Lilo & Sтιтch has had a stellar box office debut, but it remains to be seen if it has enough traction to become a billion-dollar release. The new movie is Disney’s latest live-action remake of one of their classic animated properties. Although it will quickly be usurped by 2026’s remake of 2016’s Moana, at the time of writing, it is the remake that tackles the most recent release, in this case the 2002 animated film of the same name. The movie follows young orphan Lilo (Maia Kealoha) befriending a chaotic blue alien genetic experiment who she names Sтιтch (Chris Sanders).

The Lilo & Sтιтch box office had a mᴀssive 3-day opening weekend domestic debut of $146 million. The movie, which also stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, and Hannah Waddingham, broke the record for the biggest Memorial Day weekend debut in the history of the domestic box office, usurping the 2022 smash hit Top Gun: Maverick, which debuted with $126.7 million and eventually grossed $1.496 billion worldwide. While it is unknown if the 2025 movie will follow in Top Gun‘s footsteps and make more than $1 billion, that is the first good sign of many.

Lilo & Sтιтch’s Current Box Office Total (So Far)

It Has Already Outgrossed The Original Movie

Not only did the Lilo & Sтιтch release begin by breaking a Memorial Day record in North America, its global opening weekend performed even better. At the time of writing, the last day for which there are box office actuals for the movie is the holiday Monday, which reveal that it has grossed $361.2 million worldwide in just four days thanks to a cumulative $182.6 million in domestic theaters and $178.6 million from international markets. This is more than the 2002 movie made in its entire run, as it only earned $273.1 million worldwide ($487 million when adjusted for inflation).

While it has not yet surpᴀssed the original movie’s adjusted total, it is well on its way. There are likely multiple reasons for the movie’s success, especially during a time when the Disney live-action remake is on shakier ground after disappointing results for 2023’s The Little Mermaid and 2025’s Snow White. The first is its reception, which sees it earning a 69% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics with a Verified H๏τ 93% from audiences. That Fresh Tomatometer score includes the 7 out of 10 rating from ScreenRant‘s own Mary Kᴀssel. Read an excerpt from their Lilo & Sтιтch review below:

I have no doubt that Lilo & Sтιтch will be a smash hit, hopefully kicking off a blockbuster summer that will continue reviving the box office. It’s clear from the film that Disney is finally beginning to understand that these live-action remakes need to be as warm and inviting as their animated counterparts. We don’t flock to the theaters to watch a story that’s already been told with better animation to see flashy effects of hollow green-screened sets. Audiences want to be moved and given a reason to revisit the emotions sparked by the story, and Lilo & Sтιтch delivers.

The fact that the original movie was released in 2002 could also be boosting its nostalgic pull on audiences. Many audience members who watched and loved Lilo & Sтιтch as children are now old enough to have children of their own who are of the right age to see the remake, which makes the movie a draw to many families as a whole rather than just the younger generation.

Lilo & Sтιтch Should Have Fairly Strong Legs At The Box Office

It Has Little Direct Compeтιтion

While box office forecasts for the sophomore weekend of Lilo & Sтιтch are not yet in, it seems highly likely that the movie will have strong audience retention as the summer movie season continues. Not only has its advertising campaign been successful in filling theaters during its opening weekend, its word of mouth is strong between its 93% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and a near-perfect CinemaScore of “A” (beating the “A-” earned by its new release compeтιтion Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which took No. 2 at the domestic box office over Memorial Day weekend).

Additionally, Lilo & Sтιтch is the only major wide release currently geared directly toward kids other than A Minecraft Movie, which just concluded its eighth weekend in theaters. While Sтιтch may have some compeтιтion from the impending May 30 release of Karate Kid: Legends, which is seemingly aimed at pre-teens and above, it will not be facing a major kid-aimed challenger in the summer movie season until the release of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon on June 13. This will give it plenty of runway to continue climbing the charts, drawing closer to a potential billion-dollar gross worldwide.

Lilo & Sтιтch Is Likely To Make Over $1 Billion At The Box Office

Precedent Shows That It Has A Strong Chance

In addition to the fact that Lilo & Sтιтch is already more than a third of the way toward earning $1 billion worldwide, precedent shows that it could very easily pᴀss the $1 billion milestone. It earned the third-best opening weekend for a live-action remake from Disney, landing between 2010’s Alice in Wonderland and 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, both of which grossed more than $1 billion. Below, see how its opening weekend compares to previous Disney live-action remakes from the modern era that received a worldwide theatrical release and are direct remakes rather than reimaginings, sequels, or prequels:

If Lilo & Sтιтch has a trajectory that is average for the тιтles that debuted at the top of the chart, it could not only hit the $1 billion milestone but surpᴀss it by a considerable margin. This is especially true if it continues to show strong audience hold over the course of the coming months. While it will have to face down How to Train Your Dragon, the only other compeтιтion from major kids’ movies through the end of July comes from Pixar’s Elio and Paramount’s Smurfs, so it could easily thrive with its largely underserved demographic.

Predicting Lilo & Sтιтch’s Final Box Office Total

It Could Become One Of The Highest-Grossing Movies Of All Time

A debut at the exact level of Lilo & Sтιтch is unprecedented for a Disney live-action remake, as it falls nearly $30 million below the next-highest opening weekend and almost exactly the same amount above the next-lowest. Therefore, it is difficult to predict what its box office multiplier will end up being. However, the average worldwide multiplier for the installments that have grossed more than $1 billion is roughly 9, which would give the movie a worldwide run of roughly $1.314 billion.

However, it is entirely possible that Lilo & Sтιтch could land well above that milestone. If it boasts the same trajectory as 2019’s Aladdin, for instance, it could potentially rise as high as $1.679 billion, which would not see it beat the Chinese smash Ne Zha 2 as the highest-grossing movie of the year, but would make it the 10th highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide. This huge gross is possible, as Aladdin‘s Popcornmeter score on Rotten Tomatoes was at a similar level to the 2025 movie with a Verified H๏τ 94%.

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