‘Lilo & Stitch’ Becomes Disney’s Second Most-Watched Live-Action Trailer of All Time

This week’s launch of the trailer for Lilo & Stitch was a huge success for Walt Disney Studios. After 24-hours, the trailer has become the second-most-viewed Disney live-action trailer of all time with 158 million views, behind only 2019’s The Lion King teaser trailer.

Within an hour of release, Lilo & Stitch reached the No. 1 spot for trending on Twitter/X and remained in the top 10 for the hours following. The trailer also trended on YouTube, taking the No. 1 spot following release and even reached No. 1 on China’s Douyin platform.

The live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, opens exclusively in theaters May 23.

Buzz about the film has continued to grow since a first look at the renegade animated alien’s new look was revealed at Disney’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event last August. During this year’s Super Bowl game, a spot featuring Stitch “crashing” the field generated 173.1M views in 24 hours, making it Disney’s most viewed spot digitally.

About the film: Lilo & Stitch tells the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Lilo & Stitch is directed by award-winning filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp, with a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, and stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Producers are Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost, Thomas Schumacher serving as executive producers.