Box office top 20: 'Mission: Impossible' nets $55.5 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation" coasted to the top of the box office in its first weekend in theaters, collecting a solid $55.5 million.

It was slightly less than the Sunday estimates indicated and represented the third-best opening ever for a moving starring Tom Cruise.

It also was the second-best opening in the series after "Mission: Impossible II."

The Paramount and Skydance Productions film cost an estimated $150 million to produce and has already opened in a number of territories overseas as well, with a China release scheduled Sept. 8.

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