In the sweltering summer, young people enjoy their long summer vacation, and it's a great time for dating and movie-going.
As early as May, the summer blockbusters started hitting the big screens. "Mission: Impossible 3" (with a production budget of $150 million) opened with only $60.9 million in its first week, reaching $117 million in North American box office and $305.3 million worldwide within the golden four weeks. Its Rotten Tomatoes scores were 70%/63%/69%, and Roger Ebert sarcastically said, "One view is it has thrilling action scenes and tedious, boring dialogue. My view is that this kind of movie is thrilling, yet monotonously boring."
