US EditionBox Office Has Monster Weekend
- Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning drove record ticket sales during the 2025 Memorial Day holiday in the United States and Canada.
- This weekend's historic box office followed strong fan bases and franchise momentum, with Lilo & Stitch as a remake of the 2002 cult classic and Mission: Impossible marking Tom Cruise's eighth Ethan Hunt role.
- Lilo & Stitch earned $145.5 million and set the second-largest domestic opening of the year, while Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning launched with a franchise-best $63 million from its 2025 North American debut.
- Final Destination Bloodlines ranked third with $19.6 million in its second weekend, and the overall three-day box office reached an estimated $262 million, pushing the year-to-date total up 21% to $3.069 billion according to Comscore.
- The strong Memorial Day performances suggest continued growth in ticket sales, with about $325 million expected by Monday's close and franchises like Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible sustaining major studio momentum.
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ teams with Tom Cruise and ‘Mission Impossible’ for a monster Memorial Day weekend
“Lilo & Stitch” surpassed Cruise’s 2022 “Top Gun: Maverick” as the biggest domestic Memorial Day weekend earner ever, and global estimates put it past $300 million.
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The Mercury news‘Lilo & Stitch,’ Tom Cruise and final ‘Mission Impossible’ score box-office bonanzas
By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press “Lilo & Stitch” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stitch” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.” The movie is a faithful remake of the 2002 original’s story of a six-legged alien and a Hawaiian girl t…
Box office sees monster Memorial Day weekend
“Lilo & Stitch” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney's live action version of “Lilo & Stitch” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.” The movie is a faithful remake of the 2002 original's story of a six-legged alien and a Hawaiian girl that has created a big cult following…
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