{"id":262247,"date":"2025-05-29T07:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T07:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/lilo-stitch-mega-box-office-hit-reaffirms-disneys-live-action-remake-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T07:42:20","slug":"lilo-stitch-mega-box-office-hit-reaffirms-disneys-live-action-remake-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=262247","title":{"rendered":"‘Lilo & Stitch’ Mega Box Office Hit Reaffirms Disney’s Live-Action Remake Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Irony of ironies: in a year when the Hollywood majors are taking a break<\/a> from releasing fully-animated theatrical films, one of the biggest film openings of the year is a remake of a theatrical animated film. <\/p>\n

Dean Fleischer Camp\u2019s hybrid live-action\/cg-animation Lilo & Stitch,<\/em> a remake of Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders\u2019 2002 hand-drawn Disney film of the same name, launched over the extended Memorial Day holiday weekend with an estimated $145.5 million over the traditional three-day weekend, and around $175-180m through Monday. The success of the film is being driven largely by Latino and Hispanic moviegoers who represent 41% of the total box office, per Posttrak. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s the biggest Memorial Day launch ever for a film, topping 2022\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>, which opened with $160.5m. To put the launch into perspective, the three-day total of the remake is roughly equal to the entire domestic box office gross of the original film, which wrapped up its run 23 years ago with $145.7m.<\/p>\n

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