History Trivia / MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning

** ''Part Two'' was scheduled was previously set for release on August 5, 2022, then was delayed to November 4, 2022, then to July 7, 2023, June 28, 2024, and then to the current date, May 23, 2025 (the latter due to the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike]]).

* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally set for release on July 23, 2021, but was delayed to November 19, 2021 and then to May 27, 2022 and then to September 30, 2022 before changing to July 12, 2023 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Its May 27 release date was given to ''Film/TopGunMaverick''. The film will then be available to stream on Creator/ParamountPlus some time later.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride both the goodwill of ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]'' and the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger (and older) viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them, much to Creator/TomCruise's ire. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride both the goodwill of ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]'' and the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger (and older) viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride both the goodwill of ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]'' and the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride the goodwill of ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]'' and the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* TrashTheSet: For the train sequence, a [[https://www.cdn.tv2.no/images/11634627.jpg?imageId=11634627&width=2120&height=1194&compression=80 full-size replica of a Pacific steam locomotive]] -- based on the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7 BR "Britannia" Standard Class 7,]] but built out of wood and metal with French-style streamlining and aesthetics -- was specially used. It was unpowered and would be pushed by another locomotive from behind for all the scenes of it moving, with steam effects added in post-production. For its final scene, the replica was launched several hundred feet off a cliff and landed at the bottom of a quarry; what you see on-screen really ''was'' it crashing.
* TroubledProduction:

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week, and its second weekend (and the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: While it hoped to ride the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and got great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the COVID pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week, and its second weekend ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* TrashTheSet: For the train sequence, a [[https://www.cdn.tv2.no/images/11634627.jpg?imageId=11634627&width=2120&height=1194&compression=80 full-size replica of a Pacific steam locomotive]] -- based on the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7 BR "Britannia" Standard Class 7,]] but built out of wood and metal with French-style streamlining and aesthetics -- was specially used. It was unpowered and would be pushed by another locomotive from behind for all the scenes of it moving, with steam effects added in post-production. For its final scene, the replica was launched several hundred feet off a cliff and landed at the bottom of a quarry; what you see on-screen really ''was'' it crashing.

* TrashTheSet: For the train sequence, a [[CoolTrain full-size replica of a Pacific steam locomotive]] -- based on the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7 BR "Britannia" Standard Class 7,]] but built out of wood and metal with French-style streamlining and aesthetics -- was specially used. It was unpowered and would be pushed by another locomotive from behind for all the scenes of it moving, with steam effects added in post-production. For its final scene, the replica was launched several hundred feet off a cliff and landed at the bottom of a quarry; what you see on-screen really ''was'' it crashing.

* DuelingWorks: Came out one month before Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Film/HeartOfStone'', another high octane globetrotting spy/action thriller centered around an elite secret agent. Both films have one or two sequences in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}, a sequence in a desert, a paragliding scene and a plot concerning a race for a MacGuffin giving access to an ArtificialIntelligence that can hack into anything on Earth and calculate outcomes with LudicrousPrecision.

** The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic has caused major delays in the production several times in a row. It got so bad that Tom Cruise went on a rant against crew members who didn't comply with pandemic time production guidelines, insisting that it was also about ensuring the livelihood of everyone involved. As producer, it was important to Cruise that the production went as smoothly as possible, as a successful shoot could show other studios they could film even under protocols (Cruise even rented an entire cruise liner -- no pun intended -- for the crew to quarantine in relative comfort). That rant was recorded and leaked in mid-December 2020. Even after the rant, though, production still wound up pausing due to additional positive COVID tests in the ensuing months.

* DuelingWorks: Came out one month before Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Film/HeartOfStone'', another high octane globetrotting spy/action thriller centered around an elite secret agent. Both have one or two sequences in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}, a sequence in a desert, a paragliding scene and a plot concerning a race for a MacGuffin giving access to an ArtificialIntelligence that can hack into anything on Earth and calculate outcomes with LudicrousPrecision.

* DuelingWorks: Came out one month before Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Film/HeartOfStone'', another high octane globetrotting spy/action thriller centered around an elite secret agent.

* TrashTheSet: For the train sequence, a [[CoolTrain full-size replica of a Pacific steam locomotive]] -- based on the BR Britannia class, but built out of wood and metal with French-style streamlining and aesthetics -- was specially made. It was unpowered and would be pushed by another locomotive from behind for all the scenes of it moving, with steam effects added in post-production. For its final scene, the replica was launched several hundred feet off a cliff and landed at the bottom of a quarry; what you see on-screen really ''was'' it crashing.

* CastingGag: The actor playing the rookie IMF agent who meets Hunt at the beginning of the movie is Alex James-Phelps. "Jim Phelps" was the character played by Creator/PeterGraves in the TV series (and later by Creator/JonVoight in the 1996 movie).

* TheOtherMarty: During the turnaround as the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic interrupted the filming, Creator/NicholasHoult had to drop out and Creator/EsaiMorales took over his role as a villain.

** Christopher [=McQuarrie=] initially floated the idea of [[DigitalDeaging Digitally Deaging]] Tom Cruise for the opening sequence, but eventually scrapped it because he was focusing on the visual effects more than the story. However, he has also said he may revisit the concept.

* DuelingWorks: Comes out one month before Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Film/HeartOfStone'', another high octane globetrotting spy/action thriller centered around an elite secret agent.

* AwesomeDearBoy: One reason why Creator/HayleyAtwell hasn't played in more blockbusters/high profile roles outside of Peggy Carter in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is that she's been dissatisfied with many of such roles that were proposed to her over the years. That apparently changed with the role of Grace here, which she adores.