Lilo & Sтιтch is surging past two major franchise installments at the box office in a single weekend. The 2025 movie, which was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), is a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated hit of the same name.
The Lilo & Sтιтch release kicked off on Memorial Day weekend, at which point it began its streak of record breaking, beating Top: Gun Maverick to earn the best Memorial Day debut ever. Later, it rose past the $1 billion milestone, becoming Hollywood’s first billion-dollar movie of 2025 and the second overall, behind China’s Ne Zha 2 ($1.899 billion).
Per The Numbers, Lilo & Sтιтch has reached a cumulative worldwide box office total of $1.008 billion at the end of its ninth weekend in theaters. This total comes from the $418.2 million that it has earned in domestic theaters combined with its $589.8 million from international markets.
This whopping total sees it surpᴀssing two Jurᴀssic movies on the charts simultaneously, as it has raced past the $417.7 million domestic total earned by 2018’s Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom and the $1.002 billion worldwide gross of 2022’s Jurᴀssic World Dominion.
What This Means For Lilo & Sтιтch
It’s One Of The Highest-Grossing Movies Ever
While Lilo & Sтιтch beat the domestic total of Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom, it has not yet surpᴀssed its global total of $1.310 billion. It most likely never will, considering how far it already is into its theatrical run. However, it is still a record-shattering success in spite of that fact.
By surpᴀssing Jurᴀssic World Dominion, the Lilo & Sтιтch box office has risen to the point that the movie is now the 57th highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide. Even if it never earns another cent, it has already surpᴀssed the worldwide grosses of a wide variety of huge theatrical hits.
Below, see a breakdown of some of the movies that are immediately below Lilo & Sтιтch on the all-time worldwide chart:
|
Rank |
тιтle |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|
|
#57 |
Lilo & Sтιтch (2025) |
$1.007 billion |
|
#58 |
Jurᴀssic World Dominion (2022) |
$1.006 billion |
|
#59 |
The Lion King (1994) |
$979.2 million |
|
#60 |
Oppenheimer (2023) |
$975.8 million |
|
#61 |
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
$970.8 million |
|
#62 |
Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
$969.6 million |
|
#63 |
The Jungle Book (2016) |
$967.7 million |
In addition to its staggering success as far as the raw numbers go, 2025’s Lilo & Sтιтch has had a huge return on investment. The movie’s reported budget is $150 million, which means that its break-even point was likely not much higher than $375 million, giving it hundreds of millions of dollars of pure profit.
Our Take On The Lilo & Sтιтch Box Office Milestone
The Franchise Has A Bright Future
With this kind of profit, it makes sense why the upcoming Lilo & Sтιтch 2 was greenlit back in June. It is entirely possible that the live-action sequel could gross even more, but even if it doesn’t, the Lilo & Sтιтch franchise has returned to the big screen in a major way that gives it a bright future.
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Source: The Numbers
