Mission: Impossibleis an Americanmultimedia franchisebased on a fictional secretespionageagency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The1966 TV seriesran for seven seasons and wasrevived in 1988for two seasons. It inspired aseries of theatrical motion picturesstarringTom Cruisebeginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue makingMission: Impossibleone of thehighest-grossing media franchises of all time.[1]As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action spy filmMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,which premiered inRomeon July 12, 2023.
| Mission: Impossible | |
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 Series logo | |
| Created by | Bruce Geller |
| Original work | Mission: Impossible(1966) |
| Owner | Paramount Pictures |
| Years | 1966–present |
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| Television series |
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Media
editTelevision series
edit| Title | Release | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 theMission: Impossiblefilm 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 thefirst film. |
| PSX | 1999 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | GBC | 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | GBA | 2003 | |
| Xbox | |||
| PS2 | |||
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| Mission: Impossible III | J2ME | 2006 | Developed byGameloft |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | iOS | 2015 | Developed byGlu |
| Android |
Books
edit| Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published byDell Comics |
| Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strippublished inCountdown/TV Action |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequelone-shotto the 1996 film published byMarvel Comics |
Cast and characters
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