Still new live remake from Disney “Lilo & Stitch”.
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The actions of the film companies skyrocketed Tuesday after a record weekend of the Memorial Day at the National Box-Office.
AMC saw its actions jump by more than 20%, while the actions of the parent company of Marcus Theatres Marcus Corporation climbed 8% and Calendar The stock jumped 2.5%.
The tandem versions of Disney Live action “Lilo & Stitch” and Paramount “Mission Impossible – The Last Calculation” alongside the Disney Hollowers and “Thunderbolts *” by Marvel “” Warner Bros. ‘ “Sinners” and “Final Destination Bloodlines” led to an estimated transportation of $ 326 million, the highest box-office in Memorial Day, according to Comscore data.
It is also more than a double of $ 132 million in ticket sales received last year during the same period.
“Everything gathered at the right time with two impatient tent tents, positively common, running a diversified public range,” said Shawn Robbins, director of analysis at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “This record vacation framework continues a sequence of victories at the box office which started in the spring and has now grown in good faith in good faith for what will probably be a summer of $ 4 billion in domestic cinemas thanks to a series of promising superproductions on the slate.”
The AMC, Cinemark and Marcus theaters have each published their best income from Memorial Day weekend tickets of all time, as well as sales of food and drinks for the holidays.
“Finally, it seems that our industry has filmed a corner,” said Adam Aron, CEO of AMC, in a press release. “Since the beginning of April, weekend after the weekend, moviegoers demonstrate their preference for theatrical cinema. A festival of the Memorial Day Record is another sign of the strength and the relevance of cinema in 2025.”
“Lilo & Stitch” collected $ 183 million during the four -day frame, leading the pack, while the eighth episode of the Mission Impossible franchise increased by $ 77 million. “Final Destination Bloodlines” won $ 23.9 million, “Thunderbolts *” added $ 11.8 million and “Sinners” took $ 11 million, Comscore reported.
The combination of new products and the strong postponement of previously published films has fueled the weekend, told CHAD Paris, financial director of Marcus Corp.
“This is the first time this year I would say that we have had a full amount of product for the weekend,” he said. “And we are now entering the section in the calendar where we will have a regular rate of product versions and in all genres, many different products to see.”
During the summer period, which ends the weekend of the Labor Day, the domestic box office will see the exit from Universal Live version of “How to Train Your Dragon”, a new feature of Disney and Pixar “Elio”, the “Jurassic World Rebirth, highly anticipated,” Warner Bros. “Superman” Reboot, and Disney and Marvel “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”.
Between these tents, there is a slew of low and average budgetary films.
“All the other studios and all other films on the horizon in the coming weeks will overcome a wave and benefit from the performance of the last two months,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “We are going to have a summer hell and if the commemorative weekend is an indication, we certainly consider more than $ 4 billion, more in summer at $ 4.2 billion and it is excellent news after a summer of 2024 that failed to reach this stage.”
Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of Fandango, NBCUNIVERSAL and CNBC.
