Box Office Round-Up ~ 5/27/25

Disney won the box office once again over Memorial Day Weekend with the opening of Lilo & Stitch, the latest live-action remake of their vast animated feature library (the original Lilo & Stitch was an unlikely hit back in 2002). Garnering positive critical and audience reactions, the new Lilo & Stitch grossed an impressive $146 million over its first three days, the second biggest opening weekend of 2025 so far. It took in $182 million over the four-day holiday weekend for the biggest Memorial Day weekend opening ever.

After the disappointing performance of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One two years ago (it was the first victim of the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon), Paramount likely hoped Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning would be a rebound for the almost thirty-year-old Tom Cruise-led series.

Originally intended to be filmed back-to-back with Dead Reckoning Part One, The Final Reckoning was delayed by Covid and then by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, ultimately becoming one of the most expensive movies ever made at nearly $400 million. That is all to say that its second-place debut at $64 million is likely something of a letdown, despite being the biggest opening weekend in franchise history.

The usual suspects rounded out the rest of the top five, with Final Destination: Bloodlines taking third place with a sophomore weekend gross of $19.3 million. It will likely clear $100 million domestically before the end of the month. Thunderbolts* passed $170 million overall after four weekend, taking in another $9.6 million. Last but not least by any stretch, Sinners finished six weekends on the big screen with $8.6 million, putting it past $256 million in the U.S. for the second-highest grossing movie of the year, though Lilo & Stitch is going to catch up fast.

1. Lilo & Stitch ($146 MM)
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp (CAA)
Writers: Chris Kekaniokalani Bright (UTA), Mike Van Waes (CAA)
Cast: Maia Kealoha (CESD Talent Agency)
Sydney Agudong (Gersh)
Courtney B. Vance (UTA)

2. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ($64 MM)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Erik Jendresen (Gersh), Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise (CAA)
Hayley Atwell (CAA)
Ving Rhames (Kramer Management)

3. Final Destination: Bloodlines ($19.3 MM)
Director: Zach Lipovsky (Verve), Adam B. Stein (Verve)
Writers: Guy Busick (Verve), Lori Evans Taylor (Verve), Jon Watts (CAA)
Cast: Kaitlyn Santa Juana (Play Management)
Teo Briones (Innovative Artists)
Rya Kihlstedt (Innovative Artists)

4. Thunderbolts* ($9.6 MM)
Director: Jake Schreier (CAA)
Writers: Eric Pearson (CAA), Joanna Calo (WME)
Cast: Florence Pugh (CAA)
Sebastian Stan (CAA)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (CAA)

5.  Sinners ($8.6 MM)
Director: Ryan Coogler (WME)
Writers: Ryan Coogler (WME)
Cast: Michael B. Jordan (WME)
Jack O'Connell (UTA)
Hailee Steinfeld (CAA)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers