Disney’s ‘Lilo and Stitch’ Live-Action trailer is the second most viewed live-action trailer with 158M
Box office numbers are incredibly low, but Disney’s live action adaptation of the 2002 animated film Lilo Stitch will open on May 23, bringing a ray of sunshine to summer. How’s that? The trailer dropped this week has 158M views in 24 hours, which makes it the second-most viewed Disney live action trailer ever, only behind 2019’s The Lion King Teaser Trailer.
Lilo & Stitch was the most trending topic on Twitter/X within an hour after its release. The trending spot on Twitter/X was No. 1 and it stayed in the top 10 throughout the following hours. The trailer was also the most popular video on YouTube. The trailer also reached the No. 1 spot on YouTube after its release, and even reached the No. 1 spot on China’s Douyin platform. The platform Douyin in China is ranked No.
Disney’s D23, The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in August revealed a small preview of the film. A spot that featured Stitch “crashing” on the field during this year’s Super Bowl generated 173.1M digital views in just 24 hours. This was Disney’s highest-viewed spot.
Lio & Stitch is a funny and heartwarming story about a Hawaiian girl who’s lonely and the fugitive foreigner who helps her to repair the broken family.
The film is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and has a screenplay written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, Mike Van Waes and Tia Carrere. It also stars Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis. Jonathan Eirich and Dan Lin produce “Lilo & Stitch”, with Tom Peitzman as EP, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost and Thomas Schumacher acting as EPs.
The box office grosses for the original film were $145.7M in the United States and $273.1M globally. The film opened with $35.2M in the domestic box office.
Disney fires off summer on May 2 with Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*.
