est. 1966
Mission: Impossible
began as a TV series
$4.7Bestimated lifetime revenue
Screen EmpireCinema, home video and streaming make up 99% of the revenue we could break down. We use this label at 50% or more.
- Box office93%
- Home video & streaming6.2%
- Other<1%
No. 77 of 99, ranked by estimated lifetime revenue
What we know
Sources checked to
- Estimated lifetime revenue
- $4.7BMoney taken in before costs. This is not profit or company value.
- Biggest source of revenue
- Box office 93%of the revenue we can break down
- Known company link
- Paramount SkydancePublic sources show this link, but not verified control. Paramount owns the series (from the 1966 Desilu show); granular rights not verified.
- Where it began
- 1966 · a TV series
- How sure is this estimate?
- Solid estimateThe sources are strong across all five checks.
- Where the number comes from
- scored 2 out of 4
- What the number measures
- scored 3 out of 4
- How recent the estimate is
- scored 4 out of 4
- How much of the total is itemised
- scored 4 out of 4
- Double-counting risk
- scored 4 out of 4
Rights and ownership
Public sources link this franchise to Paramount Skydance
Paramount owns the series (from the 1966 Desilu show); granular rights not verified.
We could not verify the full current rights picture.
See the source ↗How the money mix changed
began as a TV series, 1966
Home video & streaming
biggest revenue source in this data
Box office
94% of the revenue we can break down now comes from outside home video & streaming
More ways to compare it
We calculate these numbers from the records above. The formulas are on the Receipts page. If the data is not strong enough, we leave a number out.
- Share from merchandise
- 0%
- How varied the revenue is
- 13 / 100
- Revenue beyond where it started
- 94%
- Average revenue per year
- $78.3M per year
- lifetime average, not the current yearly rate
- Online interest compared with revenue
- not shown: search-interest data was unavailable at snapshot time
Sources and calculationsshow detailshide details
| Channel | Value | Share | Confidence | Source | Checked on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box office | $4.39B | 93% | solid estimate | List of highest-grossing media franchises — Wikipedia | 2026-09-03 |
| Home video & streaming | $293M | 6.2% | reasonable estimate | List of highest-grossing media franchises — Wikipedia | 2026-09-03 |
| Other | $24M | <1% | solid estimate | List of highest-grossing media franchises — Wikipedia | 2026-09-03 |
| Total | $4.7B | 100% |
estimated lifetime revenue · checked 2026-09-03