The live action Lilo & Stitch dominated the weekend box office with an impressive $145.5 million domestically and $158.7 million internationally. Over the long weekend, it has grossed $183 million domestically for a worldwide total of $341.7 million.

The original animated film debuted in 2002 with $35.3 million and went on to gross $145.8 million domestically, $127.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $273.1 million. The new live action film has surpassed every one of those totals. The film and characters have grown in popularity over the years and some of the massive opening is sure to be due to kids when the first film came out taking their own kids to see the movie. It’s sure to continue the trend of live-action remakes from Disney and shows the concept isn’t the issue, moviegoers are just particular with which they want to go and see in the theater.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning debuted in second place with a slightly better opening for the franchise of $63 million over the weekend and $77 million total domestically over the long weekend and $127 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $204 million.

The first film debuted in 1996 with $45.4 million and went on to gross just under $181 million and $457.7 million worldwide. Mission: Impossible II followed in 2000 with $57.8 million opening and $215.4 million domestically with $546.4 million worldwide. Mission: Impossible III debuted in 2006 with $47.7 million domestically and went on to gross $134 million domestically and $398.5 million worldwide. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opened in 2011 with $12.8 million and went on to gross $209.4 million domestically and $694.7 million worldwide. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation built on that success in 2015 opening with $55.5 million and grossing $195 million domestically and $710.9 million worldwide. Mission: Impossible – Fallout continued the upward trajectory with $61.2 million opening, $220.2 million domestically and $824.2 million worldwide. And finally, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opened in 2023 with $54.7 million and went on to gross $172.6 million domestically and $571.1 million worldwide. The movies have grossed more over their 20 years but they’ve never been the strongest openers. It’ll be interesting to see how this final film does compare to its previous releases with a slightly stronger domestic opening.

In third place was Final Destination: Bloodlines which grossed $19.7 million over the weekend to bring its domestic total to $94.6 million over the long weekend and it has also grossed $92.5 million internationally since it opened for a worldwide gross of $187.1 million.

Thunderbolts* added $9.2 million to its domestic total this weekend to bring that to $173.8 million and internationally it has grossed $181.7 million for a worldwide total of $355.5 million.

Sinners continues its impressive run coming in fifth with $8.8 million for a domestic total of a little over $259 million and internationally the movie has grossed $80 million for a worldwide total of $339 million.

In comic movie news…

Captain America: Brave New World‘s run looks like it has ended with $200.5 million domestically. Internationally, the movie has grossed $214.6 million for a worldwide total of $415.1 million.

The weekend box office saw a total of 56 films gross $264,046,718 from 27,892 theaters compared to last weekend’s $104,733,040 from 74 films and 31,790 theaters. This weekends average was $9,466.76 compared to last weekend’s $3,294.53.