US EditionAction 'Lilo & Stitch' Smashes Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Record with $183M Domestically
- Disney's live-action remake of 'Lilo & Stitch' broke the domestic Memorial Day weekend box office record in 2025 with $183 million.
- The film's strong performance followed plans to release it on Disney+, but it shifted to theaters, driven by appeal to diverse audiences during the holiday.
- 'Lilo & Stitch' earned $37 million on Memorial Day alone and outgrossed Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,' which debuted at $77.5 million.
- Producer Jonathan Eirich said they aimed to create an emotional film that honors the original while delivering humor, with new lead Maia Keahola boosting the set morale.
- This record suggests a potential profitable summer for theaters if upcoming films like Fantastic Four and Superman succeed, signaling industry recovery post-pandemic.
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Tom Cruise is reacting to his latest movie’s box office success. The 62-year-old actor posted a message to social media on Tuesday (May 27) following the Memorial Day Weekend opening box office for Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning. If you didn’t know, the combined global openings of Disney’s Lilo & Stitch ($341 million) and Mission: Impossible ($200 million) broke a new four-day Memorial Day weekend record. At the domestic box office, Mi…
"Lilo & Stitch" and "Mission Impossible" fuel massive holiday weekend at the box office
Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" jumped to the top of the holiday box office, grossing $183 million in the U.S. alone. Meanwhile, "Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning" set a franchise record for Paramount and was in second place with $77 million.
Box office: 'Lilo & Stitch' opens with record-setting $183 million
An AMC movie theater. (File photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” scored the biggest Memorial Day opening of all time, hauling in $183 million over the four-day weekend to lap Tom Cruise’s eighth and final “Mission Impossible” film, according to updated industry estimates released Monday. The children’s science fiction comedy is a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 “Lilo & Stitch,” which was fully animated. The franchise h…
'Lilo & Stitch' and 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' break box office records during Memorial Day weekend
LOS ANGELES (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - A record-breaking weekend at the box office with two huge hits, one from Disney and the other from Paramount. Stitch and his best friend, Lilo, are back as Disney's live-action remake, which was originally planned as a straight-to-streaming release, jumped to the top of the holiday box office, grossing $183 million in the U.S. alone. Meanwhile, Tom Cruise dropped in on theatergoers in Dallas this past weekend while…
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