Paramount Pictures' "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One" opened at the top of the domestic box office this weekend, amassing $56.2 million during the regular three-day window, according to studio estimates.
The seventh installment in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise — which debuted in theaters Wednesday — grossed $80 million from the U.S. and Canada during its first five days, coming in shy of pre-release expectations. Early studio projections indicated that the big-budget action thriller would open with about $90 million.
Internationally, the film has earned $155 million for a worldwide total of $235 million.
