Tom Cruise awarded Guinness World Record for stunt in 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning'

Published on 09/06/2025 - 13:51 GMT+2

He’s hung disconnected planes during flight, performed a existent HALO jump retired of a level astatine 25,000 feet, scaled and tally crossed nan Burj Khalifa building and recovered caller ways of cheating decease passim nan Mission: Impossible franchise. 

Now, Tom Cruise has bagged himself a Guinness World Record acknowledgment to his capacity successful this year’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.  

Cruise, aged 62 and known for conducting his ain stunts, has group nan grounds for “most burning parachute jumps by an individual” aft jumping retired of a chopper 16 times pinch a fuel-soaked chute. 

“Tom doesn’t conscionable play action heroes – he is an action hero!” said Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief successful a statement. “A ample portion of his occurrence tin beryllium chalked up to his absolute attraction connected authenticity and pushing nan boundaries of what a starring man tin do. It’s an honour to beryllium capable to admit his utter fearlessness pinch this caller Guinness World Records title.” 

The series was filmed in Drakensberg, South Africa.

Cruise and nan stunt squad ascended much than 7,500 feet before nan action prima jumped retired of a chopper pinch nan flaming parachute, cutting himself free to deploy a backup parachute. 16 times. 

The first parachute would pain for betwixt 2.5 to 3 seconds earlier wholly disintegrating, and for respective of nan takes, Cruise moreover had a 50 lb. snorri camera rig attached to his assemblage for a person changeable of nan stunt. 

Check retired immoderate of nan prep for nan stunt below.  

This is not Cruise’s first Guinness World Record.  

The starring man besides holds nan grounds for nan character pinch nan astir consecutive $100-million-grossing movies. 

In total, the Top Gun star has been credited successful complete 30 films that person surgery nan $100 cardinal people astatine nan container office. The past 11 of those person been consecutive, starting with Jack Reacher in 2012 – followed by Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, The Mummy, American Made, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. 

“Tom is nary alien to grounds breaking,” explains Glenday. “Over his impressively agelong and accordant career, he's proved himself to beryllium nan astir powerful character successful Hollywood and nan astir bankable star, and he's still nan character pinch nan astir consecutive $100 cardinal movies connected their resume and nan astir successful starring action leader astatine nan worldwide container office.”

Combined, the Mission: Impossible franchise has brought successful astir $5 cardinal since Cruise starred successful (and produced) nan first movie adjustment of nan classical tv bid successful 1996.  

The eighth installment of nan bid premiered successful Cannes and deed theatres past month. In our review, we said: “It’s pinch a dense heart, particularly considering nan awesome tally of tightly coiled and thrilling adventures nan M:I franchise has delivered, that this legacy-obsessed victory-lap feels for illustration this series’ Die Another Day. If nan long-running franchise isn’t dormant yet, what’s needed is a Casino Royale–shaped, ground-level spycraft reboot.” 

Read our full reappraisal of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and cheque retired our Special Mission: Impossible Culture Catch-Up.  

Additional sources • Guinness World Records