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Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" recorded estimated opening of $56 million at the U.S. box office over the weekend. This becomes the second-best "Mission: Impossible" opening ever. The first was of 2000's "Mission: Impossible II”, which recorded $57.8 million.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is a spy thriller and marked a hit internationally. The movie, staring Tom Cruise is good enough to steal third-best U.S. opening of the actor's career. First two were "Mission: Impossible II" and 2005's "War of the Worlds."

A box office analyst for Rentrak, Paul Dergarabedian, said, "Tom Cruise is the very definition of movie star, but beyond that he is a tireless marketing machine."

“He has essentially written the playbook on how to manifest the perfect combination of star-power based publicity along with producer-based business acumen," Dergarabedian added.

Tom Cruise's star power

The Paramount / Skydance tentpole signals that Cruise still carries plenty of star power. Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation outperformed anticipation by a major margin.

The fifth installment in the series, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation was written and directed by Chris McQuarrie. The film finds Tom Cruise facing off against a squad of special agents called the Syndicate. The co-stars in the film include Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson and Alec Baldwin.

-Sumana