Disney Live-Action joins “Ne Zha 2” as the second 2025 film to reach the great milestone.
After almost two months in theaters, the new version of Disney of Lilo & Stitch He has exceeded one billion dollars at the world box office, becoming the 29th cinematographic premiere of the study to overcome that milestone and the fourth in the last 13 months.
It is this year’s second film and Hollywood’s first to exceed one billion dollars, adding to the success of Chinese animation of more than two billion dollars NE ZHA 2. It is also Disney’s fifth remake to overcome this milestone, adding to the remakes of Alicia in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion and Aladino King.
“We knew that ‘Lilo & Stitch’ had a lot of love among the public around the world, but we never take it for granted, and we are proud of how this new film has connected with people,” said Disney’s co -chair, Alan Bergman in a statement. “I thank our filmmakers, our cast and the entire study team that have made this movie a success, and we look forward to more adventures with these characters.”
Although some criticized the film on social networks for the changes made in the narrative of the 2002 animated film, the new version of Dean Fleischer-Camp It was well received by the family audience and in general, obtaining one A in Cinemascore and Rotten Tomatoes scores of 71% critics and 92% audience and surpassing for weeks even the competition such as the new version of Universal de Universal de Universal How to train your dragon.
The success of Lilo & Stich for Disney
After the box office failure of the new version of Snow WhiteLilo & Stitch took advantage of the nostalgia that millennials feel for the original film, along with the fact that many of those who saw that film 23 years ago when they were children now have their own children.
Stitch’s global attractiveness as a character also turned out to be a box office attraction that transcended the borders, in a way that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsalmost a century of antiquity, despite its status as historical achievement in the cinema, it could not match current pop culture.
Lilo & Stitch It has proven to be one of the few bright points for Disney in a first half of the year to a large extent poor at the box office. 2025 began with a recovery streak for its prequel to King León, MUFASA (722 million dollars worldwide), after a slow premiere before Christmas, but that followed the aforementioned failure of Snow White (205 million dollars worldwide), as well as the disappointing returns of Marvel movies Captain America: A New World (413 million dollars) and Thunderbolts* (382 million dollars).
Source: Ambito
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