India, May 22 -- Mission Impossible 8 box office prediction: Six days after it was released in select markets like India, Japan, Korea, and Australia-New Zealand, the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission Impossible - The Dead Reckoning is set to hit the screens globally. The film, meant to be the final Mission Impossible film featuring Tom Cruise, is heavily anticipated and if the early trade buzz is to be believed, the hype will translate into box office receipts too. Yet, Ethan Hunt will find that it has met its match at the ticket window - in the form of an adorable, blue alien.

Early projections for Mission Impossible 8 show that the film is expected to have a healthy opening. Variety puts its four-day opening weekend gross in North America at...