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Created by | Bruce Geller |
Original work | Mission: Impossible (1966) |
Owner | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global) |
Years | 1966–present |
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Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven 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 making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. [1] As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action-spy film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One , which premiered in Rome on July 12, 2023.
Title | Release | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | 1966–1973 | 7 | 171 episodes | |
Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | 1988–1990 | 2 | 35 episodes | |
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Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1967 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. |
Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. |
Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | July 12, 2023 | |
Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film | May 23, 2025 |
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Music from Mission: Impossible | 1967 | |
Mission: Impossible | May 14, 1996 | |
Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 | May 9, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible 2 (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | June 13, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible III (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | May 9, 2006 | |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Music from the Motion Picture) | December 13, 2011 | |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 24, 2015 | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 13, 2018 | |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (soundtrack) | July 12, 2023 | |
Title | Platform | Release date | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible | NES | 1990 | Based on the 1988 TV series revival. |
Mission: Impossible [2] | MS-DOS | 1991 | |
Mission: Impossible | N64 | 1998 | Based on the first film. |
PSX | 1999 | ||
Mission: Impossible | GBC | 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | GBA | 2003 | |
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Mission: Impossible III | J2ME | 2006 | Developed by Gameloft |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | iOS | 2015 | Developed by Glu |
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Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series |
Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | |
Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | |||
Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | |
Mission: Impossible: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series |
Mission: Impossible: The Money Explosion | 1970 | ||
Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film |
Mission Impossible: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | |
Mission Impossible: Ring of Fire | Tom Philbin | ||
Mission Impossible: The Doomsday Summit | |||
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Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics |
Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action |
Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics |
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