How Disney marketed 'Lilo & Stitch' and saw that it was worthy for a reboot, the movie making $180M-plus domestic at the Memorial Day box office.

After the live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch and Cruise's Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning debuted in movie theaters across North America on Friday, May 23, Lilo & Stitch took the domestic box office's top spot as it grossed $183 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Globally, it made $341.7 million.

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Stitch has become an unlikely star among Disney’s characters. The blue alien is so popular that he ranks in the top 10 bestselling Disney franchises, alongside stalwarts such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the princesses, Star Wars and Marvel, the company said.