Lilo & Stitch earns close to $800 million at global box office

Disney's live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch has continues to set box office ringing with steady cash flow. In its third week of release, the film has earned a global cumulative of $772.6 million and is on its way to hit the $800 million mark. As of Sunday, the film has earned $436.8 million globally, with $67.7 million coming from international markets over the weekend—a 47 per cent drop from the previous frame.

Upon release on May 23, the film was met with mixed reviews. Our CE review of the film read, "While the charm of the original animated film manages to somehow survive despite all efforts by the remake, what we end up getting is still just another tedious live-action remake, devoid of everything that made the original film special."

Director Dean Fleischer Camp's film follows an alien who accidentally comes to Hawaii, where a girl adopts it alongside her elder sibling.

Chris Sanders, who co-directed the original 2002 film, reprised his voice role of Stitch. The other members of the cast include Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani and Kaipot Dudoit as David Kawena. Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B Vance and Hannah Waddingham are part of the supporting cast along with Tia Carrere, Amy Hill and Jason Scott Lee who were a part of the original.

Camp has directed the new film from a script by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright. The original animated feature was written and directed by Chris Sanders along with Dean DeBlois in their feature directorial debuts and produced by Clark Spencer, based on an original story created by Sanders.