Tom Cruise gets emotional as Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning received 5 min standing ovation at Cannes 2025

Tom Cruise poses on the red carpet as he leaves following the screening of the film "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (Photo: Reuters)

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise returned to the French Riviera after a gap of almost three years and what a return it was.

The actor, who was at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his latest offering Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, received a 5 minute long standing ovation post the screening.

Tom Cruise got emotional and was seen in tears as he received the accolades coming his way for the actioner that has been loved by millions of fans across the globe.

Tom Cruise was joined by his director Christopher McQuarrie, along with other cast members Angela Bassett and Pom Klementieff for the screening of the film "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning".

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Earlier in the day, Tom Cruise hit the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet to a live band rendition of the "Mission: Impossible" theme song as organisers pulled out all the stops to celebrate what may be the action star's last appearance in the franchise.

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Expectations had been high for Cruise's return to Cannes three years after he had presented "Top Gun: Maverick" with a colourful jet flyover. He could be seen mouthing "wow" and "bravo" to the band during the performance.

Cruise, 62, greeted fans who had been waiting hours in the French Riviera resort town's unrelenting sun before joining the other stars of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" to walk the carpet.

Fellow cast members Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Angela Bassett, Esai Morales and Hannah Waddingham posed with Cruise, even snapping a few selfies themselves, before heading into the red-bedecked Grand Lumiere Theatre.

Director Christopher McQuarrie, cast members Tom Cruise, Angela Bassett, Pom Klementieff and Greg Tarzan Davis pose on the red carpet as they leave following the screening of the film "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning". (Photo: Reuters)

U.S. actors Zoe Saldana and Eva Longoria, as well as Andie MacDowell, sporting a suit, and Cannes jury member Halle Berry were also spotted on their way to the Cannes premiere.

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt

Tom Cruise reprises the role of agent Ethan Hunt for the eighth time in the latest iteration in the series from director Christopher McQuarrie due to hit U.S. theatres on May 23.

With a budget of about $400 million, the new "Mission: Impossible" is one of several big-name films that cinema operators are hoping will help them stay on the road to recovery this year, five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Box office receipts totaled $8.6 billion last year in the United States and Canada, 25% below the pre-pandemic heights of $11.4 billion in 2019. (With Reuters Inputs)