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6 days ago
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AMC Thinks We Have Another Barbenheimer With Lilo And Stitch And M:I, And I Can't Get Over The Name
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In the modern Hollywood landscape, it is exceedingly rare to have more than one major movie release on the same weekend. Studios don't like anything that might hinder box office success, leading all studios to try and stay out of each other's way. There are exceptions, of course, as we saw a couple years ago with Barbie and Oppenheimer. Now we're there again thanks to Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. When Barbie and Oppenheimer shared a release date, it was such an unusual move that it got its own nickname, Barbenheimer. Whether because of the shared release date or in spite of it, both movies went on to great success, leading to one of the biggest box office weekends in recent memory. It's no surprise that AMC Theaters is looking to recreate that magic this weekend with two more big releases in what the theater chain has dubbed Stitchpossible. As names go, it's not a bad one, even if it now means I'll have the Kim Possible theme song stuck in my head all day with the name replaced. Now I want an animated series where Stitch is a secret agent doing all sorts of wild stunts in order to stop the villains. Whether or not we're in for another Barbenheimer remains to be seen, but the possibility certainly exists. Lilo & Stitch is exactly the sort of Disney live-action remake that tends to make a boatload of money. It's a largely faithful to the original remake of an already popular Disney movie that's old enough to be nostalgia bait for Gen X. While things are a little less clear for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, the movie still has the potential to hit its own blockbuster numbers. The previous film in the franchise, Dead Reckoning, was something of a box office disappointment, but the film was still dealing with pandemic fallout. Speaking of Fallout, the movie in the series before that one was the highest-grossing of the franchise. Add to it the fact that this is being billed as the last Mission: Impossible movie for Cruise, and audiences may turn out to say goodbye. Barbenheimer certainly proved that having competition at the box office is not a guarantee of failure. It was clearly felt that Barbie and Oppenheimer would appeal to audiences that were different enough that they wouldn't cannibalize each other's box office. That was true, but even the audience that wanted to see both largely did. If the same thing happens here, and it certainly can, we could have another big weekend at the box office. Although you can be sure whoever wins will tell everybody about it.
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6 days ago
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Wow, The Critics Really Did Not Like Lilo And Stitch As Much As The Audience Did
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This past weekend may have added up to huge box office dollars as moviegoers ran out to catch the 'Stitchpossible' double feature. However, while fans made both movies massive hits and appear to have liked both movies in equal measure, the same cannot be said for critics. Critics and audiences don't always agree on what makes for a great movie, but they are in much closer agreement on the quality of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning than they are on the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. Audiences actually liked both movies more than critics, and in the case of the Disney movie, by a great deal. Both new films received the Verified Hot rating on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating a significantly positive response from audiences. Those audiences actually preferred Lilo & Stitch to the final Mission: Impossible, with the former film getting a 93% score and the latter hitting 89%. Critics, on the other hand, have only come together to give the new Tom Cruise movie the Verified Fresh rating, with the movie receiving positive responses from 80% of critics. L&S, however, sits much further down the scale at 69%. Based on these percentages, it would seem that audiences are leaning towards the notion of Lilo & Stitch being one of the better Disney live-action remakes. While critics seem to agree, there are still many who feel that the second time around, the story lost something. While the gap between audiences and critics might appear somewhat surprising, it's actually not that far from the norm. Generally, the responses to the various Mission: Impossible movies from fans and critics are similar. Both groups tell you that M:I - Fallout is great, while M:I 2 is not. Audiences and critics are often in significant disagreement on this particular corner of the Disney franchise machine. The general viewing public tends to like Disney's live-action remakes more than critics, though they can also dislike some of them a great deal more. The previous remake from Disney, Snow White, was a bomb with critics, with a 40% RT score, and it was a box office flop. With that said, the movie has a perfectly respectable 71% RT score with the audiences who did see it. Movies like The Lion King and Aladdin saw critic scores nearly as bad but received even better audience scores. On the opposite side of the coin, you have a remake like Mulan, which is one of the better-performing films among critics, but bombed with audiences. Lilo & Stitch is hardly the first movie that wasn't adored by critics to make giant piles of money at the box office. It likely won't be the last either. You can check out the film and fellow 2025 movie schedule entry Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in theaters now.
