Last year, theater owners and industry professionals wrung their hands as Memorial Day box office performance tanked. This year could not be more different.

The clock was ticking on Thursday, May 22, as Tom Cruise stopped in Deep Ellum for a sampler plate of beef ribs, brisket, sausage and turkey at Pecan Lodge before sliding into a shiny black vehicle and heading to an early evening screening of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning at the Webb Chapel Cinemark,

Tom Cruise made a stop at AMC’s Rivercenter location Thursday as part of his Texas tour promoting his latest movie “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” The spy saga’s eighth film opened in theaters nationwide Friday,

Tom Cruise is making it his mission to visit North Texas moviegoers this week. The 62-year-old actor will stop by Dallas on Thursday, May 22, as part of his global press tour for “Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.” Cruise has traveled the globe this month promoting the film, which hits theaters this weekend.

Impossible' actor frantically throwing popcorn into his mouth while at a screening in London earlier this month

Tom Cruise visited Texas to promote the latest and possibly final "Mission: Impossible" film, but left one major city off of his itinerary.