Record for Lilo & Stitch at the US box office! Record also for mission: Impossible 8!
Disney’s live remake exploded all the scores this weekend across the Atlantic, putting Ethan Hunt at a good distance, even if the last adventure of the secret agent achieves the best start in the history of the saga.
Stitch Devour everything in its path! Even green tickets …
The live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch just hit hard. With $ 145 million harvested in three days in the United States, the Disney film crushes the classification of the week, far ahead Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning And even offers a historical record in the USA: the best startup for a Memorial Day holiday weekend.
In detail, with $ 47 million accumulated on Saturday day, Lilo & Stitch has already buried the historical performance of Top Gun: Maverick ($ 38 million on Saturday at Memorial Day 2022) or Pirates of the Caribbean: Until the end of the world ($ 37.7 million on Saturday at Memorial Day 2007).
And it’s not over: according to estimates, the film could reach more than $ 180 million over four daysthanks to the Monday holidays of the Memorial Day. A colossal score that places Lilo & Stitch A stone’s throw from the biggest launch of Disney for its live-action remakes, namely The Lion King (2019): $ 191.8 million (over three days) and in the same waters as Beauty and the beast (2017) who had opened to $ 174.7 million (over three days).
Lilo & Stitch is still far ahead of the other most recent Disney remakes:
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Snow White (2025): $ 43 million in 3 days
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MUFASA: The Lion King (2024): $ 35.4 million
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The little mermaid (2023): approx. $ 120 million over 4 days at Memorial Day
In other words, the film can target very, very high. And with already $ 341 million at the world box officehe seems to be well launched to get, too, billion dollarsas The Lion King Or Beauty and the beast in their time.
In the meantime, Disney is already the big hit of Paramount.
Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning struggle to compete. Certainly, the film carried by Tom Cruise accomplished The best start franchise with $ 63 million over three days And $ 77 million estimated over four daysa record for Ethan Hunt. But the film is quite far from initial projections who were tabbling on 80 to 110 million For this long weekend.
By way of comparison:
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Dead Reckoning Part One (2023): $ 54.7 million over 3 days
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Fallout (2018): $ 61.2 million over 3 days (former franchise record)
From now on, Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning is launched to try to repeat the feat of Falloutwho had reached $ 825 million worldwide – The franchise record so far. M: I 8 has already passed the 190 million worldwide.