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As ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Takes Over Memorial Day Weekend, Disney Considers a Sequel
- In 2025, Disney released a new live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch, which premiered in theaters over Memorial Day weekend.
- The remake followed years of underperformance from other Disney live-action remakes and aimed to capitalize on the original film's lasting popularity.
- The 2025 film closely mirrors the 2002 original while adding new characters and expanding the emotional ties, especially between Lilo and her sister Nani.
- With a production cost over $100 million, the original earned $273 million, and the new movie streams 546 million hours on Disney+, prompting projections of over $150 million opening weekend in the US and Canada.
- Disney expresses confidence in the remake’s success and is considering sequels as the franchise experiences renewed interest across media and products.
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Is There a ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025) End Credits Scene? If You Should Stay or Not After the Movie | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
The live-action remake of the beloved Disney movie Lilo & Stitch is now playing in theaters and the film is expected to be a box office smash over the holiday weekend. ans who check out movies these days are often expecting something in the credits, so audiences will wonder if they should stick around. Many movies these days, especially ones that are part of a franchise, will include extra footage at the end to tease future installments or to gi…
As ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Takes Over Memorial Day Weekend, Disney Considers a Sequel
Disney has high hopes for this Memorial Day weekend. Its latest live-action film, Lilo & Stitch (2025), drops today, hoping to remove some of the stench from Disney’s live-action performances. Credit: Disney With Snow White (2025) tanking and costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars, Disney began to rethink its live-action strategy, even reportedly postponing the live-action Tangled film as a result. Early reviews for Lilo & Stitch we…
Disney Is So Confident in the Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Movie That It's Already Considering Sequels
Talk about the underdog — I mean, Stitch is technically an alien dog, right? Disney’s longstanding franchise Lilo & Stitch is back in a big way with an entirely new live-action film about to hit theaters. But it seems as though not only does Disney have a lot of faith in this revival, but the movie is currently projected to open ahead of the early summer blockbuster Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Lilo & Stitch, which is an update on …
Lilo & Stitch director explains why Stitch is less violent in live-action version
Just two months after Snow White, Disney has now released yet another of its live-action remakes in cinemas: Lilo & Stitch.The new film whisks audiences back to Hawaii to retell the heartwarming story of the unlikely bond that forms between a lonely local girl and a runaway alien experiment – with original creator Chris Sanders back as the voice of Stitch.While the film is broadly true to the original, there are naturally one or two things that …
Lilo & Stitch: Disney is on to a winner with live action remake
At last - or, at least, for the first time in a while - Disney are on to a winner with their latest live action remake. Snow White bombed and The Little Mermaid disappointed but Lilo & Stitch is poised to beat both combined. Sure enough, there's a runaway train set to hit this Hawaiian Roller Coaster ride.
The expected live action version of “Lilo & Stitch” made a strong debut in US cinemas, achieving a $55 million raise on its first day of exhibition. The figure, which includes the previous performances on Thursday, May 22 and Friday 23, was confirmed by Variety and placed it as one of the biggest daily premieres of 2025. The film was screened in a total of 4,110 venues nationwide and received an “A” rating from the public, according to data coll…
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