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The original ‘Lilo & Stitch’ remains one of the most underrated films in the Disney canon. Even though it wasn’t a massive financial success, the movie has a cult following and is one of Disney‘s best merchandise movers.
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This eventually led to ‘Lilo & Stitch’ getting a live-action remake to capitalize on the fan base that has grown for the lovable alien since 2002.
Now, the remake has grossed over $421 million worldwide, meaning it has passed the original film’s entire box office gross ($273.1 million) in less than two weeks. And that’s not the only milestone this film has achieved.
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ has already broken numerous box office records in its limited time in theaters. This includes the Biggest 4-Day Memorial Day weekend box office ever with $182.6 million. This surpasses ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ which had $160.5 million.
The live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ film grossed $341.7 million in its opening weekend at the global box office.
It has already outgrossed the original 2002 animated film. pic.twitter.com/wLI1bb0ZUc
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Additionally, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has the highest Disney live-action opening of all time across Latin America with $27 million in Mexico and $12.2 million in Brazil.
Overall, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has had the third-highest worldwide box office opening for a Disney live-action remake with $342 million, finishing behind ‘The Lion King’ ($433 million) and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ($357 million).
‘Lilo & Stitch’ has also had the fifth biggest Monday of all time at the domestic box office at $36.5 million. The films in front of it are ‘Black Panther’ ($40.15 million), ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ ($40.1 million), ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ ($37.1 million), and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ ($36.8 million).
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On top of all this financial success, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has been well-received critically as well. It currently has a 69 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93 percent audience score.
However, there have still been some vocal fans who are upset with changes made from the original, including completely cutting a character and making a significant change to the original movie’s ending.
Despite this, it seems that the masses are willing to ignore these changes and make this version of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ one of the most successful Disney films in years.
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