Lilo & Stitch hits rare box office milestone, surpasses The Little Mermaid and Snow White remakes

Lilo & Stitch is a live-action adaptation of Disney's namesake 2002 animated film. This Dean Fleischer Camp-directed film had its premiere at LA's El Capitan Theatre and was subsequently released on May 23, 2025. Here's the official synopsis:

"A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family."

The film has recently achieved an interesting milestone at the box office, surpassing other live-action titles of Disney like Snow White and The Little Mermaid. So let us look into this specific feat that the film has managed to achieve in a short period of time.

Lilo & Stitch manages to achieve a box office milestone

Lilo & Stitch has managed to mint $626.9 million globally at the box office as it is about to enter its third week of release. It has grossed $292.7 million in the domestic markets, while $334.2 million comes from global ticket sales.

This means that it's the 8th live-action remake from Disney that has managed to achieve this feat, surpassing titles like Snow White as well as The Little Mermaid. Lilo & Stitch is also the third release of 2025 to earn more than $625 million globally, behind names like Ne Zha 2 and A Minecraft Movie. If the trend continues, the film might end up becoming one of the most profitable live-action remakes of Disney.

Lilo & Stitch is written by Mike Van Waes and Chris Kekaniokalani Bright while Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are the producers. Here are its cast members:

Maia Kealoha as Lilo Pelekai
Chris Sanders as Stitch's voice
Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani Pelekai
Zach Galifianakis as voice of Dr. Jumba Jookiba
Billy Magnussen as Agent Wendell Pleakley's voice
Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles
Hannah Waddingham as voice of Grand Councilwoman
Kaipo Dudoit as David Kawena

Speaking to Deadline, Dean Camp spoke about his love for the original film:

"It’s always been my favorite Disney movie. And so, I think there were a lot of those, and sometimes you have to let go and kill your darlings and it just doesn’t work out for one reason or another. But I think the main things that we were really focused on, we got, and I’m proud that we nailed it. I think the character design of Stitch and his personality really coming through was one. I think that bringing back so much of the original Ohana that made the first one special like Chris Sanders and Tia Carrere [who voiced Nani in the 2002 film] and consulting with a lot of the original animation team were just super important to us and lucky enough that they worked out."