‘Lilo & Stitch’ Presales Ahead Of ‘A Minecraft Movie’; Best First Day For PG Title Ytd

Further supporting Disney CEO Bob Iger’s claim that “tracking is enormous” for Lilo & Stitch, Fandango reports that the live-action take of the classic animated title posted the best first-day ticket presales for a PG title year to date. Lilo & Stitch opens May 23.
Lilo & Stitch has surpassed all 2025 PG-rated titles in first-day advance ticket sales on Fandango, a list that includes A Minecraft Movie, Snow White, Dog Man and Paddington in Peru. You’ll remember, A Minecraft Movie‘s traction didn’t pick up until the Thursday before its opening. Forecasts before then sat around $60 million before the Warner Bros/Legendary feature take of the Mojang game boomed to the best opening of the year at $162.7M.
Lilo & Stitch has also claimed the No. 2 spot as the best first-day ticket preseller for a Disney live-action movie of all time on Fandango at the same point in the sales cycle, behind 2019’s blockbuster The Lion King.
Lilo & Stitch has surpassed all 2025 PG-rated titles in first-day advance ticket sales on Fandango, a list that includes A Minecraft Movie, Snow White, Dog Man and Paddington in Peru. You’ll remember, A Minecraft Movie‘s traction didn’t pick up until the Thursday before its opening. Forecasts before then sat around $60 million before the Warner Bros/Legendary feature take of the Mojang game boomed to the best opening of the year at $162.7M.
Lilo & Stitch has also claimed the No. 2 spot as the best first-day ticket preseller for a Disney live-action movie of all time on Fandango at the same point in the sales cycle, behind 2019’s blockbuster The Lion King.
- 5/7/2025
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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