For Christopher Robin, outselling Cruise is an impossible mission

LOS ANGELES — “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” once again dominated the North American box office, blowing past a new, computer-generated version of Winnie-the-Pooh (and Tigger too) to generate an estimated $35 million in ticket sales.

Starring Tom Cruise, “Fallout” (Paramount) has now taken in $124.5 million in the United States and Canada and about $330 million worldwide, according to comScore, which compiles box-office data. Despite its fantastical plot, “Fallout” relies on reality — real stunts filmed in real locations — which provides a thrill that superheroes in computer-generated worlds cannot, analysts said.

“Fallout,” the sixth chapter in the “Mission: Impossible” film series, has also benefited from exceptional reviews.

“Christopher Robin” (Disney) was second. The PGrated movie, which cost $70 million to make and tens of millions more to market, sold about $25 million in tickets in North America, a respectable start if still a long way from profitability.

It received mixed-to-positive reviews and finds Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore reminding the now grown-up Christopher (Ewan McGregor) about the meaning of life.

“Christopher Robin” may have a hard time making up the slack overseas. China declined to give the film a release date. Chinese authorities, per usual, did not give a reason. (Maybe Disney has already received its share of slots? Maybe regulators thought the movie was too twee? Maybe there is still sensitivity about President Xi Jinping being compared to Pooh? All of the above?)

Truth be told, “Christopher Robin” can lose money and still be considered a success inside Disney. If nothing else, the film raised the profile of the 92-year-old Pooh, who still generates more than $1 billion in merchandise sales annually for Disney.

Third place went to “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (Lionsgate), an action comedy starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon. It took in a modest $12.4 million.