‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ Fuel Memorial Day Record

The twin releases of Walt Disney Co.’s Lilo & Stitch and Paramount Global’s Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning lifted ticket sales at US and Canadian theaters to a record $329.8 million for the long Memorial Day weekend.

Lilo & Stitch, a live-action remake of the 2002 animated film about a Hawaiian girl and her dog-like extraterrestrial pet named Stitch — who’s equally mischievous and adorable — claimed the No. 1 spot with $182.6 million in ticket sales, Comscore Inc. said Tuesday. Mission: Impossible, which sees Tom Cruise reprising his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt, came in second with $79 million in receipts.