Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation proves that audiences still want a dose of Ethan Hunt in their lives, as the Tom Cruise-led film topped this weekend's domestic box office, and gave Paramount its second-highest debut in the series.


On its opening Friday, Rogue Nation earned $20.3 million, and over the course of its three-day weekend debut, grossed $56 million domestically. Combined with big numbers overseas -- an additional $60 million, internationally -- Rogue Nation is poised to earn over $116 million globally by the end of the weekend.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Rogue Nation is now the second most successful opener in the series, behind Mission: Impossible II, which raked in $70.8 million over the course of its Memorial Day weekend debut back in 2000. Rogue Nation is Paramount's second-biggest opening day ever, behind Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and is also the second-best of this year, after Avengers: Age of Ultron.


Unfortunately for Vacation, not all fifth installments won big at the box office this weekend. The film bowed in second place with a mere $14.9 million, despite opening mid-last week with a lengthy five-day weekend.

Rounding out the top five, Ant-Man earned $12.6 million in its third weekend, followed by Minions with a modest $12.2 million, and Adam Sandler's Pixels still holding on in fifth place with $10.4 million.

Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:

1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $56 million
2. Vacation $14.9 million
3. Ant-Man $12.6 million
4. Minions $12.2 million
5. Pixels $10.4 million
6. Trainwreck $9.7 million
7. Southpaw $7.5 million
8. Paper Towns $4.6 million
9. Inside Out $4.5 million
10. Jurassic World $3.8 million