“Lilo & Stich” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stich” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.”

Maia Kealoha attends the World Premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana 2" in Kapolei, Hawaii on November 21, 2024 ; Lilo in 'Lilo and Stitch' (2002).

Newcomer Maia Kealoha shines in Disney’s now-familiar tale of a Hawaiian girl and her extraterrestrial “dog.”

The Disney remake assembly line dutifully but unimaginatively rolls forward with "Lilo & Stitch," a (mostly) live-action reworking of the 2002 2-D animated film, which might push some millennial nostalgia buttons but is chiefly engineered for today's 8 and younger set.

Mostly similar to the animated film, the story follows a quirky young girl named Lilo (played here by newcomer Maia Kealoha) who unknowingly befriends a manic fugitive alien named Stitch (a role ...