\n\tFirst there was \u201cBarbenheimer,\u201d now there\u2019s\u2026\u201dMission: Stitchpossible\u201d? Disney\u2019s live-action \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d and Paramount and Skydance\u2019s last \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d movie \u201cThe Final Reckoning\u201d are combining for a huge Memorial Day Weekend at the box office.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d has made $14.5 million at the box office in previews, while \u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning\u201d earned $8.3 million. \u201cThe Final Reckoning\u2019s\u201d preview haul is the franchise\u2019s best ever, beating the $7 million that \u201cDead Reckoning\u201d made in 2023. \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d now holds the record for the year\u2019s highest preview haul.<\/p>\n
\n\tDisney\u2019s latest live-action remake, produced by Rideback, is expected to rule the box office with a massive $150 million to $160 million\u00a0over the four-day holiday weekend, though some projections are even higher. Tom Cruise\u2019s eighth and seemingly last \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d entry is on track to make $75 million to $85 million for a strong second place. Combined with stellar holdover performances from Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cFinal Destination Bloodlines\u201d and \u201cSinners,\u201d the Memorial Day box office could hit a record high. The mark to beat is 2013\u2019s holiday weekend, which made a grand total of $306 million, thanks to \u201cFast & Furious 6,\u201d \u201cThe Hangover Part III\u201d and \u201cStar Trek Into Darkness.\u201d It will be a huge rebound from last year\u2019s Memorial Day, which suffered its lowest frame in 30 years, including \u201cFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga\u201d opening at No. 1 with $32 million and \u201cGarfield\u201d close behind with $31.1 million.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d is projected to make another $125 million at the international box office, bringing its worldwide opening to an impressive $275 million to $285 million. It cost $100 million to produce, plus around $100 million more to promote, so the new take on Disney\u2019s adorable extraterrestrial should go down as one of the highest opening for a live-action remake. \u201cThe Lion King\u201d made $191 million in 2019, and 2017\u2019s \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d opened to $174 million.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning\u201d carries a breath-taking price tag of $400 million, one of the most expensive movies of all time, due to filming during the pandemic, two Hollywood strikes and inflation increases. It\u2019s on track to add $125 million to $130 million internationally for a worldwide opening above $200 million, but it\u2019ll need to stick around in theaters and keep blowing fans away with its stunts to justify its price tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First there was \u201cBarbenheimer,\u201d now there\u2019s\u2026\u201dMission: Stitchpossible\u201d? Disney\u2019s live-action \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d and Paramount and Skydance\u2019s last \u201cMission:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,55667,25206,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-125689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-lilo-and-stitch","10":"tag-mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114558059661984788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}