‘Lilo & Stitch’ Swings To Best Tuesday In May For PG Movie At $15M+; Disney Pic Crossing $200M Today – Box Office
- Disney's Lilo & Stitch had the best Tuesday in May for a PG rated film, collecting $15.2M and crossing $200M in its sixth day of release.
We were hearing buzz that it was a huge box office day yesterday, and indeed it was with Disney’s Lilo & Stitch collecting $15.2M, which makes it the best Tuesday in May for a PG rated film. The pic’s running total stands at $197.8M and will cross $200M today, it’s sixth day in release.
Lilo & Stitch was -58% from Memorial Day Monday’s $36.5M haul.
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Among all Tuesdays in May, Lilo & Stitch ranks fourth after Avengers: Infinity War ($23.4M, May 1, 2018), The Avengers ($17.6M, May 8, 2012) and Top Gun: Maverick ($15.8M, May 3, 2022).
Among all PG movies on a Tuesday, Lilo & Stitch is further down, the top three alone being The Lion King ($30.3M), Inside Out 2 ($28.8M) and Incredibles 2 ($27M).
As we told you very early this morning, Lilo & Stitch will keep its teeth sunk into No. 1 with an estimated $60M second frame, -59%, while Sony’s The Karate: Legends ($25M-$30M) and the second weekend of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning wrestle over second; that 2 hours and 49 minute running Tom Cruise eighthquel hoping for $32M. A24’s new Philippou Brothers horror movie, Bring Her Back is looking at $5M-$7M.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning made $7.1M on Tuesday, -52% from Monday’s $15M for a running cume of $86.2M. That five day take is +10% ahead of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning at the same point in time (which had a five-day opening of $78.4M). Dead Reckoning ended its stateside run at $172.6M. 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout remains the highest grossing title at the domestic box office in the Cruise spy series with $220.1M.
“Millions of moviegoers proved once again that going to the cinema is a true American pastime,” beamed Cinema United President & CEO Michael O’Leary about the gangbuster business at cinemas right now.
“Records aside, it’s clear that movie theaters are cultural and economic hubs in cities and towns of all sizes, uniting communities across the country in the singular thrill of seeing a movie on the big screen. This weekend was just the start of what will be a great summer for movie fans around the world.”
Comscore projects that this will be the best summer post Covid with $4.2 billion.
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