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

The two films fueled the biggest Memorial Day weekend in history, while 'Lilo' supplanted Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' as the holiday's top opener of all time (he's also the mainstay star of the 'M:I' series).

'Lilo & Stitch' is the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.” WASHINGTON — “Lilo & Stitch” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend.