The two films delivered the biggest Memorial Day picnic in history at the box office, while 'Lilo' supplanted Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' as the holiday's top opener of all time, among numerous other feats.

S ometimes you hear the hyperbole from box office pundits that this is the biggest weekend in seemingly ever, and the numbers don't necessarily mean much. Factor in inflation and

Audiences chose to accept their final Mission over Memorial Day weekend. Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — the eighth and final installment in the Tom Cruise-fronted franchise — opened opposite Disney’s live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch for the combined biggest Memorial Day weekend box office haul in history.