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“Lilo & Stitch” Soars to Unprecedented Box Office Heights
The Walt Disney Company is celebrating a monumental achievement this past weekend, thanks to everyone’s favorite mischievous blue alien, Stitch!
The live-action reimagining of Lilo & Stitch, based on the beloved 2002 animated classic, has taken the box office by storm. It debuted as the number one film globally, raking in an impressive $361.3 million worldwide so far, with $182.7 million coming from North America alone. This incredible opening didn’t just exceed industry predictions; it also made history as the largest Memorial Day weekend opening of all time domestically over a four-day period.
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On Memorial Day, Lilo & Stitch took in $37 million, making it the fourth highest-grossing domestic Monday in industry history.
“The love that people have for Lilo & Stitch continues to grow, and the goal with this new retelling was for audiences to be able to enjoy these characters on the big screen again and hopefully have just as much fun watching it as we had making it,” Alan Bergman, co-chairman, Disney Entertainment, said. “We are tremendously proud of this history-making launch, and I want to give my thanks to our teams who have done such great work as well as to the fans who have made this exceptional opening possible.”
The phenomenal opening weekend of Lilo & Stitch has propelled The Walt Disney Studios past a significant financial benchmark, making it the first studio in 2025 to surpass $2 billion at the global box office.
This live-action adaptation, skillfully directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and featuring compelling performances by Maia Kealoha as Lilo and Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani, has not only delighted audiences but also achieved remarkable commercial success. It now stands as the third highest Disney Live Action global opening of all time, a testament to its widespread appeal, placing it just behind the cinematic giants The Lion King (2019) and Beauty and the Beast (2017). This latest triumph further solidifies Disney’s dominant position in family entertainment, as the studio now impressively holds eight of the top ten PG-rated opening weekends ever.
Lilo & Stitch also notched an exceptional response from audience. The film holds a 93% “Verified Audience” score on Rotten Tomatoes and garnered an “A” CinemaScore.
The film’s historic weekend is another example of the power of Stitch — one of Disney’s most beloved characters and biggest brands.
“Stitch is an example of what Disney actually does best,” David Greenbaum, President of Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios, said last week. “An extraordinary animated film from 2002 that becomes a series that then over time creates a real fanship, which leads to us looking at the idea of creating this wonderful film that we now are bringing out to the world.”
Producer Jonathan Eirich added that the film is a “perfect kickoff to summer.”
“This movie is such an emotional roller coaster. It’s fun, it’s chaotic, and it has so much heart,” he said. “We talk a lot about the experience of laughing and crying with other people in a cinema — there’s nothing like it.”
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