Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.[1] As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action spy film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which premiered in Rome on July 12, 2023.
| Mission: Impossible | |
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| Created by | Bruce Geller |
| Original work | Mission: Impossible (1966) |
| Owner | Paramount Pictures |
| Years | 1966–present |
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Media
editTelevision series
edit| Title | Release | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | 1966–1973 | 7 | 171 episodes | |
| Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | 1988–1990 | 2 | 35 episodes |
Films
edit| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1967 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. |
| Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. |
| Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 1999 | |
| Mission: Impossible 3 | May 5, 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning | July 12, 2023 | |
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | May 23, 2025 |
Soundtracks
edit| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Music from Mission: Impossible | 1967 | |
| Mission: Impossible (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | May 14, 1996 | |
| Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 | May 9, 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible 2 (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | June 13, 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible III (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | May 9, 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Music from the Motion Picture) | December 13, 2011 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 24, 2015 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 13, 2018 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 12, 2023 |
Video games
edit| Title | Platform | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible | NES | 1990 | Based on the 1988 TV series revival. |
| Mission: Impossible[2] | MS-DOS | 1991 | |
| Mission: Impossible | N64 | 1998 | Based on the first film. |
| PSX | 1999 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | GBC | 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | GBA | 2003 | |
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| Mission: Impossible III | J2ME | 2006 | Developed by Gameloft |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | iOS | 2015 | Developed by Glu |
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Books
edit| Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series |
| Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | |
| Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | |||
| Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | |
| Mission: Impossible: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series |
| Mission: Impossible: The Money Explosion | 1970 | ||
| Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film |
| Mission Impossible: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | |
| Mission Impossible: Ring of Fire | Tom Philbin | ||
| Mission Impossible: The Doomsday Summit |
Comics
edit| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics |
| Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics |
Cast and characters
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- ^ "Mission: Impossible for DOS (1991)". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved May 16, 2020.