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.

The live-action remake, featuring a mayhem-causing alien, is a merchandising powerhouse.

Family means no one gets left behind. That seems to be Disney's motto when it comes to adapting their animated hits into new live-action vehicles (though they do appear to be pumping the brakes) to varying degrees of success.