Lilo & Stitch remake on its way to having biggest Memorial Day weekend opening ever

It’s saying “Aloha” to A-lot of money.The “Lilo & Stitch” live-action remake is on its way to becoming the biggest Memorial Day weekend opening for a movie ever.The Disney film raked in $55 million on its opener, Friday, alone, according to The Numbers.It’s also the second-highest grossing opening weekend in 2025, after “A Minecraft Movie,” according to Variety.The Post, however, was not impressed, and thought Disney “turned the story into a soulless downer, made its color palette practically sepia and tacked on an extra half hour of dead air.”In second place was “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” the eighth and final installment of the Tom Cruise-led series, with sales of $24.8 million.

The action spy flick, which also opened on Friday “is overblown, inanely plotted, clotted with expository dialogue and boundlessly self-congratulatory … but … it’s also fun to watch,” NPR said in its review.Contrary to its title, it does not mark the 62-year-old action king’s final film — by any means.“I actually said I’m going to make movies into my 80s.Actually, I’m going to make them into my 100s,” Cruise said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s New York premiere.

The movie, which cost $400 million to make, is also one of the most expensive ever made since it was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, two Hollywood strikes and increases in inflation.The supernatural horror thriller “Final Destination Bloodlines,” which was landed in the No.1 spot last Friday, upon its release, fell two notches to third with a $5.5 million take.Tying for fourth with $2.4 million each was “Sinners,” on its sixth Friday in theaters, and “Thunderbolts*” on its fourth.The bull-riding drama “The Last Rodeo,” which was released on Friday, took the fifth spot with sales of close to $2.1 million.

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