Lilo And Stitch Is Now No. 1 Globally This Year, But There's One A Minecraft Movie Milestone It Can't Catch
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Credit: DisneyIt’s been a big summer at the theater for family-friendly movies, with so many options hitting the 2025 movie calendar. How to Train Your Dragon, Elio and Lilo & Stitch remained in the box office’s Top 10 through June, but when looking at the year overall, only the latter has really set itself apart. The live-action remake has reached a huge milestone by becoming the No. 1 movie globally for 2025, but there’s one thing it hasn’t been able to do.
Lilo & Stitch has surpassed A Minecraft Movie for the top spot in worldwide box office earnings, Deadline reports, earning $957.6 million to date. Jack Black’s video game adaptation stands at $954.9 million. However, while it only took Lilo & Stitch a couple of weeks to quietly surpass Sinners as the No. 2 movie domestically for 2025 so far, it still hasn’t been able to knock off the Chicken Jockey.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R15ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeA Minecraft Movie — which is now available to stream with a Max subscription — maintains the gold (maybe Netherite would be more appropriate?) medal with $423.9 million in the U.S. and Canada, compared to Lilo & Stitch’s $403.7 million.
While there are still some huge releases ahead like James Gunn’s Superman on July 11 and James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, for now no other movie has come close to the success of A Minecraft Movie and the Disney live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, Sinners remained in third place domestically with $278.2 million, while Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning held the bronze globally with $563.9 million, per Box Office Mojo.
Credit: Matt Kennedy/Disney Enterprises IncLilo & Stitch’s chart-topping run started immediately, when its $182.6 million opening marked the biggest four-day debut over Memorial Day weekend in history (beating Top Gun: Maverick’s $160.5 million), according to Deadline.
Audiences have rated the flick 93% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Popcornmeter — even higher than critics’ combined 71% assessment. In CinemaBlend’s review of Lilo & Stitch, Sarah El-Mahmoud said she was “pleasantly dazzled by the story all over again,” as she rated it 3.5 stars out of 5. Despite some changes for live-action and an ending that has caused some heated complaints, the numbers seem to prove this is a hit with moviegoers around the world.
Credit: Warner Bros.A Minecraft Movie, meanwhile, jumpstarted the box office in April, which may have been a surprise for critics, who collectively rated the world-building movie a meager 48%. Fans disagreed, giving the Jason Momoa film 85%. Even unsuspecting parents found themselves having a blast watching it with their kids — I guess there’s nothing like seeing the movie in a crowd full of rabid fans.
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Stream either version on HBO Max now, and as we wait to see if anything can surpass these two box office beasts, you can still catch Lilo & Stitch in theaters.
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