{ "id": "ep13cgk6ev", "slug": "lilo-and-stitch-2025-film", "title": "Lilo & Stitch (2025 film)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.disney-remake-entries", "label": "Disney live-action remake and remake-cycle film entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.disney-remake-entries" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "United States · 2021 and later: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021", "label": "United States · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Lilo & Stitch (2025) is Disney's live-action/CGI remake of its 2002 animated film, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, starring Maia Kealoha, with Chris Sanders voicing Stitch; it earned over $1 billion worldwide and a sequel is set for 2028.", "snippet": "Lilo & Stitch (2025) is Disney's live-action/CGI remake of its 2002 animated film, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, starring Maia Kealoha, with Chris Sanders voicing Stitch; it earned over $1 billion worldwide and a sequel is set for 2028.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.disney-remake-entries", "markdown": "# Lilo & Stitch (2025 film)\n\n**Lilo & Stitch** is a 2025 American live-action/CGI reimagining of Disney's 2002 animated film *Lilo & Stitch*, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and starring [Maia Kealoha](https://www.edgepedia.org/maia-kealoha) as Lilo, a lonely Hawaiian girl whose family is mended by a fugitive alien, Stitch, voiced by his original creator [Chris Sanders](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-sanders).[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) It was released in the United States on May 23, 2025, rated PG, and became one of the year's biggest commercial hits, passing $1 billion worldwide.[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) • [2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) • [3](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/family-movies/lilo-and-stitch-is-officially-the-first-hollywood-film-this-year-to-cross-usd1bn-at-the-box-office/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | May 23, 2025 (wide, United States), distributed by Walt Disney Pictures; PG rating[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) • [2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) |\n| Director / writers | Dean Fleischer Camp; screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) |\n| Cast | Maia Kealoha (Lilo), Sydney Elizebeth Agudong (Nani), Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Sanders as the voice of Stitch[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) |\n| Box office | $423,778,855 domestic, $614,248,671 international, $1,038,027,526 worldwide against a $100,000,000 production budget[2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) |\n| Opening weekend | $146,016,175 three-day domestic (34.5% of the final domestic total), in 4,410 theaters[2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) |\n| Critical scores | 72% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer with 91% on the audience Popcornmeter; Metascore 53 on Metacritic[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lilo-stitch-2025/critic-reviews/) |\n| Filming | Shot on the island of Oahu (the story is set on Kauai), with local talent in front of and behind the camera[6](https://www.aol.com/lilo-stitch-stars-organic-authenticity-155845956.html) |\n| Sequel | *Lilo and Stitch 2* scheduled for theaters on May 26, 2028[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-movies/new-disney-ceo-hits-the-ground-running-with-lilo-and-stitch-2-and-the-incredibles-3-release-dates/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nOn Kauaʻi, in the present day, Lilo Pelekai (Maia Kealoha) is a six-year-old orphan whose parents died in a car accident. Her nineteen-year-old sister Nani (Sydney Elizebeth Agudong) has given up a full college scholarship in marine biology to raise her, working at a lūʻau and collecting rejections from every job interview on the island. Social worker Mrs. Kekoa is kind but real: she has a three-day checklist, and if Nani cannot prove stable housing, income, and supervision, Lilo goes into state care.\n\nLight-years away, the mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba is on trial for illegal genetic experimentation. His creation, [Experiment](https://www.edgepedia.org/experiment) 626, a near-indestructible blue creature programmed for chaos, escapes custody, steals a police cruiser, and crash-lands on Earth. The Grand Councilwoman dispatches Jumba ([Zach Galifianakis](https://www.edgepedia.org/zach-galifianakis)) and the nervous Earth specialist Agent Pleakley ([Billy Magnussen](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-magnussen)) to retrieve him quietly. 626, hit by a truck, limps into an animal shelter, where Lilo's neighbor Tūtū has taken her to pick a pet. 626 tucks away his extra arms, plays dog, and gets adopted. Lilo names him Stitch, \"because he pulled the stitches out of the other dog.\"\n\nThe middle of the film is the domestic comedy the remake keeps from the original. Stitch, using Lilo as a shield against his recaptors, discovers Elvis, hula, and the concept of family, which he first learns as a word Lilo defines for a bewildered Cobra Bubbles ([Courtney B. Vance](https://www.edgepedia.org/courtney-b-vance)), a CIA agent working undercover around the crash site: \"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.\" Lilo teaches Stitch to surf; Nani, having landed work as a surf instructor, takes the girls out for the film's \"Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride\" sequence, the closest the remake comes to the animation's joy. Jumba and Pleakley's pursuit ruins the day: a jet-ski chase wipes out both sisters, Mrs. Kekoa sees the wreckage, and Nani loses custody of Lilo outright.\n\n**The film's emotional peak is the beach scene where Stitch dies.** With the house gone, the sisters separated, and Jumba finally capturing Stitch, the alien escapes Jumba's ship in a crash that traps Lilo and Stitch underwater. Stitch, realizing he is weighing her down and that everything bad in her life began when he arrived, mournfully pulls Lilo's hands from his neck and sinks to the ocean floor so she can float up to safety. Lilo, alone on the beach, cradles the inert Stitch and sobs with her whole body, snot and all. Director Dean Fleischer Camp has said that Maia Kealoha nailed the scene, unedited, on the very first take: \"That scene where she's crying and snot blowing, it's not an editing trick.\"[24](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lilo-and-stitch-director-box-office-shooting-stitchs-deathe-1236421211/) Nani dives to the ocean floor to retrieve him, and Stitch is revived, absurdly and perfectly, by a jump-start from the family's temperamental car. The scene is the payoff of the film's central lie: Stitch, who adopted Lilo for his own protection, chooses, for once, to protect her at his own cost.\n\nThe ending reshuffles the family rather than restoring it. The Grand Councilwoman arrives, declares Stitch's sentence served on Earth, and departs, with Pleakley volunteering to stay behind as his minder. Nani, facing a future of permanent guardianship she cannot sustain, agrees to let Tūtū ([Amy Hill](https://www.edgepedia.org/amy-hill)), the grandmotherly neighbor, become Lilo's guardian, freeing Nani to take her marine biology scholarship in California. In the mid-credits scene, Nani visits through a portal between her dorm and Lilo's bedroom, and the three curl up in bed, Lilo and Nani saying \"Good night, sister,\" and Stitch chiming in with \"Good night, sisters.\"[25](https://eu.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/05/24/lilo-and-stitch-movie-ending-explained/83781324007/)\n\n### Characters\n\nLilo Pelekai (Maia Kealoha) is the film's engine: a grieving, friendless, ferociously odd six-year-old who photographs tourists as fugitives, feeds peanut butter sandwiches to fish, and narrates her own grievances with deadpan seriousness. Kealoha, a first-time film actor from Hawaiʻi, carries the picture.\n\nNani Pelekai (Sydney Elizebeth Agudong) is the older sister turned reluctant guardian, exhausted, proud, and quietly resentful of a system that punishes her for being young and poor. Her arc, surrendering custody to build a life, is the remake's most debated change.\n\nStitch (voiced by Chris Sanders, who co-directed the 2002 original) is Experiment 626, a destruction machine learning to be a pet, a brother, and finally a person who does not use people. Sanders' gravelly, broken-English voice is unchanged, and the CGI gives him a plush, genuinely pettable texture.\n\nDr. Jumba Jookiba (Zach Galifianakis) is the cranky creator chasing his creation, played mostly as a bickering bureaucrat before the finale briefly turns him into a portal-gun-wielding threat. Agent Pleakley (Billy Magnussen) is his anxious, useless Earth expert; their double act plays like a bad marriage. Cobra Bubbles (Courtney B. Vance) is the CIA fixer watching the crash site; Tūtū (Amy Hill) the neighbor who becomes Lilo's guardian; David ([Kaipo Dudoit](https://www.edgepedia.org/kaipo-dudoit)) Nani's patient suitor. [Tia Carrere](https://www.edgepedia.org/tia-carrere), voice of Nani in the original, appears as Mrs. Kekoa.\n\n### Interpretations and controversies\n\nThe ending split audiences. In the 2002 film, the climax hinges on Nani refusing to give up custody of Lilo, which fans call the story's emotional spine; the remake instead has the state effectively take Lilo, with Tūtū adopting her so Nani can attend college in California.[26](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/05/27/the-controversial-ending-of-disneys-new-lilo--stitch-explained/) Many viewers found this dark, arguing that Nani's career was placed above her sister and that it contradicts the franchise's own \"nobody gets left behind\" theme.[26](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/05/27/the-controversial-ending-of-disneys-new-lilo--stitch-explained/) The Guardian called Nani's new ending a more \"correct\" but entirely uninteresting one,[27](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/lilo-stitch-review-disney) while defenders noted the mid-credits portal scene restores the sisters' nightly closeness.[28](https://thedirect.com/article/lilo-and-stitch-2025-movie-changes-original) The remake also drops Captain Gantu and the spaceship-rescue finale of the original, replacing them with a smaller-scale climax.[28](https://thedirect.com/article/lilo-and-stitch-2025-movie-changes-original)\n\n## Production and cast\n\nDisney produced the film as a live-action reimagining of its 2002 animated classic, with Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature *[Marcel the Shell with Shoes On](https://www.edgepedia.org/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-2021-film)*, directing from a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes.[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) • [8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5fMyIImwEY) Jonathan Eirich and [Dan Lin](https://www.edgepedia.org/dan-lin) produced, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost, and Thomas Schumacher as executive producers.[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025)\n\n**Casting.** The film introduces Maia Kealoha as Lilo, with Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as her older sister Nani, and returns Chris Sanders, who co-created and co-directed the 2002 film, to voice Stitch.[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) • [9](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/lilo-stitch-live-action-movie/) The supporting cast includes Billy Magnussen as Pleakley, Zach Galifianakis as Jumba, Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original film, as Mrs. Kekoa, [Hannah Waddingham](https://www.edgepedia.org/hannah-waddingham), and Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles.[1](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025)\n\nCamp described the approach as paying \"loving tribute to the original\" without a one-to-one literal translation, aiming for something that \"rhymed spiritually with the original film but was a little modernized.\"[9](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/lilo-stitch-live-action-movie/) The production filmed on location in Hawaiʻi, on the island of Oahu although the story is set on Kauai, and employed local talent on and off screen.[6](https://www.aol.com/lilo-stitch-stars-organic-authenticity-155845956.html)\n\n## Hawaiian representation\n\nDisney committed to greater Native Hawaiian representation in the production and tapped Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, a Native Hawaiian writer, for the screenplay.[10](https://kawaiola.news/?p=20784) Cultural consultant Laiana Kanoa-Wong worked with the writers and actors on [Hawaiian language](https://www.edgepedia.org/hawaiian-language) and cultural detail, saying he wanted the film to \"make it look like you are going into aunty's house.\"[11](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/22/excitement-abounds-disneys-lilo-stitch-premieres-hawaii/)\n\n**A new character.** The neighbor Tutu, played by Amy Hill, was created for this version at Bright's suggestion. Producer Jonathan Eirich explained that Bright felt that in Hawaiʻi, two sisters who had just lost their parents would not be as isolated as in the original story, because a community would pitch in to support them; Tutu depicts how ʻohana means more than those you share blood with.[12](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/lilo-and-stitch-producer-explained-to-me-why-tutu-was-added-i-love-it)\n\nThe casting of Sydney Agudong as Nani nonetheless drew controversy before release, with some fans questioning whether she is Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and commenting on her skin tone compared with her casting photo.[13](https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-05-19/lilo-stitch-movie-native-hawaiian-representation) The film's ending, in which Nani leaves for the mainland while Lilo stays with Tutu, also drew criticism from some viewers; defenders noted the arrangement reflects a Native Hawaiian practice of extended-family care, with Tutu part of the family's collective ʻohana rather than a stranger.[14](https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/lilo-stitch-ending-hawaiian-cultural-practice-20349307.php)\n\n## Box office\n\nThe film opened over [Memorial Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/memorial-day) weekend 2025 with $146,016,175 in three days and $183 million over the four-day holiday in the United States and Canada, part of a record Memorial Day weekend.[2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) • [15](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-3-6-2025.pdf) It opened against *Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning*, which took in $79 million over the same holiday weekend against a $400 million production cost.[15](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-3-6-2025.pdf)\n\n**Milestones.** In July 2025 it became the first Hollywood film of the year to cross $1 billion worldwide.[3](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/family-movies/lilo-and-stitch-is-officially-the-first-hollywood-film-this-year-to-cross-usd1bn-at-the-box-office/) It finished with $423,778,855 domestically and $1,038,027,526 worldwide, 10.4 times its $100 million production budget, and ranked among the three biggest Hollywood blockbusters of 2025 behind *Zootopia 2* ($1.42 billion) and ahead of *A Minecraft Movie* ($958.2 million).[2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) • [16](https://apnews.com/article/9f2911eefe2d800d1c1063426a114f17) The film's strong legs, a 2.90 multiple of its biggest weekend, reflected sustained family audiences; it earned an \"A\" [CinemaScore](https://www.edgepedia.org/cinemascore).[2](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29) • [17](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-27-5-2025.pdf) It reached premium video-on-demand on July 22, 2025, and later streamed on Disney+.[18](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/disney-plus/when-is-lilo-and-stitch-coming-to-streaming)\n\n## Reception\n\nCritics were mixed while audiences were markedly warmer. The film holds 72% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer against 91% on the audience Popcornmeter, and a Metascore of 53 on Metacritic, labeled \"mixed or average.\"[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lilo-stitch-2025/critic-reviews/) The critics consensus called it one of the better live-action remakes of a Disney classic, recapturing the original's charm if not its rambunctious imagination.[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025) At 72%, it scored ahead of Disney remakes such as *Beauty and the Beast* (2017) and *The Little Mermaid* (2023), though below the 86% \"Certified Fresh\" score of the 2002 animated film.[19](https://www.whattowatch.com/features/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-lilo-and-stitch-which-live-action-remake-scored-better-on-rotten-tomatoes)\n\n**Common criticisms.** Reviewers who liked the film praised the casting of Kealoha and Agudong and the CGI design of Stitch; detractors objected to major plot changes, including the ending and the removal of the original's commentary on over-tourism in Hawaiʻi.[20](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/lilo-and-stitch-2025-live-action-review/105320016) The Associated Press called it \"a sweet but unnecessary live-action remake\" that closely follows the 2002 film before a more explosive climax.[21](https://apnews.com/article/f12f0cf0e8d1d3ceb24f6602de57cc1c) A *Time* review argued the remake offers \"mere sketches\" of the pivotal Lilo–Stitch relationship that the original developed.[22](https://time.com/7287149/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-adaptation/)\n\n## Sequel\n\nAt a shareholders meeting in March 2026, Disney announced that *Lilo and Stitch 2* will reach theaters on May 26, 2028.[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-movies/new-disney-ceo-hits-the-ground-running-with-lilo-and-stitch-2-and-the-incredibles-3-release-dates/) At Comic-Con 2025, stars Kealoha, Agudong, and Carrere said they were eager for a sequel while declining to confirm any project.[23](https://apnews.com/article/9245b934bc56f0e9071f29667eb49953)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Lilo & Stitch, Disney Movies](https://movies.disney.com/lilo-and-stitch-2025)\n2. [Lilo & Stitch (2025), Box Office and Financial Information, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lilo-and-Stitch-%282025%29)\n3. [Lilo & Stitch is officially the first Hollywood film this year to cross $1bn at the box office, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/family-movies/lilo-and-stitch-is-officially-the-first-hollywood-film-this-year-to-cross-usd1bn-at-the-box-office/)\n4. [Lilo & Stitch (2025), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch_2025)\n5. [Lilo & Stitch critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lilo-stitch-2025/critic-reviews/)\n6. [\"Lilo & Stitch\" Stars Say 'Organic Authenticity' of the Film's Hawaiian Representation Is 'Important', AOL/Entertainment Tonight](https://www.aol.com/lilo-stitch-stars-organic-authenticity-155845956.html)\n7. [New Disney CEO hits the ground running with Lilo and Stitch 2 and The Incredibles 3 release dates, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-movies/new-disney-ceo-hits-the-ground-running-with-lilo-and-stitch-2-and-the-incredibles-3-release-dates/)\n8. [Lilo & Stitch | Official Teaser, Disney on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5fMyIImwEY)\n9. [How 'Lilo & Stitch' Filmmakers Crafted a Heartfelt Live-Action Adventure, The Walt Disney Company](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/lilo-stitch-live-action-movie/)\n10. [More ʻŌiwi Representation in Reimagined Lilo & Stitch Movie, Ka Wai Ola](https://kawaiola.news/?p=20784)\n11. [Excitement abounds as Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch' premieres in Hawaii, Hawaii News Now](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/22/excitement-abounds-disneys-lilo-stitch-premieres-hawaii/)\n12. [Lilo & Stitch Producer Explained To Me Why One Specific Character Was Added, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/lilo-and-stitch-producer-explained-to-me-why-tutu-was-added-i-love-it)\n13. [Casting for new 'Lilo & Stitch' movie sparks discussion on Native Hawaiian representation, Hawai'i Public Radio](https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-05-19/lilo-stitch-movie-native-hawaiian-representation)\n14. [The 'Lilo and Stitch' backlash reveals how little U.S. understands Hawaii, SFGate](https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/lilo-stitch-ending-hawaiian-cultural-practice-20349307.php)\n15. [Media summary, June 3, 2025 (New York Times reporting on the Memorial Day box office)](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-3-6-2025.pdf)\n16. ['Avatar' and 'Marty Supreme' propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/9f2911eefe2d800d1c1063426a114f17)\n17. [Media summary, May 27, 2025 (CinemaScore and opening comparisons)](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/RESUMEN-DE-MEDIOS-27-5-2025.pdf)\n18. [Here's when 'Lilo & Stitch' is coming to Disney Plus, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/disney-plus/when-is-lilo-and-stitch-coming-to-streaming)\n19. [How to Train Your Dragon vs Lilo & Stitch: which live-action remake scored better on Rotten Tomatoes?, WhatToWatch](https://www.whattowatch.com/features/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-lilo-and-stitch-which-live-action-remake-scored-better-on-rotten-tomatoes)\n20. [Lilo & Stitch 2025 review: A sanitised live-action imitation of its original, ABC News (Australia)](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-24/lilo-and-stitch-2025-live-action-review/105320016)\n21. [Movie Review: 'Lilo & Stitch,' a sweet but unnecessary live-action remake, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/f12f0cf0e8d1d3ceb24f6602de57cc1c)\n22. [How Disney Did Stitch Dirty, Time](https://time.com/7287149/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-adaptation/)\n23. ['Lilo & Stitch' stars reflect on film's success and are eager for a sequel, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/9245b934bc56f0e9071f29667eb49953)\n24. [https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lilo-and-stitch-director-box-office-shooting-stitchs-deathe-1236421211/](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lilo-and-stitch-director-box-office-shooting-stitchs-deathe-1236421211/)\n25. [https://eu.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/05/24/lilo-and-stitch-movie-ending-explained/83781324007/](https://eu.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/05/24/lilo-and-stitch-movie-ending-explained/83781324007/)\n26. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/05/27/the-controversial-ending-of-disneys-new-lilo--stitch-explained/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/05/27/the-controversial-ending-of-disneys-new-lilo--stitch-explained/)\n27. [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/lilo-stitch-review-disney](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/lilo-stitch-review-disney)\n28. 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