On the heels of a very strong opening weekend for Lilo & Stitch, Disney has passed the $2 billion mark at the box office. This makes it the first studio to do so in 2025.
Lilo & Stitch earned a strong $361.3 million worldwide to date, which includes a $182.7 million in North America. This includes $37 million on Memorial Day, 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 film was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and stars Maia Kealoha as Lilo and Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani. It was the third highest Disney Live Action global opening of all time behind blockbusters The Lion King in 2019 and Beauty and the Beast in 2017. Overall, Disney now owns eight of the top ten PG openings ever.
“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.”
The audience reaction for Lilo & Stitch has been overwhelmingly positive with families and fans from the original animated film and series. It will most likely continue to show strength at the box office and be a strong contender to join the billion dollar club.
