Saving the world, and rescuing the box office may seem like impossible tasks. But Tom Cruise may be able to do both with "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning."

With a summer slate chock full of sequels and reboots, Hollywood is banking on big tent pole films like “Mission Impossible” and “Lilo & Stitch” to bring people to the movie theater.

But, as LA Times Hollywood Inc. senior editor Ryan Faughnder writes, the summer box office has never been harder to predict. He joined Kate Cagle on "LA Times Today" to explain.

Watch the full interview above. 

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