Tom Cruise movie continues to lead North America rankings

LOS ANGELES - Paramount's action film Mission: Impossible - Fallout continued to lead North American box office with an estimated $35 million in takings for the second weekend in a row.

The film, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, is the sixth installment in the franchise. The movie, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, also stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Michelle Monaghan and Alec Baldwin, all of whom reprise their roles from previous films.

McQuarrie is the first director to helm two films in the franchise. The film brought in $124.5 million in North American theaters by Sunday, according to studio figures collected by comScore.