Disney’s live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is a box office success, but online, fans are tearing into the remake for changing the ending—here’s the controversy, explained.

"Lilo & Stitch" broke box office records on Memorial Day weekend. It's a quick change of fortune for Disney after their last live-action remake "Snow White" flopped.

Nostalgia as entertainment is nothing new. But it has not yet been fully exploited for the Zillennial age demographic, now one of the largest age groups in the U.S.

In the 2002 movie, Captain Gantu from the United Galactic Federation travels to Earth after Jumba and Pleakley fail to capture Experiment 626 (aka Stitch). In the movie, the alien pair is played by Zach Galifinakis and Billy Magnussen, who take on a human form, but Gantu is left out of the story.

Lilo & Stitch is hardly the first movie that wasn’t adored by critics to make giant piles of money at the box office. It likely won’t be the last either. You can check out the film and fellow 2025 movie schedule entry Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in theaters now.

Disney’s 'Lilo & Stitch' topped the U.K. and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, debuting with a strong $12.9 million.