Lilo & Stitchis continuing to shine during its second weekend at the box office. The new movie, which was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, is a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated feature of the same name and follows orphaned Hawaiian girl Lilo Pelekai (Maia Kealoha) bonding with escaped alien genetic experiment Stitch (Chris Sanders). TheLilo & Stitchreleasekicked off with a record-breaking $146 million opening weekend that saw it earn the highest-grossing debut ever for a Memorial Day weekend release.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,Lilo & Stitchis projected to close out its sophomore weekend by hitting a cumulative total of $280 million at the domestic box office and $610 million worldwide. This makes it only the second movie to surpass the $275 million domestic milestone in 2025, behindA Minecraft Movie($422.4 million). It squeaked past Ryan Coogler’s horror hitSinners($267 million) to do so. It has also become onlythe third film of the year to cross the $600 million milestone worldwide, behindA Minecraft Movie($944.3 million) andNe Zha 2($1.899 billion).
This total also sees it surpassing the worldwide grosses ofMaleficent: Mistress of Evil($491.7 million), 2015’sCinderella($543.5 million), and 2023’sThe Little Mermaid($569.6 million) to land atNo. 8 on the Top 10 chart of the highest-grossing live-action Disney remakes of all time.
What This Means For Lilo & Stitch
The Top 5 Is In Its Sights
This worldwide gross marks the movie as an enormous success just 10 days into its run, as the reportedbudget ofLilo & Stitchis only $100 million,placing its estimated break-even point somewhere around $250 million. However, it is showing no signs of slowing down. Given the fact that it has already grossed more than half a billion dollars, it could potentially become the second billion-dollar title of the year before long, which would see it climb even higher up the chart of the highest-grossing Disney live-action remakes. See the full Top 10 below:
$1.657 billion
Beauty and the Beast(2017)
$1.263 billion
$1.050 billion
$1.025 billion
$966.5 million
$758.5 million
$722.6 million
$610 million
$569.6 million
Cinderella(2015)
$543.5 million
Even if it only barely makes more than $1 billion, that would be enough for the movie to land among the Top 5 highest-grossingDisney live-action remakesof all time. However, it could easily exceed that milestone. While its week 2 drop was significantly more than that ofTop Gun: Maverick(which was the previous record-holder for the biggest Memorial Day weekend debut),it could still be on track to gross nearly $1.2 billionby the end of its run, which would see it outgross every previous remake exceptThe Lion KingandBeauty and the Beast.
Our Take On The Lilo & Stitch Box Office
Disney Live-Action Remakes Are Recovering
Although 2025 kicked off with one of Disney’s lowest-grossing live-action remakes,Snow White(which grossed just $205.4 million against a reported $270 million budget and made it seem like the format was experiencing diminishing returns after the financial disappointment ofThe Little Mermaid),Lilo & Stitchproves that there is still money to be made with the right Disney properties.The format’s success will most likely continue, as the next remake that is lined-up is 2026’slive-actionMoana, which is similar toStitchin that it remakes a more contemporary animated title.
