Top 5 Grossing Tom Cruise Movies: ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Did Not Make It, ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ Capped The List According To Contract Music Recounted

Top 5 Grossing Tom Cruise Movies are recorded by Contract Music to recall the actor's box office records. His movies, mostly action thrillers have broken records since the mid-80s. Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow, has so far grossed over $363 million worldwide as of August 14, 2014 according to Box Office Mojo but did not make it to the Top Five of the actor's highest grossing movies of all times.

Here are Cruise's Top Ten highest earning movies as recounted by Contract Music:

1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) $694,713,380

The fourth instalment of the Mission Impossible series which take over $694million worldwide is the highest grosser among the series. Ghost Protocol came along, 15 years after Ethan Hunt's first adventure and the movie managed to exceed all expectations.

2. War of the Worlds (2005) $591,745,540

The combination of Cruise, Steven Spielberg and the writings of H.G. Wells proved to be box office gold when War of the Worlds invaded theatres in 2005, taking $200million in just 24 days. The film was also a critical success earning positive reviews across the board, from all, except the Razzie awards committee who nominated Cruise as the year's worst actor.

3. Mission Impossible II (2000) $546,388,105

Brian De Palma handed over directorial duties to John Woo for Mission Impossible's second instalment, but the change behind the camera didn't affect the box office, with the sequel surpassing its predecessor.

4. Mission Impossible (1996) $457,696,359

Ethan Hunt's debut mission broke records upon its release in 1996 including becoming the highest grossing movie to open on a Wednesday. Tom Cruise got a nice cut of the over $457 million the movie raked in at the worldwide box office.

5. The Last Samurai (2003) $456,758,981

Set in 1876, Cruise stars as a American officer who trains with samurai solders rebelling against the Emperor. While the movie was well received in the United States it fared even better in Japan, where it was positively received by critics and audiences, significantly pushing up its worldwide box office numbers.

Reportedly, Tom, who is still yet to win an Academy Award, received his second Oscar nomination for his portrayal of sport's agent Jerry Maguire. The film had a relatively small budget of $50 million, but it ended up taking over five times as much worldwide, eventually becoming the fourth highest grossing romantic comedy of all time.