This May is not an ordinary month; action cinema lovers and fans of the Mission: Impossible franchise, the spy film series starring Tom Cruise, are celebrating thirty years. The first installment of this franchise arrived in theaters in 1996 and since then we have seen Cruise become “Ethan Hunt” on seven more occasions. In total there are eight installments of this franchise that do not lose the essence of the film; on the contrary, the most recent have received very favorable reviews from film experts.

The Premiere

Title: Mission: Impossible

Duration: 110 minutes

Genre: Action

Director: Brian De Palma

Rating: 

Release: 1996

The Cast

Tom Cruise: Ethan Hunt 

Jon Voight: Jim Phelps 

Emmanuelle Béart: Claire

Henry Czerny: Kittridge 

Jean Reno: Krieger 

Ving Rhames: Luther

The Story

An American agent, under the false suspicion of disloyalty, must uncover and unmask the real spy without the help of his own organization.

The Franchise

Mission: Impossible: 1996

Mission: Impossible 2: 2000

Mission: Impossible III: 2006

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol: 2011

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: 2015

Mission: Impossible – Fallout: 2018

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: 2023

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: 2025

From a Television Series

“Mission: Impossible” is based on the 1966 television series created by Bruce Geller. It aired on CBS for seven seasons, from September 17, 1966 to March 30, 1973. The series chronicled the feats of a small team of undercover government agents, known as the Impossible Missions Force.

At the Box Office

In these thirty years, since the release of the first installment, the franchise has generated in ticket sales more than $4.7 billion.