Lilo & Stitch, Mission: Impossible Rack Up $633m in North American Ticket Sales

The live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and the adrenaline-fueled Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning racked up a combined US$494.2 million (S$633 million) in worldwide ticket sales, including US$208.5 million in the United States and Canada, setting the stage for a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend.

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Lilo & Stitch, which reimagines Disney's 2002 animated film about a mischievous blue alien who crash-lands in Hawaii and is adopted by two sisters, brought in US$304.2 million around the world through May 25, including US$145.5 million from North American sales.

The family-friendly movie set a North American box-office record for the first three days of the holiday weekend, besting Top Gun: Maverick (2022), according to Comscore. That helped propel ticket sales in the US and Canada to a record US$262 million, it reported.