Lilo & Sew is constant to shine throughout its second weekend on the field workplace. The brand new film, which was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, is a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated characteristic of the identical identify and follows orphaned Hawaiian woman Lilo Pelekai (Maia Kealoha) bonding with escaped alien genetic experiment Sew (Chris Sanders). The Lilo & Sew launch kicked off with a record-breaking $146 million opening weekend that noticed it earn the highest-grossing debut ever for a Memorial Day weekend launch.
Per Selection, as of Sunday morning, Lilo & Sew is projected to shut out its sophomore weekend by hitting a cumulative complete of $280 million on the home field workplace and $610 million worldwide. This makes it solely the second film to surpass the $275 million home milestone in 2025, behind A Minecraft Film ($422.4 million). It squeaked previous Ryan Coogler’s horror hit Sinners ($267 million) to take action. It has additionally develop into solely the third movie of the yr to cross the $600 million milestone worldwide, behind A Minecraft Film ($944.3 million) and Ne Zha 2 ($1.899 billion).
This complete additionally sees it surpassing the worldwide grosses of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ($491.7 million), 2015’s Cinderella ($543.5 million), and 2023’s The Little Mermaid ($569.6 million) to land at No. 8 on the High 10 chart of the highest-grossing live-action Disney remakes of all time.
What This Means For Lilo & Sew
The High 5 Is In Its Sights
This worldwide gross marks the film as an unlimited success simply 10 days into its run, because the reported price range of Lilo & Sew is barely $100 million, putting its estimated break-even level someplace round $250 million. Nevertheless, it’s displaying no indicators of slowing down. Given the truth that it has already grossed greater than half a billion {dollars}, it may doubtlessly develop into the second billion-dollar title of the yr earlier than lengthy, which might see it climb even increased up the chart of the highest-grossing Disney live-action remakes. See the total High 10 under:
Title
Worldwide Field Workplace
The Lion King (2019)
$1.657 billion
Magnificence and the Beast (2017)
$1.263 billion
Aladdin (2019)
$1.050 billion
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
$1.025 billion
The Jungle Ebook (2016)
$966.5 million
Maleficent (2014)
$758.5 million
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
$722.6 million
Lilo & Sew (2025)
$610 million
The Little Mermaid (2023)
$569.6 million
Cinderella (2015)
$543.5 million
Even when it solely barely makes greater than $1 billion, that will be sufficient for the film to land among the many High 5 highest-grossing Disney live-action remakes of all time. Nevertheless, it may simply exceed that milestone. Whereas its week 2 drop was considerably greater than that of High Gun: Maverick (which was the earlier record-holder for the most important Memorial Day weekend debut), it may nonetheless be on observe to gross practically $1.2 billion by the tip of its run, which might see it outgross each earlier remake besides The Lion King and Magnificence and the Beast.
Our Take On The Lilo & Sew Field Workplace
Disney Reside-Motion Remakes Are Recovering
Picture by Simone Ashmoore
Though 2025 kicked off with one in all Disney’s lowest-grossing live-action remakes, Snow White (which grossed simply $205.4 million in opposition to a reported $270 million price range and made it appear to be the format was experiencing diminishing returns after the monetary disappointment of The Little Mermaid), Lilo & Sew proves that there’s nonetheless cash to be made with the suitable Disney properties. The format’s success will almost definitely proceed, as the subsequent remake that’s lined-up is 2026’s live-action Moana, which is analogous to Sew in that it remakes a extra up to date animated title.
Signal Up
Supply: Selection
Lilo & Sew
7/10
Launch Date
Might 21, 2025
Runtime
108 Minutes
Director
Dean Fleischer Camp
Writers
Chris Kekaniokalani Vibrant, Mike Van Waes, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Producers
Tom C. Peitzman, Dan Lin, Ryan Halprin
Chris Sanders
Sew (voice)
