Overview

• The Weeknd attended the New York premiere of 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' on May 17, 2025, where he posed with and hugged Tom Cruise.
• The Weeknd credited Cruise's viral 2015 lip sync of 'Can’t Feel My Face' on The Tonight Show with helping the song reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• At the premiere, The Weeknd promoted the film by wearing branded merchandise and reading a promotional card, clarifying he was not involved in the movie.
• Fans celebrated the interaction as a full-circle moment, recalling Cruise’s earlier praise of The Weeknd as 'enormously talented.'
• The film, released on May 17, 2025, has performed strongly at the Indian box office, earning approximately Rs 33 crore in its first two days.