"Lilo & Stitch" Breaks Box Office Records Over Memorial Day Weekend
The film becomes the highest grossing opening weekend for a Memorial Day release.
The summer box office is on the way to a $4.2 billion box office after the record-breaking opening weekend of Lilo & Stitch.
What’s Happening:
- As Memorial Day weekend comes to an end, it looks like Lilo & Stitch is obliterating the prior 4-day weekend record, coming in at $183 million over the holiday.
- This marks the highest grossing opening weekend for any film during Memorial Day weekend, unseating the previous record holder, Top Gun: Maverick.
- It also broke other records, including the highest grossing Memorial Day Saturday with $47 million.
- Unsurprisingly, the highest grossing location for the film so far is AMC Disney Springs, where it has packed in guests and locals alike.
- Deadline reports that the film was set up for success through its robust marketing campaign and $2.5 billion in Stitch retail sales last year. These box office numbers further prove Stitch’s draw as a character.
- With an ‘A’ CinemaScore, it looks possible that this film will have decent legs at the box office.
- Globally, Lilo & Stitch is outpacing projections, looking at a $341.7 million opening for the four-day frame.
- This tally means Walt Disney Studios has become the first studio to cross $2 billion at the global box office in 2025.
- The immediate success of Lilo & Stitch begs the question: what will happen to Disney’s commitment to live-action remakes? Snow White was deemed a box office failure, leading to reports that the studio was putting a pause on future remakes in their slate. Yet, this shows that it’s not a blanket ordeal and these remakes still can find success around the world. In fact, rumors have begun to swirl within the Hollywood trades that Lilo & Stitch is even looking at sequel opportunities. Could the paused Tangled make an (almost immediate) return?
- Lilo & Stitch is now playing in theaters.
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