Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch<\/em> and Paramount\/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Last Billing<\/em> have kicked off the summer blockbuster season with a bang, securing the top two spots with an estimated $183 million and $77 million, respectively.<\/p>\n The dynamic duo earned $145 million and $63 million over three days, with the total three-day Friday to Sunday weekend generating $262 million and pushing the North American box office to over $3 billion for the year. This is a significant increase from the previous record of $314 million set in 2013.<\/p>\n Lilo & Stitch<\/em> has achieved several box office milestones, including the second-largest North American debut of the year, the second-largest four-day holiday weekend debut, and the third-largest debut of a Disney live-action release. The film has already exceeded the lifetime gross of the original animated Lilo & Stitch<\/em> and has earned $341.7 million globally.<\/p>\n The summer season is expected to bring in $4.2 billion, an improvement from the $3.7 billion earned in 2024. This would be only the second time since the pandemic that the box office would cross $4 billion. Disney is the first studio to exceed $2 billion at the global box office in 2025, with a current total of $2.1 billion.<\/p>\n Tom Cruise’s latest film, Mission: Impossible – The Last Billing<\/em>, has set a new record for the 29-year-old franchise, with a promising start to its run. The film has earned $63 million over three days and is expected to overtake the global gross of the previous installment. However, with a reported budget of $400 million, the film will need to perform well to reach the profit threshold.<\/p>\n New Line\/Warner Bros’ Final Goal: Blood Lines<\/em> took third place in its second weekend, earning $89.8 million. Disney\/Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts<\/em> and Warner Bros’ Sinner<\/em> rounded out the top 5, with $171.4 million and $256.6 million, respectively. Warner Bros’ A Minecraft Film<\/em> took eighth place, collecting $420 million after eight weekends.<\/p>\n The latest release from Angel Studios, The Last Rodeo<\/em>, earned $5.3 million at 2,205 locations. Sony Pictures Classics opened Laura Piani’s French romantic comedy-drama Jane Austen Destroyed My Life<\/em> at $290,970 in 61 locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Record-Breaking Weekend at the Box Office Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount\/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Last Billing have kicked off the summer blockbuster season with a bang, securing the top two spots with an estimated $183 million and $77 million, respectively. A Strong Start to the Summer Season The dynamic duo earned $145<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11567,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions\/11567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Strong Start to the Summer Season<\/h2>\n
Box Office Milestones<\/h2>\n
A Promising Summer Season<\/h2>\n
Mission: Impossible – The Last Billing<\/h2>\n
Other Box Office Performers<\/h2>\n
Indie Performers<\/h2>\n