Lilo & Stitch Rules Again with $63 Million, Karate Kid: Legends Opens to $21 Million
by Rebecca Rubin
July 1, 2025


Disney’s Lilo & Stitch reboot topped the box office for the second consecutive weekend with a mighty $63 million from 4,410 venues.

Ticket sales dropped 57% from its $146 million opening weekend, which is encouraging momentum for a tentpole of its size. The live-action remake has generated $280 million domestically and $610 million globally after two weekends on the big screen.




In second place, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning added $27.3 million from 3,861 theaters — and also declined 57% from its Memorial Day weekend debut. The eighth entry in Cruise’s 29-year-old action franchise has amassed $122.6 million in North America and $353.8 million worldwide to date.

That’s a promising result, except the film is one of the most expensive of all time (costing $400 million), so The Final Reckoning will need to keep climbing — like Ethan Hunt on the biplane wings in one of the film’s many thrilling, death-defying stunts — to get out of the red.




Karate Kid: Legends slashed its way to $21 million at the domestic box office landing in third place, a decent start, although one that’s slightly behind expectations.

Heading into the weekend, Sony’s PG-13 action sequel was aiming for $25 million from 3,809 North American venues. Though Legends has garnered positive reactions from audiences (the film earned an “A-” grade on CinemaScore exit polls compared to the 59% Rotten Tomatoes average from critics), attendance didn’t break out beyond The Karate Kid fans.

The movie carries a relatively modest $45 million production budget.




A24’s supernatural horror film Bring Her Back launched in fifth place with $7 million from 2,449 screens. The specialty studio reportedly financed the film for $15 million before selling foreign rights to Sony.

Critics and audiences have embraced the terrifying movie, a thrill ride about siblings who uncover a terrifying ritual at their foster mother’s home.




Wes Anderson’s latest feature, The Phoenician Scheme, opened in limited release with $570,000 from six screens — averaging $95,000 per location.

This ranks as the top screen average of 2025, overtaking A24’s Friendship with $444,759 from six screens — averaging $74,000 per location.

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/lilo-stitch-box-office-champion-karate-kid-legends-opening-1236415221/





May 30 - June 1, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Lilo & Stitch $61,808,626 / $278,930,108
2. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning $27,218,020 / $122,536,128
3. Karate Kid: Legends $20,302,016
4. Final Destination: Bloodlines $10,900,678 / $111,814,740
5. Bring Her Back $7,081,501
6. Sinners $5,270,988 / $267,133,256
7. Thunderbolts* $4,790,816 / $181,849,601
8. Friendship $2,567,097 / $12,366,816
9. The Last Rodeo $2,160,121 / $10,767,306
10. j-hope Tour 'Hope on the Stage' in Japan: Live Viewing $939,173

Lilo & Stitch Beats Ballerina at Box Office as John Wick Spinoff Debuts to $25 Million
by Rebecca Rubin
June 8, 2025


Ballerina couldn’t twirl its way to the top of the box office charts. The John Wick spinoff, starring Ana de Armas as a dancer-turned-assassin, launched slightly behind expectations with $25 million from 3,409 North American theaters.

Despite positive audience scores (the film earned an “A-” grade on CinemaScore exit polls) and decent reviews (75% on Rotten Tomatoes), Ballerina didn’t inspire much of the John Wick fanbase to get off the couch and visit their local multiplex.




The R-rated film opened in second place behind Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, which claimed the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive weekend with $32.5 million from 4,185 venues.

The live-action reboot has generated $335.8 million domestically and $772 million globally and should soon become the year’s first billion-dollar release.




Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning dropped to No. 3 with $15 million from 3,496 theaters in its third weekend of release.

The eighth entry in Tom Cruise’s 29-year-old action franchise has amassed $149 million in North America and $450 million worldwide to date.




In fourth place, Karate Kid: Legends added $8.7 million in its second weekend of release, a steep 58% tumble from its $21 million debut. The action sequel, which marks the franchise’s first new theatrical installment in 15 years, has grossed $35 million domestically and $74 million globally to date.

It’s a so-so result for the $45 million budgeted film, which isn’t living up to prior Karate Kid installments in terms of box office coinage.




Final Destination: Bloodlines rounded out the top five with $6.4 million from 2,867 locations in its fourth outing. The sixth installment in Warner Bros. and New Line’s long-running horror property, in which people die in increasingly insane incidents, is a huge hit.

It’s officially the highest-grossing of the series with $123 million in North America and $257 million worldwide.




At the No. 6 spot, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme collected a solid $6.2 million while expanding to 1,678 venues.

After one weekend in limited release, the film has grossed $6.5 million.

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/john-wick-ballerina-box-office-opening-weekend-lilo-stitch-rules-1236422459/





June 6-8, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Lilo & Stitch $32,362,543 / $335,658,888
2. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina $24,501,663
3. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning $14,824,742 / $149,041,695
4. Karate Kid: Legends $8,565,174 / $35,305,990
5. Final Destination: Bloodlines $6,449,881 / $123,514,504
6. The Phoenician Scheme $6,271,652 / $7,003,730
7. Bring Her Back $3,526,294 / $14,112,795
8. Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye $3,188,577
9. Sinners $2,824,813 / $272,545,361
10. Thunderbolts* $2,420,645 / $186,413,438

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