Overview

• The four-day Memorial Day weekend generated a record-breaking estimated $326 million in U.S. ticket sales, surpassing the previous holiday high.
• Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch debuted to $183 million domestically and $361.3 million globally, making it the second-largest opening for a Disney live-action remake.
• Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning opened with $77 million in North America, marking the best domestic launch in the franchise’s history against a $400 million production budget.
• The remake outgrossed the 2002 animated original’s entire theatrical run in just four days.
• The success of PG-rated films like Lilo & Stitch and A Minecraft Movie suggests a renewed audience appetite for family-friendly movies and supports projections of a summer box office exceeding $4 billion.