Lilo & Sтιтch has been dominating the box office since its release on May 23, 2025, but a new movie could claim the top spot next weekend. Since it was a highly anticipated live-action remake based on a beloved animated film, it’s not at all a surprise that Lilo & Sтιтch has been such a major box office success. Even though the live-action film makes some controversial changes to the animated movie, reviews for Lilo & Sтιтch have been quite good, with Screen Rant’s own Mary Kᴀssel giving it a score of 7 out of 10.

Changes to the animated Lilo & Sтιтch movie also haven’t stopped people from going to the theater to watch the live-action version. As of this writing, the film has made $632 million at the worldwide box office (via Box Office Mojo), becoming the third highest-grossing movie of the year so far. At this rate, Lilo & Sтιтch will definitely make $1 billion, which guarantees it will be one of the most profitable movies of 2025. However, How to Train Your Dragon, another live-action remake of an animated movie, could dethrone Lilo & Sтιтch at the box office next weekend.

Lilo & Sтιтch Has Easily Become The Biggest Live-Action Remake Of 2025

Lilo & Sтιтch Has Been A (Much-Needed) Huge Success For Disney

Nowadays, live-action remakes of classic animated movies are becoming more and more common. In recent years, many of Disney’s live-action remakes, in particular, have been huge successes at the box office. For example, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and The Jungle Book all earned a lot of money. Because of these successes, Disney has clearly prioritized making more live-action remakes of its most iconic movies. However, not all of these remakes have found success, with 2025’s Snow White being a prime example.

The live-action Snow White, which is based on what is arguably Disney’s most popular animated movie, was released in theaters in March 2025. Due to several controversies surrounding the film, Snow White bombed at the box office. The film only managed to make $205 million on an estimated budget of $240-270 million (via Box Office Mojo). Snow White likely lost hundreds of millions of dollars for Disney, but Lilo & Sтιтch has thankfully been a huge success for the company. Given its box office intake so far, Lilo & Sтιтch is clearly the biggest live-action remake of 2025 so far.

How To Train Your Dragon’s Remake Is Expected To Be A Huge Box Office Performer

How To Train Your Dragon Is Also A Remake Of A Beloved Animated Movie

So far, Lilo & Sтιтch has had to compete against movies like Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Karate Kid: Legends. Since The Final Reckoning is mostly geared towards adults, the Tom Cruise-led movie hasn’t been a major problem for Lilo & Sтιтch, and Disney’s live-action remake also hasn’t had a difficult time besting the newest Karate Kid film at the box office. However, Lilo & Sтιтch’s relatively easy run at the box office may change since the live-action How to Train Your Dragon film is hitting theaters on June 13, 2025.

Since it is also a remake of an animated film that is considered a modern classic, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon will likely perform very well at the box office. Early box office projections for How to Train Your Dragon estimate the film could make $80-100 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend. This is not quite as high as Lilo & Sтιтch’s $146 million domestic opening, but it proves that the upcoming fantasy film will be major compeтιтion for the Disney movie, nonetheless.

After its world premiere at CinemaCon 2025, practically all first reactions for How to Train Your Dragon praised the remake. Even though the original animated movie was released in 2010, which isn’t really that long ago, a major takeaway from the first reactions was that the live-action version justifies its existence. Apparently, the cast, cinematography, and dragon design in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie are all incredible. If the movie receives more glowing reviews upon its release, it could become a major box office juggernaut.

How To Train Your Dragon Could Challenge Lilo & Sтιтch To Be 2025’s Biggest Live-Action Remake

Will How To Train Your Dragon Dethrone Lilo & Sтιтch At The Box Office?

While a movie geared towards adults, like The Final Reckoning, was never a major threat to Lilo & Sтιтch, How to Train Your Dragon could steal the audience that would have potentially gone to see the Disney movie instead. Just like the original animated movie, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon was made for families and children. If these families choose to go see How to Train Your Dragon next weekend instead of Lilo & Sтιтch, perhaps because it will be the newer movie, then Disney’s most recent live-action remake could easily lose some momentum at the box office.

However, it’s also worth noting that How to Train Your Dragon will have some other compeтιтion at the box office, other than Lilo & Sтιтch. Just one week after its release, How to Train Your Dragon will have to compete against Elio, which is Pixar’s newest animated movie. Pixar is one of the most acclaimed animation studios in the world and has had a lot of past successes, so Elio could be a huge hit. However, if reviews for Elio are underwhelming and the film struggles, then How to Train Your Dragon could further extend its likely box office dominance.

How To Train Your Dragon Is Sure To End Lilo & Sтιтch’s Box Office Rein (If It Doesn’t Stop Sooner)

How To Train Your Dragon Will (Also) Be One Of The Biggest Movies Of The Year

After its record-breaking opening weekend, Lilo & Sтιтch earned $63 million at the box office in its second weekend. This sophomore weekend haul ensured that Lilo & Sтιтch held the number one spot at the box office. Lilo & Sтιтch’s box office streak may continue if it can gross more than Ballerina in its third weekend, which seems likely. However, the aforementioned How to Train Your Dragon projections suggest that Lilo & Sтιтch will drop to the number two spot, or potentially even lower, in its fourth weekend.

While it may not surpᴀss Lilo & Sтιтch’s total earnings to be the biggest live-action remake of 2025, it’s practically a guarantee that How to Train Your Dragon will take the top spot at the box office next weekend. It could very easily hold this spot for many weeks, possibly until the release of Jurᴀssic World Rebirth on July 2, 2025. Therefore, while it has experienced a lot of success, Lilo & Sтιтch’s time at the top of the box office had to end at some point, and it’s honestly fitting that it will be dethroned by another live-action remake.