Lilo & Stitch breaks records: Over $ 421 million worldwide!

Lilo & Stitch breaks records: Over $ 421 million worldwide!

The live action new production of "Lilo & Stitch" is currently achieving a record start in the USA and inspires cinema-goers worldwide. According to Oe24 , the film has already imported impressive $ 421 million on May 23. In Austria, almost 100,000 spectators have flows into the cinemas by the last weekend, which achieved revenue of over $ 1.059 million.

"Lilo & Stitch" is the clear number one of the cinema charts in Austria and even left behind Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning" competition, which is in second place with $ 227 million and around 70,000 visitors. The record start in the USA amounts to $ 182.6 million and thus exceeds the previous leader "A Minecraft Movie", which achieved $ 162 million. Experts expect the film to cross the $ 500 million mark this weekend.

expectations and successes

The forecasts are optimistic: "Lilo & Stitch" could be the first Hollywood film of the year over one billion dollars. This would be a remarkable success in one year in which other films such as "Everything stands Kopf 2" and "Avatar: The Way of Water" have achieved high boxes. Statista explains that the cinema charts are an important instrument to rank films for popularity, sales and visitor numbers.

The meaning of blockbuster films should not be underestimated because they attract different generations of cinema viewers. In 2024, “everything stands Kopf 2” dominated the global cinema charts and generated sales of around $ 653 million in North America. In Germany, around 5.8 million viewers visited this film, which makes it the most successful film according to the number of visitors.

cinema visitor figures in change

Despite these successes, the statistics also show that the number of cinema seekers in Germany in 2024 dropped to around 90.1 million. This represents a decline of over five million compared to the previous year. Before the Corona pandemic, 118.6 million visitors were still counted in 2019

The gross revenue of cinemas in Germany in 2024 amounted to around 868 million euros, while expenses for cinema advertising dropped to around 112.8 million euros. These developments throw a light on the challenges with which the film industry is confronted, despite the outstanding success of films such as "Lilo & Stitch" that continue to inspire the audience and break records.