Tom Cruise Visits Korea for the 11th Time with 'Mission Impossible 7'

Tom Cruise [Photo by Reuters·Yonhap News]

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is set to visit Korea this summer, Lotte Entertainment announced on the 5th.

According to the distributor, Tom Cruise will come to Korea along with key cast members to promote the movie "Mission: Impossible ? Dead Reckoning PART ONE," which opens on the 12th of next month. This visit is to fulfill his promise made during last year's visit for "Top Gun: Maverick" to return in 2023.

Starting with the film "Interview with the Vampire" (1994), Tom Cruise's upcoming visit will be his 11th trip to Korea, including films such as "Mission: Impossible 2" (2000), "Vanilla Sky" (2001), "Valkyrie" (2009), "Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol" (2011), "Jack Reacher" (2016), "Mission: Impossible ? Rogue Nation" (2015), "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" (2016), "Mission: Impossible ? Fallout" (2018), and "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022). This will be his fifth visit related to the "Mission: Impossible" series.

Last year, Tom Cruise visited Korea for the first time in over three years since the COVID-19 pandemic. The film he starred in, "Top Gun: Maverick," attracted a cumulative audience of 8,177,446, ranking second in box office performance last year.