Disney’s remake of “Lilo & Stitch” has kicked off what is expected to be a massive box office run with $14.5 million from Thursday preview screenings.

Are there any new scenes or characters in Disney's live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch?" Here's what's different from the 2002 animated original.

Newcomer Maia Kealoha shines in Disney’s now-familiar tale of a Hawaiian girl and her extraterrestrial “dog.”

Lilo & Stitch has been a box office hit so far, and fans wonder if the Disney movie will get a sequel now that it has become a hit.

When the original animated Lilo & Stitch premiered in 2002, it was preceded by one of the most memorable promotion campaigns of the 2000s. A series of trailers began highlighting the beloved (and then fairly recent) animated movies of the Disney Renaissance,

Heartfelt and silly — but worked better in animated form.

The actor is live on “GMA” talking about his role in the live-action remake of the beloved movie.

The film opens with Stitch, an alien being exiled from his planet, crash landing into Earth on Hawaii. While Stitch is navigating his new-found planet, six-year-old Lilo (Maia Kealoha) explores the ocean all by herself. She has no friends and always causing chaos, with her schoolmates labelling her as "weird."