The latest live-action remake from Disney,Lilo & Stitch, is on pace to overtake Warner Bros' biggest 2025 box office hit en route to being one of the year’s biggest financial successes. With a budget of just $100 million,the sci-fi comedy featuring the famous adorable blue alienis the latest in a long line of profit machines for Disney.
But the latest box office numbers prove that it may even out-earnA Minecraft Movie, Warner Bros.' viral video game movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa. PerThe Numbers, as of July 2nd, 2025,Lilo & Stitchhas earned a combined total of over $949 million at the global box office, having just passed the $400 million mark at the domestic box office.
Despite the addition ofJurassic World Rebirthto the list of competitors and the standard projected week-over-week drop,Lilo & Stitchhas a great chance of surpassingA Minecraft Movie’s $954 million box office haulover the course of the 4th of July holiday weekend.
What The Latest Box Office Numbers Mean For Lilo & Stitch’s Final Total
Cracking A Billion Seems Unlikely, But The Return Is Still Incredible
The current pace would putLilo & Stitchjust short of a billion dollars at the global box office during its theatrical run, which would place it sixth on the all-time list of Disney’s live-action reimaginings. While it’s possible that it could catch 2016’sThe Jungle Bookat $967.7 million, that seems unlikely given how deep in its run the remake is.
2019
$260 million
$1.665 billion
Beauty and the Beast
2017
$255 million
$1.266 billion
$183 million
$1.054 billion
2010
$200 million
$1.025 billion
2016
$177 million
$967.7 million
2025
$100 million
$949.7 million*
Lilo & Stitch’s ability to earn a box office return on par with remakes of five of Disney’s most beloved animated classics is an impressive commentary on the strength of the story and its central character. Stitch recently inspired a renaissance of merchandise and fame, and that was before the live action movie hit theaters.
That certainly helped its box office total, along with the fact that, unlike other recent remakes, it stuck relatively close to the original animated movie’s narrative, with many scenes shot basically one-for-one. Late millennial parents excited to relive one of their childhood favorites undoubtedly played a role in the movie’s success in that regard.
Our Take On Lilo & Stitch’s Box Office Return
Live-Action Remakes Aren’t Going Away
If there’s one thing thatLilo & Stitch’s incredible box office return proved, it’s that there is still plenty of appetite for live-action remakes.The biggest factor separating the 2025 remake from other recent box office failures is how closely it stuck to the original, as opposed to trying to reinvent the beloved animated story.
In fact, the biggest point of controversy for fans was the fact that the remake didn’t stick with the ending of the original. Some fans viewed the new ending, which saw Lilo’s older sister leave her for college, as a betrayal of the movie’s original message. Clearly what fans want is faithful adaptations.
Disney’s Live-Action Lilo & Stitch 2 Already Has A Remake Problem To Sort Out
That point was proven even further by Dreamworks' recentHow to Train Your Dragonlive-action remake. As a near shot-for-shot remake,How to Train Your Dragon earned more than $450 millionon a budget of $150 million, and a sequel is already in development.
With box office returns and audience enthusiasm bouncing back for live-action remakes that remain faithful to their source material, audiences can certainly expect more of the same. Disney currently has a live-action remake ofHerculesin the works in addition to the highly-anticipated adaptation ofMoana, and more are reportedly in development.
While the failure ofSnow Whitethreatened to end Disney’s infatuation with live-action remakes, it seems likeLilo & Stitch’s box office haul breathed new life into that particular type of movie-making. In fact, it was so successful that aLilo & Stitchsequel has already been greenlit.
