Disney’s Lilo & Sтιтch is a box office juggernaut, which has helped it enter a new tier of live-action remakes. The 2025 reimagining of the beloved 2002 animated movie has been a major hit for the Mouse House at the perfect time. After some struggles with their live-action remakes and pausing development on others, Lilo & Sтιтch‘s box office has climbed high on all-time charts from the very beginning. It’s already the third highest-grossing movie of 2025 and the sixth biggest remake from Disney all time with its $772 million gross.

This staggering total is even more notable considering the movie has been out for less than a month. There is every expectation at this point that Lilo & Sтιтch will make over $1 billion, becoming the fifth of Disney’s live-action remakes to do so. The film’s great legs have been achieved despite some major compeтιтion from established franchises like Mission: Impossible, Karate Kid, and John Wick​​​​​​. The movie has now secured an accomplishment that is incredibly rare for Disney’s live-action remakes.

Lilo & Sтιтch Has Won The Weekend Box Office Three Times In A Row

Sтιтch Took Down Ballerina Most Recently

It came as no surprise that Lilo & Sтιтch won its opening weekend box office, even as it faced off against Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Disney’s film set a new Memorial Day weekend record with its $182 million performance over the four-day holiday weekend domestically. The movie continued its winning ways in its second weekend with a $61.8 million haul, easily dispatching newcomer Karate Kid: Legends ($20.3 million) and staying well ahead of The Final Reckoning ($27.2 million).

Lilo & Sтιтch‘s third weekend of release was expected to be when Disney’s reign would end. The John Wick spinoff movie, Ballerina – starring Ana de Armas, debuted this past weekend and was projected to possibly hit $40 million, on the high end. The action film got great reviews, but that wasn’t enough to drive the expected levels of interest. Ballerina made an estimated $25 million in its opening weekend, which was below tracking. This came as Lilo & Sтιтch performed better than anticipated, pulling in another $32.5 million (estimated).

While Lilo & Sтιтch was projected to be in a close battle with Ballerina, it was thought that the remake would lose out to a newer release at last. Disney’s film has instead sustained strong interest and won its third straight weekend domestically. It’s the first movie since Captain America: Brave New World to win the weekend in three consecutive weeks. The Marvel superhero movie and Disney’s new live-action remake are the only 2025 movies to achieve this accomplishment so far.

Lilo & Sтιтch Is Only The Third Disney Live-Action Remake To Win Three Weekends Straight

It Last Happened 9 Years Ago

Lilo & Sтιтch winning the weekend box office domestically three times in a row is uncommon for most movies, but it’s also a rarity for live-action remakes in general. Disney hasn’t seen one of these reimaginings do this since 2016. Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book was the last one to win three straight weekends. Before that, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland – the remake that made Disney prioritize these films – was the first.

Alice in Wonderland was a box office powerhouse in 2010 upon its release. It easily won its first weekend by making $116 million, which was $103 million higher than the second-place finisher, Brooklyn’s Finest. Burton’s remake then made another $62 million – almost identical to Lilo & Sтιтch – in its second weekend, coming in well ahead of Matt Damon’s Green Zone ($14.3 million). It had a closer battle in its third weekend but still won with a $34 million haul – again, very similar to Lilo & Sтιтch. The streak ended the next weekend, though.

The Jungle Book was another big winner for Disney out the gate, as it made $103 million in its first weekend. It had a great hold in the next two weekends, pulling in $61.5 million and $43.7 million, beating The Huntsman: Winter’s War both times. In this instance, Disney stopped The Jungle Book‘s run from continuing further. Captain America: Civil War came out the following weekend and made 7x as much in its opening weekend as the live-action remake made during the same frame.

Otherwise, no other Disney live-action remakes have been atop the domestic box office for three consecutive weekends. The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and 101 Dalmatians all came the closest by winning two weekends straight before falling out of the top spot the next weekend.

Lilo & Sтιтch’s Box Office Wins Don’t Tell The Whole Story

Other Remakes Have Done Better Overall

Lilo & Sтιтch is performing similar to some of Disney’s biggest box office hits, but there is also some nuance to its financial status that goes beyond just winning a weekend. Of the three movies to accomplish this, Lilo & Sтιтch had the lowest third weekend. Only a few million dollars is separating them, but that can make all the difference. If Ballerina had made a few extra million in its opening weekend, Lilo & Sтιтch wouldn’t have achieved this milestone at all.

It’s also worth noting that Lilo & Sтιтch is still trailing some of the Disney live-action remakes at the domestic box office during their first three weekends, despite winning more. The movie has made $335 million domestically after 17 days in theaters. Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King were both higher, making $393 million and $431 million, respectively. Those two movies, which are Disney’s highest-grossing live-action remakes domestically and worldwide, are still well ahead of where Lilo & Sтιтch stands.

Winning weekends at the box office are great, but Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King show that they are the only way to do big business. To be fair, both of those movies opened ahead of Lilo & Sтιтch during the traditional three-day weekend timeframe. But they also both had great legs that help explain how they did so much more over the first 17 days of release. Lilo & Sтιтch had easier compeтιтion in its third weekend than those two faced.

Lilo & Sтιтch’s Box Office Winning Ways Is Guaranteed To End This Weekend

DreamWorks Is Ending The Streak, Again

No Disney live-action remake has ever won four weekends in a row, and that history will not be made with Lilo & Sтιтch. The movie is ᴀssured to finish in second place, or worse, this coming weekend. That’s thanks to another live-action remake that’s also highly anticipated finally coming out: DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon. The live-action remake of the 2010 film is projected to potentially make over $100 million in its opening weekend domestically. That will be more than enough to dethrone Lilo & Sтιтch.

This is not the first time that DreamWorks and the How To Train Your Dragon franchise has put an end to Disney’s live-action remakes ruling the box office. Alice in Wonderland saw its weekend winning streak end due to this franchise, too. The original animated How To Train Your Dragon knocked Alice in Wonderland from first to second in the latter’s fourth weekend of release. 15 years later, How To Train Your Dragon is back to stop a Disney streak. Only this time, its Lilo & Sтιтch that will have its run end.

Source: Box Office Mojo (all box office stats)