20 Things You Didn't Know About Mission Impossible 2

20. The Highest Grossing Movie Of 2000

Despite its critical detractors, MI2 was a huge hit at the box office. So huge that it ended up topping the worldwide box office of the year 2000 with a gross of $546,388,108, far ahead of its nearest rivals Gladiator and Cast Away.

Looking back, it is surprising to see these three films at the top but don't forget this is the year where What Women Want outperformed X-Men, so anything was possible.

Within the MI franchise, it's one of the more financially successfully movies and it wasn't until the release of the sixth installment, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, in 2018, that it was surpassed at the North American box office.