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.

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Walt Disney's live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" and Tom Cruise's newest "Mission: Impossible" adventure brought crowds to movie theaters and helped set a box office record for the U.S. Memorial Day weekend.