Several cast members returned, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch. Newcomer Maia Kealoha, who took on the starring role of Lilo, join

Lilo & Stich” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stich” earned a staggering $145.5 million in

The Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau sponsored the world premiere of Disney’s live-action “Lilo &Stitch” Saturday, ensuring that Hawaiian cultural elements were authentically incorporated into the event at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

The Disney remake assembly line dutifully but unimaginatively rolls forward with "Lilo & Stitch," a (mostly) live-action reworking of the 2002 2-D animated film, which might push some millennial nostalgia buttons but is chiefly engineered for today's 8 and younger set.

Lilo & Stitch,” Disney’s latest live-action remake, has been screened for select members of the press, and the first reactions to the film are overwhelmingly positive. Critic Wendy Lee Szany wrote on X,