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Will ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Fuel a Memorial Day Box Office Record?

"Lilo & Stitch" and "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" hope to fuel the largest Memorial Day weekend box office on record.

Thanks to effective counterprogramming, this weekend — assisted by holdovers like “Final Destination Bloodlines” and “Sinners” — could fuel the largest Memorial Day on record at the domestic box office. The benchmark to beat is 2013 with $306 million across the all films, led by “Fast & Furious 6,” “The Hangover Part III” and “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Whether these blockbusters set a new high-water mark, this Memorial Day will be far better than the same weekend in 2024 when “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “Garfield” fielded the holiday’s worst showing in three decades. The film cost a staggering $400 million, a figure that skyrocketed as Cruise and director Cristopher McQuarrie worked against the pandemic, two strikes and and pesky inflation increases, making this one of the most expensive movies of all time.

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