Disney’s 'Lilo & Stitch' topped the U.K. and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, debuting with a strong $12.9 million.

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, the movie adapts the beloved 2002 animated movie by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois into the live-action medium, which is a pattern Disney has been following for years.

Great news for people who love movie theaters and want them to stick around: cinemas across the country just logged the best Memorial Day weekend box office in history with a massive $322 million across all films,

Lilo & Stitch, Disney’s latest live-action remake, has already pulled in more money than the original 2002 animated film. The new remake also beat out Tom Cruise’s latest (and possibly last) Mission: Impossible film at the box office,

The Final Reckoning” and Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” may include some of the final credits of VFX giant MPC and commercial VFX studio The Mill, both of which were owned by Technicolor, which collapsed in February amid dire financial circumstances.

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Disney’s Lilo & Stitch won't have that nostalgic ending, but gives a realistic portrayal of family expectations, responsibility, and community (minus the aliens).

For the most part, the new version sticks pretty closely to the 2002 animated film. The story centers on two sisters, Lilo and Nani, who are navigating life after the death of their parents. Nani, a teenager just about to head to college, struggles to hold down a job and watch out for her sister, who is a bit chaotic.

O ne of the best parts of the lead-up to the release of the live-action Lilo & Stitch has been watching the marketing. We’ve seen Stitch “invade” various corners of the Disn