Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible Just Crushed Memorial Day Weekend Records!

Published on: May 26, 2025

Hold on to your popcorn — Memorial Day weekend 2025 just made box office history! With over $325 million in domestic ticket sales, this year’s lineup has outdone itself, and it’s all thanks to two blockbuster heavyweights: Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Lilo & Stitch Brings the Aloha to Box Office Glory

Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch made a massive splash, raking in $183 million in just four days! That’s right — it beat the previous Memorial Day weekend record set by Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5 million in 2022). Worldwide? The film’s already soared to $341.7 million. Not bad for a little blue alien and his ohana!

Who’s in it?

Maia Kealoha stars as Lilo 🌺
Chris Sanders is back voicing Stitch
Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, and Courtney B. Vance round out a fun cast

Even with mixed reviews from critics, fans are loving it — the film scored an “A” on CinemaScore and 90% positive audience feedback on PostTrak. Disney magic strikes again!

Mission: Impossible Blows Up the Franchise Record

Tom Cruise isn’t slowing down. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning exploded into cinemas with $77 million in domestic earnings, making it the biggest opening ever for the series.

Globally, it’s already brought in $204 million
The film had a hefty budget (nearly $400 million!) but it’s already racing toward a strong box office run

After delays due to the pandemic and strikes, it seems the wait was worth it. Fans are back, and they’re loving the adrenaline.

Big Wins for Movie Theatres

Let’s take a step back. Between Lilo & Stitch, Mission: Impossible, and other releases like Final Destination: Bloodlines and Thunderbolts, this Memorial Day weekend was absolutely huge for cinemas.

It’s the biggest Memorial Day weekend on record. Period.
After years of pandemic-related slumps and competition from streaming, this is the comeback the big screen needed.