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Disney’s live-action redo of Lilo & Stitch and Tom Cruise‘s final Mission: Impossible movie from Paramount and Skydance fueled the biggest start-of-summer holiday weekend of all time, based on Monday estimates. Lilo & Stitch blew away all expectations with a record-smashing, four-day domestic debut of $183 million, and a jaw-dropping $341.7 million globally.
The female-fueled Lilo was always expected to beat the latest M:I title, but no one imagined it would hit these heights and, in an ironic twist, see Lilo & Stitch supplant Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick ($160 million) to rank as the biggest Memorial Day opener of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
Mission: Impossible, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, began its run with a Friday gross of $24.8 million from 3,857 theaters, including Thursday previews. The film set its own preview record in earning a franchise-best $8.3 million, ahead of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ($7 million) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout($6 million).
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Monday, May 26, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney | $183,000,000 | 4,410 | $41,497 | $183,000,000 | |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Paramount | $77,500,000 | 3,857 | $20,093 | $77,500,000 | |
| 3 | Final Destination Bloodlines | Warner Bros. | $23,975,000 | 3,523 | $6,805 | $94,107,000 | -54% |
| 4 | Thunderbolts* | Disney | $11,800,000 | 3,180 | $3,711 | $174,007,728 | -29% |
| 5 | Sinners | Warner Bros. | $11,015,000 | 2,632 | $4,185 | $258,816,000 | -28% |
| 6 | Last Rodeo, The | Angel Studios | $6,266,716 | 2,205 | $2,842 | $6,266,716 | |
| 7 | Friendship | A24 | $5,736,382 | 1,055 | $5,437 | $8,391,255 | 310% |
| 8 | Minecraft Movie, A | Warner Bros. | $2,790,000 | 2,087 | $1,337 | $421,423,000 | -53% |
| 9 | Accountant 2, The | Amazon MGM Studios | $2,548,000 | 2,002 | $1,273 | $63,450,000 | -47% |
| 10 | Hurry Up Tomorrow | Lionsgate | $860,000 | 1,508 | $570 | $4,934,000 | -74% |
| 11 | Jane Austen Wrecked My Life | Sony Pictures Classics | $325,000 | 61 | $5,328 | $325,000 | |
| 12 | Disney’s Snow White | Disney | $312,000 | 50 | $6,240 | $87,225,762 | 193% |
