#Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning: Part One

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'The visual effects house behind Oppenheimer, DNEG, recently addressed reports it plans to make substantial cuts to employees' pay.

DNEG responded to the reported pay cuts, which are allegedly as high as 25%, in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. "We are continuously and proactively reviewing all areas of our business to ensure that we can continue to deliver the highest quality work while protecting as many of our employees’ positions as possible," the statement read, in part. "In order to do that, we've asked employees and team members earning above certain salary thresholds, including the most senior executives and creative leaders, to assume short-term pay cuts that will enable us to maintain the maximum number of jobs through this period."

While the pay cuts and other cost-cutting measures planned by DNEG aren't directly related to Oppenheimer itself, this isn't the first time Christopher Nolan's biopic has been linked to VFX-related controversy. Notably, VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson recently debunked persistent claims that Oppenheimer only used practical effects to achieve its striking visuals, noting that the movie includes approximately 200 visual effects shots. Jackson added that Oppenheimer's VFX-free reputation was likely the result of news outlets misinterpreting Nolan's comments about the blockbuster's lack of entirely computer-generated imagery.

Oppenheimer Takes Bohemian Rhapsody's Crown

While Jackson's comments arguably puncture some of the mystique surrounding Oppenheimer, this hasn't had a noticeable effect on the film's box office performance. Oppenheimer is currently the third-highest-grossing release of 2023, racking up over $900 million in ticket sales. The movie is also the highest-grossing biopic of all time, beating out previous record holder Bohemian Rhapsody. Industry analysts attribute at least some of Oppenheimer's incredible success to the "Barbenheimer" cultural phenomenon, which encouraged moviegoers to see both Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig's Barbie as a double feature.

While Barbenheimer proved to be good business for both Oppenheimer and Barbie, it caused headaches for other films released around the same time. This includes Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which premiered the same month as those films and struggled to compete at the box office. Despite this, Dead Reckoning Part One director Christopher McQuarrie insists he doesn't begrudge either movie for outperforming his own. "It's a triumph for films that are not sequels," McQuarrie said. "And in the case of Oppenheimer, a drama. What movies used to be all the time! [Dead Reckoning Part One star] Tom [Cruise] and I just look at each other all the time like, 'Man, it's just about quality.'"'

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HAYLEY ATWELL as GRACE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) dir. Christopher McQuarrie

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HAYLEY ATWELL as GRACE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) dir. Christopher McQuarrie

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Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING dir. Christopher McQuarrie

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023)

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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2024 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One (2023) Dir. Christopher McQuarriei

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) dir. Christopher McQuarrie

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'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One director Christopher McQuarrie addresses Barbie and Oppenheimer's negative impact on his film's box office. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for the seventh film in the long-running action franchise, which earned strong reviews from critics. Despite strong reviews, however, the latest sequel has struggled financially, with excitement around the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon ultimately eclipsing Hunt's latest adventure.

Now, in a recent interview on the Empire Spoiler Specials podcast, McQuarrie addresses Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One's box office defeat at the hands of Barbie and Oppenheimer.

McQuarrie chooses not to focus on his own film's financial shortcomings, but instead expresses his excitement for fellow filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan and what the success of their movies means for cinema. Check out McQuarrie's full comment below when asked about the "tsunami" that is Barbenheimer:

“I couldn’t be more delighted. We meant what we said when we went out and bought those tickets. I meant what I said when I went on Twitter – my last ever post on Twitter – and said, ‘Go pink or go home.’ Could not be more thrilled for Margot [Robbie], who I think is an extraordinary talent, a mega-star. And I’m delighted for the validation that the movie gives to that part of Margot that is that mega-star. And I hope the lessons learned from that are applied. Couldn’t be more thrilled for Greta.

“Chris Nolan… you want to talk about between a rock and a hard place? You want to talk about a guy whose movie was a three-plus hour R-rated drama with nudity that leaves you feeling quote-unquote 'devastated’. That’s a tough sell. That’s one helluva marketing strategy. And he won. He called it like Babe Ruth and he won. God bless him. Congratulations. That’s fantastic.

“And it’s a triumph for original movies. It’s a triumph for films that are not sequels. And in the case of Oppenheimer, a drama. What movies used to be all the time. Tom and I just look at each other all the time like, ‘Man, it’s just about quality.’”

Why Barbenheimer Beat Dead Reckoning Part One

When it comes to movies, this year has been an interesting wake-up call for several big-budget action franchises. After disappointing performances from Fast X and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mission: Impossible 7's performance strongly suggests that audiences might be craving new things instead of additional installments in long-running franchises.

That being said, Mission: Impossible 7 has been a hit with those who saw it. Unlike Fast X and Indiana Jones 5, the new Cruise film hasn't been really divisive in terms of its quality. Really, then, Mission: Impossible 7's underperformance can seemingly mostly be boiled down to bad timing. The film was only able to play for less than 2 weeks in IMAX, a format that has traditionally been strong for the franchise, before Oppenheimer took over all the screens due to pre-existing agreements.

The lack of premium large format screens was undoubtedly a major blow, but excitement for both Barbie and Oppenheimer was also way higher than really anyone had anticipated. Both films have broken records and shot past projections. In hindsight, clearly, Paramount should have moved Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One's release date, and it may have enjoyed a much more profitable run.'

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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING (2023)

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REBECCA FERGUSON and VANESSA KIRBY - "Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One" premiere in New York | July 10, 2023