Earlier this week, Disney released the trailer for the upcoming live-action reimagining of “Lilo & Stitch”, which tells the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

The trailer has quickly gone on to become a massive success for Walt Disney Studios, as within the first 24 hours, the trailer has become the second most viewed Disney live-action trailer of all time with 158M views, behind only 2019’s “The Lion King” teaser trailer. Within an hour of release, “Lilo & Stitch” reached the No. 1 spot for trending on Twitter/X and remained in the top 10 for the hours following. The trailer also trended on YouTube, taking the No. 1 spot following its release and even reached No. 1 on China’s Douyin platform.

Excitement for the film has continued to grow since a first look at everyone’s favorite renegade alien was revealed at Disney’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event last August. Then, during this year’s Super Bowl game, a spot featuring Stitch “crashing” the field generated 173.1M views in 24 hours, making it Disney’s most viewed spot digitally.

“Lilo & Stitch” is directed by award-winning filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp, with a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, and stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha. “Lilo & Stitch” is produced by Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost, Thomas Schumacher serving as executive producers.

“Lilo & Stitch” is coming to cinemas on May 23rd, 2025 and it will be coming to Disney+ later this year.

Roger’s Take: Disney have been running an intriguing teaser trailer campaign, getting fans excited about the upcoming film, and this trailer seems to have hit very well as audiences seem to be very optimistic about the movie, and that could really help push this film into the possible billion-dollar club.

Are you looking forward to watching “Lilo & Stitch”?  Let me know on social media!

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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