Blockbuster Films Rake in Major Box Office Revenues over Memorial Day Weekend: Mission: Impossible, Lilo & Stitch Lead the Pack
Cinema Serenade Over Memorial Day Weekend: Mission Impossible and Lilo & Stitch
The multiplexes are blooming this Memorial Day weekend with a double dose of Hollywood titans—the action-thriller juggernaut, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and the heartwarming Disney remake, Lilo & Stitch. According to Variety, this holiday weekend has etched itself into the annals of box office history, raking in a staggering $341.7 million worldwide.
Lilo & Stitch has shattered expectations, amassing a whopping $145.5 million domestically. It has conveniently ousted Top Gun: Maverick, which claimed $160 million in 2022 through the entire four-day Memorial Day weekend. Domestically, it now holds the title of the second-best holiday debut, trailing only behind Black Panther's Presidents Day 2018 haul of $242 million. Lilo & Stitch is more than likely to amass $183 million by the weekend's end.
Meanwhile, Final Reckoning opened to $190 million worldwide, with a robust international audience accounting for $127 million of the total. By the weekend's end, its domestic earnings might swell to $77 million, setting a new benchmark for the Mission: Impossible franchise. Both films have garnered robust critical and audience approval, bolstered by burgeoning hype before their release. Nostalgia fuels both pictures: Lilo & Stitch harks back to Disney's 23-year-old classic, while Reckoning might well mark the last film in the series or the last installment featuring Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt.
The theaters are buzzing this Memorial Day, with audiences flocking to watch holdovers like Final Destination Bloodlines, Sinners, and Thunderbolts. It's been over a decade since audiences went to the cinemas this much during Memorial Day, marking a vast improvement over 2024's relatively weak showings of Furiosa and Garfield. The summer season promises more blockbusters, including Ballerina, How to Train Your Dragon, and 28 Years Later in June, followed by Superman and Fantastic Four in July.
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Footnotes:1. Box Office Mojo, "Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2025)", Accessed June 10, 20252. Box Office Pro, Top Memorial Day Weekend Performances3. Forbes, "Lilo & Stitch Handles Memorial Day Launch With $86 Million Weekend"4. Variety, "Lilo & Stitch Sets Memorial Day Weekend Record With $183 Million Domestic Debut"
- The success of Lilo & Stitch, amassing $183 million domestically, has been extensively covered by entertainment websites like io9 and Gizmodo, with the movies-and-tv section of Gizmodo highlighting its record-breaking Memorial Day Weekend debut.
- With Lilo & Stitch dominating the box office, it has surpassed the Memorial Day Weekend earnings of Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, a fact acknowledged by industry analyses such as Variety.
- As the summer season approaches, moviegoers can look forward to upcoming releases like Ballerina, How to Train Your Dragon, and 28 Years Later, information which can be found on Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek project release date lists, often featured on popular entertainment sites such as io9 or movies-and-tv sections of Gizmodo.
