"Mission Impossible—The Final Reckoning"
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"Mission Impossible—The Final Reckoning"

Holding in place

By Peter Travers

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Coming in second on the Moneymakers chart this week is “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” the eighth and supposedly final chapter in Tom Cruise’s personal obstacle course. OK, the film’s $77 million take seems like chump chance compared to the zowie $183 million that “Lilo & Stitch” collected during the same time period.

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