If Disney wasn’t already rethinking its Disney Plus streaming business before the gargantuan four-day holiday-weekend opening of Lilo & Stitch, it certainly will be now. The live-action remake — originally intended to bow on Disney Plus — crushed at the U.

Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” is proving that “Snow White” was an aberration, as it has earned an estimated $145.5 million 3-day domestic opening and will pass “Top Gun: Maverick” for the biggest Memorial Day weekend launch ever with an estimated $183 million 4-day start and a staggering $353 million worldwide.

Last year, theater owners and industry professionals wrung their hands as Memorial Day box office performance tanked. This year could not be more different.

Their live action take of 2002 toon classic Lilo & Stitch is grabbing around $14M in previews that started at 2PM, which is possibly a Disney record as far as previews go over Memorial Day weekend.

It has been more than 10 years since movie theaters have seen a Memorial Day weekend this huge for the box office, but thanks to the combined efforts of Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch,” Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and multiple holdovers and specialty titles, 2025 has set a new record for the holiday.

Maverick” as the biggest domestic Memorial Day weekend earner ever, and global estimates put it past $300 million.

The Final Reckoning' is likewise set to shatter records over what's virtually assured of being the biggest Memorial Day weekend of all time in terms of movie ticket sales.

How Disney marketed 'Lilo & Stitch' and saw that it was worthy for a reboot, the movie making $180M-plus domestic at the Memorial Day box office.