Mission: Impossible (film series)
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Mission: Impossible
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Blu-ray box set of the first four films
Directed by Brian De Palma (1)
John Woo (2)
J. J. Abrams (3)
Brad Bird (4)
Christopher McQuarrie (5)
Produced by Tom Cruise (1–5)
Paula Wagner (1–3)
J. J. Abrams (4–5)
Bryan Burk (4–5)
David Ellison (5)
Screenplay by David Koepp (1)
Robert Towne (1–2)
Alex Kurtzman (3)
Roberto Orci (3)
J. J. Abrams (3)
André Nemec (4)
Josh Appelbaum (4)
Christopher McQuarrie (5)
Story by David Koepp (1)
Steven Zaillian (1)
Ronald D. Moore (2)
Brannon Braga (2)
Christopher McQuarrie (5)
Drew Pearce (5)
Based on Mission: Impossible
by Bruce Geller
Starring Tom Cruise
Ving Rhames
(See below)
Music by Danny Elfman (1)
Hans Zimmer (2)
Michael Giacchino (3–4)
Joe Kraemer (5)
Cinematography Stephen H. Burum (1)
Jeffrey L. Kimball (2)
Dan Mindel (3)
Robert Elswit (4–5)
Edited by Paul Hirsch (1, 4)
Steven Kemper (2)
Christian Wagner (2)
Maryann Brandon (3)
Mary Jo Markey (3)
Eddie Hamilton (5)
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
1996 – present
Country United States
Language English
Budget $650 million
Box office $2.576 billion
The Mission: Impossible films are a series of action spy films based on the television series of the same name, produced by and starring Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
The series follows the missions of the Impossible Missions Force's main field team under the command of Hunt, who is forced to take over after the team is betrayed from within in the first film. As such, the series focuses on Hunt as the lead character as opposed to the ensemble cast structure of the television series.
The series is the 17th-highest-grossing film series of all time with over $2 billion worth of worldwide gross.[1]