Box Office: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Ignites to $341 Million Globally, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Climbs to $200 Million

The film ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has been creating chaos at the box office. This new live-action version by Disney has raked in an impressive $341 million worldwide, with a significant portion, $157.8 million, coming from international sales.

Over the weekend, “Lilo” managed to secure the second-biggest opening of the year, falling just behind “A Minecraft Movie” from Warner Bros., which raked in an impressive $313 million. As for Disney’s live-action reboots, “Lilo” ranks third, following closely behind the massive successes of “The Lion King” (2019) and “Beauty and the Beast” (2017). These two films, you know, went on to earn over a billion dollars each at the box office. So, I’d say “Lilo” had quite an impressive start!

The heartwarming tale of “Lilo & Stitch” has timeless appeal that could potentially match its box office success. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the reboot centers around a mischievous alien who lands in Hawaii and is taken in by a young girl and her elder sister. In its debut, it made impressive earnings in Mexico ($23.7 million), the United Kingdom ($12.9 million), and Brazil ($11.1 million).

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With universal appeal, “Lilo & Stitch” (reboot) could mirror its box office success. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, it tells the story of a chaotic alien who lands in Hawaii and is adopted by two sisters. Top-earning territories include Mexico ($23.7 million), the United Kingdom ($12.9 million), and Brazil ($11.1 million).

Over the weekend, the latest addition to the lineup, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” from Paramount and Skydance, made a powerful debut with global earnings of $190 million. Out of this total, an impressive $127 million came from 64 international territories where it was released a week earlier. The initial figures include earnings from these early screenings. In the biggest markets, Korea brought in $12.7 million, followed by Japan with $11 million, the U.K. with $10.7 million, and India with $9 million. The movie will open in China on May 30.

As a die-hard cinema enthusiast, I can’t help but be thrilled about the staggering success of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” in North America! Over the weekend, it raked in an impressive $63 million, and with Memorial Day holiday earnings added, that number swelled to a staggering $77 million. These figures put the film’s four-day weekend earnings on track to surpass $200 million worldwide.

This blockbuster action epic is no small feat, given its hefty production budget of $400 million—one of the priciest films ever made. To make back that investment, it needs to become a box office behemoth. Directed by franchise veteran Christopher McQuarrie, the movie finds Ethan Hunt, the indomitable MI6 agent, in a high-stakes race against time to locate a rogue artificial intelligence known as the Entity. The stakes have never been higher for our hero!

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2025-05-25 19:47