The franchise has grossed nearly $1 billion domestically over five films released between 1996 and 2015.
This showing guaranteed that a fifth film would be made, and in 2015 Tom Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.
The series was reinvigorated in 2011 with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which grossed nearly $700 million worldwide, and garnered a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
And out of all the blockbusters he has been a part of, his most successful franchise is without a doubt Mission: Impossible.