Weekend projections: Lilo & Stitch opens with sensational $148 million/$183 million over blockbuster Memorial Day weekend

May 25, 2025

Lilo & Stitch

The stars have aligned perfectly for the movie business this weekend, with two films perfect fits for the two big Memorial Day demographic more than hitting their mark. Lilo & Stitch will make around $145 million over three days, and Disney is projecting $183 million over four days, giving it the best 4-day Memorial Day opening of all time. Mission: Impossible—Final Reckoning is doing great business in second place, with $63 million over three days and $77 million over four, setting a franchise record in the process.

Here are the official studio projections for the three-day weekend (click the image for a full chart of all films reporting so far):



Audience approval for Lilo & Stitch is sky-high, with CinemaScore reporting an “A” rating, and an “A+” from younger fans. The audience is 36% male, 64% female, and breaks down as 56% “general audience”, 29% parents and 15% kids, per Disney. That general audience score is notable, and one of the reasons the film is doing these numbers. 30% of the audience is 25–34, a demographic that will include some parents with kids, but many who are not. The audience is culturally diverse too: 39% Hispanic, 34% Caucasian, 12% African-American, 8% Native American/Other, and 7% Asian.

Lilo & Stitch is performing a little less consistently internationally, where it will earn $158.7 million this weekend. It is doing blockbuster business in Mexico, with $23.7 million, and tops $10 million in three other countries: the United Kingdom ($12.9m), Brazil ($11.1m), and France ($10.7m).

Mission: Impossible is doing great international business, on top of its fantastic domestic debut, with the $127 million it will earn internationally this weekend just over double its domestic haul. Top markets are Korea, with $12.7 million, Japan with $11 million, and the United Kingdom, with $10.7 million.

Stateside, the demographic profile of Mission: Impossible is a mirror image of Lilo & Stitch, with the audience 62% male and 38% female. 54% are 35 or older, and the cultural/ethnic demographics skew Caucasian, with 58% of the audience compared to 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% Native American/Other.

All told, we are still just about on track for a $350-million four-day weekend, although that will be dependent on how the two big movies perform on Monday. $345 million is a shade more likely at this point, but that’s a rounding error away, really. This is a simply great weekend for mainstream movie theaters.

- Studio weekend projections
- All-time top-grossing movies in North America
- All-time top-grossing movies worldwide

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Bruce Nash,