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Tom Cruise has put out a slew of popular films in his days as an actor, with his most notable box office hits being the Mission: Impossible series, which raked in another $693 million worldwide in 2011 to bring the series gross total to nearly $2.1 billion.

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However, as we see in this Pop Culture Rewind, Cruise had his doubts about making a Mission: Impossible sequel, nonetheless a four-film series. At the film's London premiere in 1996, Cruise says that he is unsure of whether or not he will act in an M:I sequel.

"As a company we'll produce another sequel [but] I'm not committed to another sequel," he says, revealing that he will continue his role as co-producer of the film but not necessarily actor. "It would take a lot. It would have to be a great story...Our company, we're going to come with a great story but [I have] to see where the character's going to go. I'm not sure."

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The then-34-year-old actor also talks about potential of a possible sequel to match or top the current M:I's strong box office opening, which eventually reached $457.7 million in its theater run.

While Cruise says its a "strong consideration" to ponder exceeding the success of the first M:I film, he theorizes about the film's ease of expansion due to its lack of parameters for style or setting.

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"With this kind of film, you can do anything with it," Cruise says. "You're not committed to any particular location or even style of film making... [We'll] see how creative we can get in opening it up."

Mission: Impossible II went on to exceed its predecessor by $88 million.

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