LILO AND STITCH Has Already Outgrossed THUNDERBOLTS* At The Worldwide Box Office

LILO AND STITCH Has Already Outgrossed THUNDERBOLTS* At The Worldwide Box Office

After less than a week on general release, Disney's Lilo and Stitch has already passed $400 million worldwide, something Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* didn't manage to do after almost a month in theaters.

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By MarkCassidy - May 29, 2025 05:05 AM EST
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Source: Via Toonado.com

After breaking the record for biggest Memorial Day opening weekend ever with a massive $183 million debut, Disney's Lilo and Stitch has now passed $400 million worldwide after playing in theaters for less than a week.

The Mouse House's latest live-action remake grossed an estimated $15.3M on Tuesday (from 4,410 locations), bringing its domestic total to just under $200 million. The last update put the movie's global cume at $392.7 million, but it will easily have passed the $400 million milestone by now (we'll bring you the latest figures later today).

This is something Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts didn't manage to accomplish after almost a month in theaters. The antihero team-up movie has now taken in around $360 million worldwide, and analysts believe it may end up costing the studio as much as $100 million after P&A costs are taken into account.

A big win for Disney after Snow White's underperformance, and a sign that we shouldn't be expecting an end to these live-action reimaginings anytime soon.

Have you been to see Lilo and Stitch? If so, what did you think? Let us know in the comments section down below.

The new movie's synopsis reads: "Lilo and Stitch tells the story of the bond formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and a dog-like alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction. Pursuing aliens, social workers, and the idea of the bond of family figure into the proceedings."

Newcomer Maia Kealoha is set to play Lilo, and Zach Galifianakis, Sydney Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, and original animated movie voice actors Tia Carrere, Amy Hill, and Jason Scott Lee will also star. Chris Sanders will once again voice Stitch.

Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) directs Lilo & Stitch from a script by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, based on a previous draft by Mike Van Wess. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing under their Rideback production banner.

“Lilo & Stitch is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp, with a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, and stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha. “Lilo & Stitch” is produced by Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost, Thomas Schumacher serving as executive producers.

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Gambito
Gambito - 5/29/2025, 5:41 AM
No getting around it sadly when you put up the phrase “ it will lose 100 million dollars” then it’s a FLOP and nothing else. Loved the movie though, probably would have done better if they added Ghost rider or the punisher
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 5/29/2025, 5:51 AM
@Gambito - it’s a great movie. It’s just people didn’t know these characters. And after Captain America being eh. Adding a couple well known heroes alongside the main ones could have helped.

AllsGood
AllsGood - 5/29/2025, 6:48 AM
Disney's Lilo and Stitch

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Kozmik
Kozmik - 5/29/2025, 6:48 AM
And what’s the point? So ‘Lilo and Stitch’ made more than ‘Thunderbolts’ so far?

So what?

I can’t wait for this Twitter-esque hellsite to go up in flames.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/29/2025, 6:50 AM
"But no one goes to the movies anymore"...
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/29/2025, 7:09 AM
That’s a shame, because(Lilo) it was mostly a boring remake. Not even my wife or kids were very invested.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 5/29/2025, 7:41 AM
What ?! But–but–but I was told by all the rabid Marvel lapdogs that Thunderbolts was a super wholesome chungus massive moneymaker ? They wouldn't have lied to me, would they ?
Batmangina
Batmangina - 5/29/2025, 7:52 AM
MCU SHILLS - LET'S GO MARVEL!!!
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THUNDERBOLTS BOX OFFICE:
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LILO:
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/29/2025, 8:02 AM
What an odd comparison…

The 2025 Lilo & Stitch is based off a popular animated film that started a franchise that had a direct to dvd sequel & animated series amongst other things while Thunderbolts is about a few supporting characters (and Bucky) from movies and D+ shows that are now taking a main role.

I don’t get this article besides it being meant to start a flame war.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/29/2025, 8:05 AM
One more time for the cheap seats:

180 million budget
Plus
100 million in marketing
Equals
280 total spend on Thunderbolts

Studio keeps about 45 percent of box office gross

Studio received, per Deadline, 75 million in product tie ins before the film was released
Which brings the total spend down to 205

Movie needs about 425 to break even
Looks like it will tap out at about 380

The movie will lose about 25-30 million at the box office

It will make that back in VOD

It will break even, barely, eventually.

Not a hit by any stretch.
A failure by most objective measures.

But not a flop. It will make Disney a few million when all is said and done. Like, very few. Between VOD, merch, streaming deals, Disney might make like ten to twenty five million over the entire lifespan of the film. Terrible for a Marvel tentpole, but not not a complete and utter disaster like The Marvels. Like Quantumania, it will eventually edge its way into the black.
KingZero
KingZero - 5/29/2025, 8:12 AM
So Stitch, a character that has been consistently popular in pop culture since 1998, outsold a film about Marvel supporting characters? A character that appeals to children, verses characters who have largely only been seen on Disney+ or not on screen for 4-5 years at least? Thunderbolts was always a punt, but this isn't a fair comparison. Marvel do have a journey ahead of them to get back to their pre-2021 levels of success though.
KingZero
KingZero - 5/29/2025, 8:25 AM
It smashed mission impossible as well. Is that relevant? Studios need to invest less in these blockbusters. They aren't guaranteed successes anymore, and I'm sure they could be made cheaper, as well becoming more creative by being challenged with restrictions on spending. Look at Godzilla Minus One and look at Thunderbolts. One cost $15mil, the other $180mil. They're both great. But surely the money isn't going into production, it's premiums on brands and talent which isn't necessary when you could shop around (unless you're stuck in contracts) or pay a lot less and it would still be a lot of money for an individual creative. The industry needs to review this because eventually it just won't be viable anymore.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/29/2025, 8:50 AM
@JosephStalin - This is exactly the issue and this keeps getting proven over and over again.

People love saying "but people dont go to the movies anymore" any time one of these Marvel movies flop.

Yet we consistently see movies about characters and stories that people are interested in doing well.

Barbie
Top Gun 2
Oppenheimer
Deadpool and Wolverine
Thor 4
Dr Strange 2
Spider-Man
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Lilo and Stitch
Minecraft

There are more, but these all made good to amazing money at the theatres.

The ones that barely break even, lose money, or make a small pittance are almost exclusively characters like in Thunderbotls. Characters people just aren't interested in.

This isnt a secret anymore. There's a very obvious pattern with very few outliers.

Ant-Man doing poorly is the one example of a popular character doing bad.

Shang Chi is an outlier of a new character doing decent.

But the pattern is unmistakable at this point.

They need to stick to characters people care about now. Marvel has lost too much interest and cant keep pumping out winners based on the Marvel brand alone anymore.

Stick to characters and stories people know and are interested in, and cast appropriately. These things are blindingly obvious now and we've got all the evidence backing it up. There's no denying it anymore.
KingZero
KingZero - 5/29/2025, 9:02 AM
@CorndogBurglar - Oppenheimer might be the exception there, but then you've got this absolute superstar filmmaker in Nolan who draws crowds no matter what he makes. They should explore new things or characters in cinema but you've got to earn it for the most part. Shang Chi had the benefit of being a part of the Marvel brand in the midst of Endgame and No Way Home. Thunderbolts might have had indie talent but it didn't have an indie budget. Honestly, that's a film I'd like to see.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 5/29/2025, 9:33 AM
@CorndogBurglar - Double edged sword however, if you only ever do stuff with a pre-existing huge fanbase how does anything new ever get a big fan base. I am NOT saying your wrong and ultimately the biggest issues is bloated budgets with too many films but I'm never going to be against a studio taking a punt with lesser know characters if it turns out to be a film I enjoy/is quantifiably good to great otherwise almost ALL we will get is constant constant reboots of old films and live action remakes of animated, even sequels tend to make diminishing returns now.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/29/2025, 11:16 AM
@Apophis71 - There's nothing wrong with doing new characters....when the time is right. This is not that time. A lot of these characters we've been getting movies and D+ shows for are side characters. Its not necessary for them to have their own projects.

It was different when anything with a Marvel logo was making gangbusters. But those days are long gone.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/29/2025, 11:19 AM
@Apophis71 - As an example, we got Moon Knight. He's a well liked character. Makes sense to give him a show.

But then we've also got Nova sitting on the back burner for years, who is also a popular character, yet we're getting weird things like Ironheart or Agatha.

These decisions dont make sense.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 5/29/2025, 1:36 PM
@CorndogBurglar - Well we were talking about films not TV shows, those are differing metrics and opinions on who should be prioritised for a limited TV series will vary A LOT. I'd say TV shows is exactly the sort of place you can test out lesser known characters IF they have a good story pitch to attract wider knowledge and interest prior to considering if you put in blockbuster movie budgets for them.

As is you pointed to Agathas show, one which was generaly well recieved when it landed, that was realy Wiccan's show who has been one of the most popular modern characters since his return to print twenty years ago but the show was under Agatha's name as after also well recieved Wandavision there would be wider recognition for her than for Billy outside of young comic readers.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 5/29/2025, 8:43 AM
This should surprise no one. Thunderbolts was always going to flop, as will F4.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/29/2025, 9:04 AM
Started Cap4 last night and didn’t get too far before I got bored. Mackie is not killing it in the first half hour. Does he get more invested? He and Ford seem like they’re in a low-talking contest so far.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/29/2025, 9:16 AM
Not Shocking. Lilo and Stitch was always going to print money...Just like that Moana live action soon...
SATW42
SATW42 - 5/29/2025, 9:21 AM
Another way this could've been written is that Lilo And Stitch is making back Thunderbolts money, because they are both Disney and therefore aren't in competition with each other.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 5/29/2025, 9:34 AM
But can Lilo beat Ne Zha????
grif
grif - 5/29/2025, 11:05 AM
dont care about either movie
supermanrex
supermanrex - 5/29/2025, 11:12 AM
who [frick]ing cares. why the constant dick measuring articles about box offices. lilo and stich beat other movies too, but lets single out thunderbolts because its the hot hate clickbait topic with its ever expanding budget that grows along with its box office receipts.

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