scoring on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, and 94% from fans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_editorial_14919799b-a52a.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22398859\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Tom Cruise is returning as Ethan Hunt (C), but the studio will need to gross $1billion (\u00a3775m) to break even with this eighth film in the franchise (Picture: Paramount\/Everett\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So it\u2019s a pretty tall ask for the franchise, whose star and moving force Tom Cruise \u2013 alongside writer-director and <a 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