Battle at the Box Office 6/9/25
Lilo & Stitch held onto the top spot for the third weekend in a row while Ballerina had a slightly disappointing debut in second place.
Lilo & Stitch dropped 47% from last weekend and earned another $32.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $335.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has made $772.3 million. It will face direct competition from How to Train Your Dragon this coming weekend, another live-action adaptation of an animated feature, and, unless some catastrophe befalls HTTYD, it will most likely come out on top over Lilo & Stitch.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina debuted in second place with $25 million. That’s higher than the debut of the first John Wick but $5 million below where John Wick: Chapter Two opened. The John Wick franchise has consistently grown with each successive chapter, and this is the first potential stumble for the franchise, as it was expected to debut with a gross of $30-40 million. Worldwide, the movie has made $51 million. The two saving graces for the film may be that it has an A- CinemaScore and strong critical reviews, so word of mouth should be strong, and that it was relatively modestly budgeted at around $90 million, which is still the second-highest budget in the franchise. It would need about $180 million worldwide to be considered as breaking even in the theatrical window.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning dropped to third place with $14.8 million. It now has $149 million domestically and $450.2 million worldwide. It has about $23 million more domestically to surpass Dead Reckoning and about $7 million to surpass the first Mission: Impossible (unadjusted for inflation) worldwide.
Karate Kid: Legends and Final Destination: Bloodlines rounded out the top 5, with Karate Kid: Legends experiencing a fairly steep 57% drop and earning another $8.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $35.4 million. On the other hand, Bloodlines continues to perform well and has now surpassed $123 million at the domestic box office.
The Phoenician Scheme expanded wide and moved into 6th place with $6.2 million, taking it to a domestic total of $7 million. Bring Her Back dropped 50% from last weekend’s opening and earned another $3.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $14.1 million.
The best per-theater average went to The Life of Chuck, which took in $14,037 in each of the 16 theaters it played in over the weekend.
