鈥淟ilo & Stich鈥 and 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥擳he Final Reckoning鈥 dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend. Theaters in the U.S. and Canada had several new films to offer this weekend as well, including Sony鈥檚 family friendly 鈥淜arate Kid: Legends鈥 and the A24 horror movie 鈥淏ring Her Back. 鈥 According to studio estimates Sunday, it added up to a robust $149 million post-holiday weekend that鈥檚 up over 120% from the same timeframe last year.
Disney鈥檚 live-action hybrid 鈥淟ilo & Stitch鈥 took first place again with $63 million from 4,410 locations in North America. It was enough to pass to become the second-highest grossing movie of the year with $280.1 million in domestic ticket sales. Globally, its running total is $610.8 million. 鈥淪inners,鈥 meanwhile, is still going strong in its seventh weekend with another $5.2 million, bumping it to $267.1 million domestically and $350.1 million globally.
The eighth 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥 movie also repeated in second place, with $27.3 million from 3,861 locations. As with 鈥淟ilo & Stitch,鈥 that's down 57% from its opening. With $122.6 million in domestic tickets sold, it鈥檚 performing in line with the two previous installments. But with a reported production budget of $400 million, profitability is a ways off. Internationally, it added $76.1 million (including $25.2 million from China where it just opened), bringing its global total to $353.8 million.
鈥淭his is the year of longterm playability,鈥 said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore鈥檚 senior media analyst. 鈥淭he currency of word of mouth and the strong hold is more important than opening weekend dollars.鈥
Leading the newcomers was Sony鈥檚 鈥淜arate Kid: Legends,鈥 with an estimated $21 million from 3,809 locations. The movie brings Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio together to train a new kid, the kung fu prodigy Li Fong ( ). Chan starred in a 2010 reboot of the 1984 original, while Macchio has found a new generation of fans in the series 鈥淐obra Kai,鈥 which just concluded a six-season run.
Reviews might have been mixed, but opening weekend audiences gave the PG-13 rated film a strong A- CinemaScore and 4.5 stars on PostTrak. It also only cost a reported $45 million to produce and has several weeks until a new family-friendly film arrives. 鈥淜arate Kid: Legends鈥 opened earlier internationally and has a worldwide total of $47 million.
Fourth place went 鈥淔inal Destination: Bloodlines,鈥 which earned $10.8 million in its third weekend. The movie is the highest-grossing in the franchise, not accounting for inflation, with $229.3 million globally.
The weekend鈥檚 other big newcomer, 鈥淏ring Her Back鈥 rounded out the top five with $7.1 million from 2,449 screens. Starring Sally Hawkins as a foster mother with some disturbing plans, the film is the sophomore feature of twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou, who made the 2023 horror breakout It earned a rare-for-horror B+ CinemaScore and is essentially the only new film in the genre until 鈥28 Years Later鈥 opens on June 20.
A new Wes Anderson movie, also debuted in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, where it made $270,000. It expands nationwide next weekend.
The summer box office forecast remains promising, though there鈥檚 a long way to go to get to (a pre-pandemic norm that only the 鈥淏arbenheimer鈥 summer has surpassed). The month of May is expected to close out with $973 million 鈥 up 75% from May 2024, according to data from Comscore.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and 春色直播 theaters, according to Comscore:
1. 鈥淟ilo & Stitch,鈥 $63 million.
2. 鈥淢ission: Impossible 鈥 The Final Reckoning,鈥 $27.3 million.
3. 鈥淜arate Kid: Legends,鈥 21 million.
4. 鈥淔inal Destination: Bloodlines,鈥 $10.8 million.
5. 鈥淏ring Her Back,鈥 $7.1 million.
6. 鈥淪inners,鈥 $5.2 million.
7. 鈥淭hunderbolts,鈥 $4.8 million.
8. 鈥淔riendship,鈥 $2.6 million.
9. 鈥淭he Last Rodeo,鈥 $2.1 million.
10. 鈥渏-hope Tour 鈥楬OPE ON THE STAGE鈥 in JAPAN: LIVE VIEWING,鈥 $939,173.
