Meanwhile, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is hoping to establish a new opening weekend record for the 29-year-old franchise — a distinction that belongs to 2018’s “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” with $61 million. Overseas, “The Final Reckoning” should bring in $125 million to $130 million for a worldwide start above $200 million.

Don't worry, it's not an off-screen character that was suddenly introduced. Phineas Phreak is the hacking code name for Luther and is first mentioned during 1996's Mission: Impossible while Ethan is hunting for fellow disavowed IMF agents to break into the CIA Black Vault in Langley.