Somewhat poetically, Disney's new Lilo & Stitch movie has now outgrossed the box office blockbuster that began the studio's wave of live-action remakes 15 years ago. Lilo & Stitch has long been available on PVOD platforms, and is the only Hollywood movie of the year to have passed the coveted $1 billion mark worldwide. It's also the second-biggest hit of 2025 globally , behind only the Chinese hit Ne Zha 2 , which has made more than $2 billion at the box office. Lilo & Stitch was an unlikely success story, having originated as a streaming release. It is now among the 60 biggest hits in global box office history .

The film's $1.03 billion lifetime haul puts it roughly $5 million ahead of Tim Burton 's Alice in Wonderland , which inadvertently launched this wave

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