carrybuh — 1 year ago(December 16, 2024 12:02 PM)

That's around $100 million more than Mission: Impossible 7's $291 million budget.
https://movieweb.com/mission-impossible-8-budget/
Paramount Pictures has a lot riding on Mission: Impossible 8, which reportedly will be one of the most expensive movies ever made. Mission: Impossible 8 has had a long road to the big screen. Filming began in March 2022, and despite being over a year ahead of the start, the film was halted due to the SAG-AFTRA strike in July 2023. Production then resumed in March 2024 but faced more delays due to a malfunction with a submarine. After nearly two years in production, the budget for Misson: Impossible 8 was always going to be high, but just how high could spell disaster for Tom Cruise's latest mission.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Mission: Impossible 8 production budget is approaching $400 million. While no exact number was given, if the budget is $400 million, that would make Mission: Impossible 8 the fourth most expensive movie ever behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($447 million), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($432 million), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($416 million). Adjusted for inflation, it would rank at number 8, just between Avengers: Endgame ($424 million) and Avengers: Infinity War ($394 million).
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, the predecessor to Mission: Impossible 8, made headlines for having a budget of $291 million. Despite Dead Reckoning grossing $570 million worldwide, the movie was seen as a disappointment as it came in behind the previous three movies in the franchise, all of which cost less. Domestically, Dead Reckoning was the second lowest-grossing Mission: Impossible film, only coming ahead of 2006's Mission: Impossible 3. With Mission: Impossible 8 now costing even more than Dead Reckoning, Paramount Pictures will need this film to be a massive hit at the worldwide box office to justify the cost. With the rising budget, it seems like Paramount Pictures is setting the stage to end the franchise.