Tom Cruise's Middle East Moment

6:00 AM PST 11/29/2011 by Scott Roxborough

Dubai Film Fest premiere of "Ghost Protocol" reveals the region's box-office explosion.

For the world premiere of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol at the Dubai International Film Festival on Dec. 7, Tom Cruise isn't planning on re-enacting the money shot from the movie's trailer by rappelling down the 2,716 feet of Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper. "He did it once for the movie, and I think that's enough for him," jokes Dubai fest chairman Abdulhamid Juma.