Did you go to the movies for this long weekend? If you did, you were not alone. The 2025 Memorial Day weekend at the movies was the biggest in history.

The blockbuster debuts of Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch surfed to the top spot with an explosive debut, reportedly raking in an estimated $183 million domestically over the four-day holiday.

This impressive opening not only set a new record for a Memorial Day weekend launch but also signaled a massive global success.

Hot on its heels, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning parachuted into second place with a strong opening of approximately $77.5 million for the four-day weekend. This debut marked a new franchise best for the long-running action series starring Tom Cruise.

Continued success from films like Final Destination: Bloodlines, Thunderbolts*, and Sinners (which is still crushing), propelled the overall domestic box office to an estimated $325+ million for the holiday weekend.

It really felt like movies were back in a big way.

But what were the films that made the most over Memorial Day all time?

Let's dive in.


The 25 Biggest Memorial Day Movie Weekends

Here’s the list of the 25 highest-grossing Memorial Day box office openings unadjusted for inflation, with totals from Box Office Mojo.

    1. Lilo & Stitch (2025) – $183,000,000
    2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – $160,514,980
    3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) – $139,802,190
    4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) – $126,917,373
    5. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) – $122,861,157
    6. The Little Mermaid (2023) – $118,818,903
    7. Fast & Furious 6 (2013) – $117,036,995
    8. Aladdin (2019) – $116,805,962
    9. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) – $110,576,604
    10. The Hangover Part II (2011) – $103,426,875
    11. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) – $103,016,812
    12. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) – $90,161,880
    13. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – $85,807,341
    14. Bruce Almighty (2003) – $85,734,045
    15. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – $79,810,133
    16. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) – $78,476,767
    17. Pearl Harbor (2001) – $75,177,654
    18. Mission: Impossible II (2000) – $70,816,215
    19. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) – $70,052,004
    20. Men in Black 3 (2012) – $69,254,717
    21. Madagascar (2005) – $61,012,130
    22. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) – $60,871,175
    23. The Longest Yard (2005) – $58,613,245
    24. A Quiet Place Part II (2021) – $57,088,948
    25. Mission: Impossible (1996) – $56,811,602
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