- Lilo & Stitch (review)- $145.5M
On a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend, it was Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch that led the way with a $145.5M debut over three days, and $183M across four days. That four-day number beats the previous record $160M from Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick three years ago. Reactions were generally positive. Critics have the film at 69% on Rotten Tomatoes but audiences loved it to the tune of 94%. Worldwide, it performed even better for $341M four-day total.
2. Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning (review)- $63M
Tom Cruise is one of the kings of the Memorial Day weekend blockbuster, and he scored another hit with Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning. The “final” film in the franchise scored $63M across three days and an estimated $77M over four days. Those are franchise-best numbers, beating the $61M by Fallout in 2018. Cruise is an international superstar and it showed, as the film did another $127M and that’s without the Chinese market. Critically, the film received an 80% score on RT while audiences scored it at 90%, both strong numbers that should indicate decent repeat business.
3. Final Destination Bloodlines– $19.6M/$89.7M
4. Thunderbolts*– $9.1M/$171.3M
5. Sinners– $8.7M/$256.6M
6. The Last Rodeo– $5.2M
Angel Studios’ latest drama, The Last Rodeo, opened with $5.2M over three days, $6.25M over the four day holiday. Veteran actor Neal McDonough leads the film as a fading rodeo star who enters a high-stakes bullriding competition to save his grandson.
7. Friendship– $4.5M/$7.2M
8. A Minecraft Movie– $2.2M/$420.8M
9. The Accountant 2– $1.9M/$62.8M
10. Hurry Up Tomorrow– $740K/$4.8M
