"Lilo & Stitch" broke box office records on Memorial Day weekend. It's a quick change of fortune for Disney after its last live-action remake, "Snow White," flopped.

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,

Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” tore into the global box office over Memorial Day weekend with a record- breaking $183 million domestically and $341 million worldwide — powered by a potent combination of nostalgia, family friendly characters and a resurgent theatrical marketplace.