For other uses, see Mission: Impossible (disambiguation).
Mission: Impossible |
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Original work | Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) |
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Owned by | Paramount Pictures |
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Mission: Impossible is a multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for 7 seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue[1] making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Media
Television series
Title | Run | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | – | 7 | 171 episodes | | |
Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | – | 2 | 35 episodes | | |
Films
# | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
1 | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1968 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. | |
2 | Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. | |
3 | Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 2000 | |
4 | Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | |
5 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | |
6 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | |
7 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | |
8 | Mission: Impossible 7 | November 19, 2021 | |
Soundtracks
# | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
1 | Music from Mission: Impossible | | | |
2 | Mission: Impossible | | | |
3 | Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 | | | |
4 | Mission: Impossible 2 (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | | | |
5 | Mission: Impossible III (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | | | |
6 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Music from the Motion Picture) | | | |
7 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Music from the Motion Picture) | | | |
8 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Music from the Motion Picture) | | | |
Video games
# | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
1 | Mission: Impossible | 1990 | Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the 1988 TV series revival. | |
2 | Mission: Impossible | 1991 | Released for the MS-DOS. Based on the 1988 TV series revival. | [2] |
3 | Mission: Impossible | 1998 | Released for the Nintendo 64, later ported to the PlayStation in 1999. Based on the first film. | |
4 | Mission: Impossible | 2000 | Released for the Game Boy Color. Based on the first film. | |
5 | Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | 2003 | Released for the Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube | |
Books
# | Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
1 | Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series | |
2 | Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | |
3 | Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | |
4 | Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | |
5 | Mission: Impossible 5: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series | |
6 | Mission: Impossible 6: The Money Explosion | 1970 | |
7 | Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film | |
8 | Mission Impossible 8: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | |
9 | Mission Impossible: 9 Ring Of Fire | Tom Philbin | |
9 | Mission Impossible 10: The Doomsday Summit | |
Comics
# | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
1 | Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics | |
2 | Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action | |
3 | Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics | |
Characters
References
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