The latest live-action remake from Disney, Lilo & Sтιтch, 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 alien is the latest in a long line of profit machines for Disney.

But the latest box office numbers prove that it may even out-earn A Minecraft Movie, Warner Bros.’ viral video game movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa. Per The Numbers, as of July 2nd, 2025, Lilo & Sтιтch has earned a combined total of over $949 million at the global box office, having just pᴀssed the $400 million mark at the domestic box office.

Despite the addition of Jurᴀssic World Rebirth to the list of compeтιтors and the standard projected week-over-week drop, Lilo & Sтιтch has a great chance of surpᴀssing A Minecraft Movie‘s $954 million box office haul over the course of the 4th of July holiday weekend.

What The Latest Box Office Numbers Mean For Lilo & Sтιтch’s Final Total

Cracking A Billion Seems Unlikely, But The Return Is Still Incredible

The current pace would put Lilo & Sтιтch just 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’s The Jungle Book at $967.7 million, that seems unlikely given how deep in its run the remake is.

Lilo & Sтιтch‘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. Sтιтch 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 sH๏τ 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 & Sтιтch’s Box Office Return

Live-Action Remakes Aren’t Going Away

If there’s one thing that Lilo & Sтιтch‘s incredible box office return proved, it’s that there is still plenty of appeтιтe 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 & Sтιтch 2 Already Has A Remake Problem To Sort Out

That point was proven even further by Dreamworks’ recent How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake. As a near sH๏τ-for-sH๏τ remake, How to Train Your Dragon earned more than $450 million on 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 of Hercules in the works in addition to the highly-anticipated adaptation of Moana, and more are reportedly in development.

While the failure of Snow White threatened to end Disney’s infatuation with live-action remakes, it seems like Lilo & Sтιтch‘s box office haul breathed new life into that particular type of movie-making. In fact, it was so successful that a Lilo & Sтιтch sequel has already been greenlit.

Source: The Numbers