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Released
2002 · FILM

Lilo & Stitch

When a rogue genetic experiment crash‑lands in Hawaii, a disgraced scientist and his alien sidekick race against a relentless intergalactic bounty hunter to retrieve the near‑indestructible creature before it endangers a grieving teenage girl and her sister, forcing everyone to confront who truly belongs on Earth.

“There's one in every family.”

Directed by
Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders
Written by
Chris Sanders, Dean Deblois
Rated
BBFC · U
Runtime
85 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 182+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Darren T HolmesShot by John AardalScored by Alan SilvestriDesigned by Paul A FelixSound by Christopher Boyes

Box Office

2002 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$273.1M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$273.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $145.8M — 53% of worldwide · International: $127.3M (47%)

Opening weekend: $35.3M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $55.6M — 38% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,191 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Lilo und Stitchde
  • Lilo et Stitchfr
  • (Bulgarian)Лило и Стич
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • IndiaJun 16, 2002
  • United StatesJun 16, 2002
  • UruguayJun 19, 2002
  • CanadaJun 21, 2002

Companies

ProductionWalt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida

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