Lilo & Stitch live-action debuts on Disney+ with 14.3M views

Disney's live action retelling of Lilo Stitch hit the streamer on Sept. 3, 2025, and quickly became one of the platform's biggest premieres, drawing 14.3 million global views in its first five days, according to internal Disney data. The film, which debuted in theaters in May and crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office this summer, has also driven renewed interest in the franchise, boosting viewing hours for the original animated movie and related content to roughly 670 million hours on the service.

Disney reported the five-day total using its internal metric that counts a view as total stream time divided by runtime. The studio said the live action Lilo Stitch is now the streaming service's second biggest live action film premiere, behind only The Little Mermaid. Alan Bergman, cochairman of the studio, called the film's connection with audiences "a sign of how this new film has connected with people" and thanked the filmmakers, cast and studio team for the movie's success.

The live action adaptation reimagines the 2002 animated favorite, following a young Hawaiian girl who adopts a creature known as Stitch, a genetically engineered alien. The remake's box office...