It has been more than 10 years since movie theaters have seen a Memorial Day weekend this huge for the box office, but thanks to the combined efforts of Disney's "Lilo & Stitch," Paramount's "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning" and multiple holdovers and specialty titles,

Cinemas in North America raked in more than $260mn through Sunday, setting a record for Memorial Day bank holiday, considered the start of the US summer movie season.

While the mashup isn’t quite the same cultural phenomenon that Barbenheimer was in July 2023, the potent combo of the two movies can’t be ignored in terms of conquering and dividing.