reviews for Lilo & Stitch have been quite good, with Screen Rant's own Mary Kassel giving it a score of 7 out of 10.

Lilo & Stitch will definitely make $1 billion, which guarantees it will be one of the most profitable movies of 2025. However, How to Train Your Dragon, another live-action remake of an animated movie, could dethrone Lilo & Stitch at the box office next weekend.

Lilo & Stitch Has Easily Become The Biggest Live-Action Remake Of 2025

Lilo & Stitch Has Been A (Much-Needed) Huge Success For Disney

Nowadays, live-action remakes of classic animated movies are becoming more and more common. In recent years, many of Disney's live-action remakes, in particular, have been huge successes at the box office. For example, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and The Jungle Book all earned a lot of money. Because of these successes, Disney has clearly prioritized making more live-action remakes of its most iconic movies. However, not all of these remakes have found success, with 2025's Snow White being a prime example.

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The live-action Snow White, which is based on what is arguably Disney's most popular animated movie, was released in theaters in March 2025. Due to several controversies surrounding the film, Snow White bombed at the box office. The film only managed to make $205 million on an estimated budget of $240-270 million (via Box Office Mojo). Snow White likely lost hundreds of millions of dollars for Disney, but Lilo & Stitch has thankfully been a huge success for the company. Given its box office intake so far, Lilo & Stitch is clearly the biggest live-action remake of 2025 so far.

How To Train Your Dragon's Remake Is Expected To Be A Huge Box Office Performer

How To Train Your Dragon Is Also A Remake Of A Beloved Animated Movie

So far, Lilo & Stitch has had to compete against movies like Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Karate Kid: Legends. Since The Final Reckoning is mostly geared towards adults, the Tom Cruise-led movie hasn't been a major problem for Lilo & Stitch, and Disney's live-action remake also hasn't had a difficult time besting the newest Karate Kid film at the box office. However, Lilo & Stitch's relatively easy run at the box office may change since the live-action How to Train Your Dragon film is hitting theaters on June 13, 2025.

Since it is also a remake of an animated film that is considered a modern classic, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon will likely perform very well at the box office. Early box office projections for How to Train Your Dragon estimate the film could make $80-100 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend. This is not quite as high as Lilo & Stitch's $146 million domestic opening, but it proves that the fantasy film will be major competition for the Disney movie, nonetheless.

After its world premiere at CinemaCon 2025, practically all first reactions for How to Train Your Dragon praised the remake. Even though the original animated movie was released in 2010, which isn't really that long ago, a major takeaway from the first reactions was that the live-action version justifies its existence. Apparently, the cast, cinematography, and dragon design in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie are all incredible. If the movie receives more glowing reviews upon its release, it could become a major box office juggernaut.

How To Train Your Dragon Could Challenge Lilo & Stitch To Be 2025's Biggest Live-Action Remake

Will How To Train Your Dragon Dethrone Lilo & Stitch At The Box Office?

While a movie geared towards adults, like The Final Reckoning, was never a major threat to Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon could steal the audience that would have potentially gone to see the Disney movie instead. Just like the original animated movie, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon was made for families and children. If these families choose to go see How to Train Your Dragon next weekend instead of Lilo & Stitch, perhaps because it will be the newer movie, then Disney's most recent live-action remake could easily lose some momentum at the box office.

If reviews for Elio are underwhelming and the film struggles, then How to Train Your Dragon could further extend its likely box office dominance.

However, it's also worth noting that How to Train Your Dragon will have some other competition at the box office, other than Lilo & Stitch. Just one week after its release, How to Train Your Dragon will have to compete against Elio, which is Pixar's newest animated movie. Pixar is one of the most acclaimed animation studios in the world and has had a lot of past successes, so Elio could be a huge hit. However, if reviews for Elio are underwhelming and the film struggles, then How to Train Your Dragon could further extend its likely box office dominance.

How To Train Your Dragon Is Sure To End Lilo & Stitch's Box Office Rein (If It Doesn't Stop Sooner)

How To Train Your Dragon Will (Also) Be One Of The Biggest Movies Of The Year

After its record-breaking opening weekend, Lilo & Stitch earned $63 million at the box office in its second weekend. This sophomore weekend haul ensured that Lilo & Stitch held the number one spot at the box office. Lilo & Stitch's box office streak may continue if it can gross more than Ballerina in its third weekend, which seems likely. However, the aforementioned How to Train Your Dragon projections suggest that Lilo & Stitch will drop to the number two spot, or potentially even lower, in its fourth weekend.

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While it may not sur Lilo & Stitch's total earnings to be the biggest live-action remake of 2025, it's practically a guarantee that How to Train Your Dragon will take the top spot at the box office next weekend. It could very easily hold this spot for many weeks, possibly until the release of Jurassic World Rebirth on July 2, 2025. Therefore, while it has experienced a lot of success, Lilo & Stitch's time at the top of the box office had to end at some point, and it's honestly fitting that it will be dethroned by another live-action remake.