US Edition'Lilo & Stitch' Remake Breaks Records, Sparks Controversy over Characters
- The remake of 'Lilo & Stitch' had a record-breaking opening weekend, grossing $341.7 million worldwide, surpassing the original's total in just one weekend.
- Director Dean Fleischer Camp defended changes in the remake, stating the new ending tries to modernize the story and add emotional depth between the characters.
- Critics argue that the film's portrayal of giving Lilo to the state undermines the original's themes and disrespects Native Hawaiian culture.
- Fans criticized the new ending for altering the original's core message about family, particularly the phrase 'Ohana means family.
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“Lilo & Stitch” Live-Action Hits Record-Breaking Memorial Day Debut with Filipina Stars Among Cast - Asian Journal News
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'Lilo & Stitch' Review - Mutating Experiment 626 Into Mediocrity
(L-R) Lilo (Maia Kealoha) and Stitch in Disney’s live-action LILO & STITCH. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2025 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved. While watching Disney’s new live-action version of Lilo & Stitch, the film felt fairly accurate to the original 2002 animated film for the first half of the film, while the second half seemed insanely different in comparison. However, upon revisiting the original film, the live-action version f…
‘Lilo & Stitch’ review: Disney puts another one through the de-animation machine
The roughhouse charmer “Lilo & Stitch” from 2002, one of Disney’s more freewheeling animated 21st century mashups of slapstick and heartstring-plucking, has already spun off TV and sequel iterations and a lot of merchandise. The film presented a rollicking friendship between a six-legged (six-armed? never could tell) koala-like alien being, new to our planet, and an exuberant Hawaiian Island preteen who has wished, ardently, for a true friend an…
'Lilo & Stitch' May Replace 'Avengers: Endgame' as Disney's Most Successful Movie Ever
Disney might have just found its most unexpected box office champion — and it’s not wielding a hammer, wearing a cape, or snapping half the universe away. It’s Stitch. That adorable little blue alien from Hawaii is taking the world by storm in ways nobody could’ve predicted — not even the Avengers. The live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch (2025) has absolutely crushed expectations. In its opening weekend alone, it pulled in a staggering $182.7 mi…
Will There Be A 'Lilo & Stitch' Live-Action Sequel? Disney's Not Opposed
DisneyDisney's recent push of live-action films has been endearing — there's something incredibly special about seeing an animated movie you loved as a kid come to life through a live-action replica — but now the studio seems eager to start up some live-action *sequels.* After the Memorial Day success of Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch, rumors are circulating that a live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel might be in the works.The 2002 animated film…
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