Lilo & Stitchonly needs to earn $83 million more in order to pass a major box office milestone. The 2025 movie is a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated classic of the same name and follows orphaned Hawaiian girl Lilo (Maia Kealoha) bonding with an exiled alien genetic experiment named Stitch (Chris Sanders, reprising his original voice role).
The ensemble cast of the movie also includes Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Lilo’s sister Nani, Zach Galifianakis as Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Courtney B. Vance as CIA agent Cobra Bubbles, and Billy Magnussen as Agent Wendell Pleakley. Critics’Lilo & Stitchreviewshave been solid, earning the new moviea Fresh score of 71% on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.
However,its Popcornmeter performance is even better than its Tomatometer score, as more than 10,000 verified user reviews (with an average score of 4.6 out of 5) have given the movie a Verified Hot 93% score. This audience enthusiasm has also translated to a stellar, record-breaking performance at the box office.
The Lilo & Stitch Remake Has Made $917M At The Global Box Office
That’s Far Better Than The Original 2002 Movie
PerThe Numbers, theLilo & Stitchbox officehas climbed to a whopping global total of $917.2 million as of Thursday, June 26, ahead of its sixth weekend in theaters. This total comprises$393.2 million from the domestic box office and $524 million from international markets.
On its way to grossing more than $900 million worldwide,Lilo & Stitchhas broken numerous records, including surpassingTop Gun: Maverickto earnthe best Memorial Day weekend debut in history. It has also substantially outgrossed the original 2002 movie.
Top Gun: Maverickdebuted with a 3-day total of $126.7 million at the domestic box office butLilo & Stitchhit $146 million.
Disney’s originalLilo & Stitchonly grossed $273.1 million in theaters. Although that is roughly $488 million when adjusted for inflation,the 2025 remake has outperformed it on every level.
Additionally, the remake is a massive hit on its own terms. The reportedbudget ofLilo & Stitchis $100 million. While its exact break-even point is unknown, generally movies need to earn back two and a half times their budgets, which wouldplace its estimated break-even point at roughly $250 million, which is a total that it has long since cleared.
In fact, it has already earned three times that estimated break-even point, meaning thatit is more or less guaranteed to have turned a profit, and then some. However, it is still continuing to climb, so it may in fact pass a much bigger milestone before the end of its run.
The Lilo & Stitch Remake Is Just $83M From Hitting The One Billion Milestone
It Has Done So In Less Than One Month
By hitting its current total,Lilo & Stitchhas marked itself asthe third highest-grossing movie of 2025worldwide, behind only the viral video game adaptationA Minecraft Movie($954.4 million) and the Chinese animated smash hitNe Zha 2($1.899 billion). In addition to that, only $83 million separates it from the coveted $1 billion milestone.
ShouldLilo & Stitchmake more than $1 billion, it would not only be just the second movie of 2025 to do so,it would become the first billion-dollar Hollywood movie of the year. Previously, only three Hollywood titles of 2024 (Inside Out 2,Deadpool & Wolverine, andMoana 2) were able to reach that level.
Deadpool & Wolverinebroke a record to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
While $83 million is a number that pales in comparison to whatLilo & Stitchhas already earned,it is still a substantial amount of money. In fact, there are quite a few notable 2025 releases that ended up earning less than $83 million worldwide.
That roster includes all but 19 of the releases that debuted this year, such as the faith-based animated hitThe King of Kings($67.2 million), the horror video game adaptationUntil Dawn($53.2 million), the Keke Palmer comedyOne of Them Days($51.9 million), the Mark Wahlberg thrillerFlight Risk($48.7 million), and the Blumhouse thrillerDrop($28.6 million).
What Are The Chances Of Lilo & Stitch Making One Billion?
The Chances Are High
One hurdle that has hitLilo & Stitchis the fact that it debuted at the beginning of the summer movie season. While the movies that followed in its immediate wake,Karate Kid: LegendsandFrom the World of John Wick: Ballerina, did not have enough strength to knock it from No. 1,it now faces competition from an increasing number of tentpoles.
In addition to the live-action remake ofHow to Train Your Dragon, which was the movie to dethrone it at the domestic box office,Lilo & Stitchmust also contend with titles including28 Years Later, Pixar’sElio, and the upcomingSuperman,The Fantastic Four: First Steps,Jurassic World Rebirth,Smurfs, andI Know What You Did Last Summer.
It should be able to inch its way across the $1 billion milestone…
Although the movie has lost some momentum,Lilo & Stitch’s chances of earning $1 billionare still high. During its fifth weekend in domestic theaters, it earned $9.7 million, so if it is able to maintain a similar audience hold globally, it should be able to inch its way past the $1 billion milestone before another two full months have passed.
