There is a new Hollywood film champion in the box office in 2025. By taking over the long holiday weekend on July fourth, Disney's Lilo and Stitch remake has surpassed "Minecraft" as the biggest American film of the year globally. Chinese animated blockbuster "Ne-Zha 2" still stands heads and shoulders over others with more than $ 2 billion In its name, but as long as Hollywood Production go, Disney is now at the top.

Rebirth Jurassic World Rebirth has opened for a huge $ 322 million globaltaking the lion's attention. However, Lilo and Stitch withdrew another $ 13.7 million on his seventh weekend, including $ 2.8 million. This carries the total of $ 972.7 million worldwide, including $ 408.5 million at home and $ 564.2 million internationally. It is now everything, but it is confident to become the first edition of Hollywood in the year that crashed the brand of $ 1 billion.

By doing so, it overtakes Minecraft Film, which opened at $ 163 million domestic earlier this yearWith its global total it is currently sitting on $ 954.9 million. Both films are huge hits and there is no real reason to reduce one to raise the other. Both films receive sequels and will help build constantly important franchises for Disney and Warner Bros., respectively.

However, more important than any of that is the fact that both have something very crucial. Both are films with a big budget PG. Both stand high above all, Hollywood threw him into the audience in 2025. About how much Ink that has been spilled with the success of "sinners" with an assessment of the Republic of Macedonia. ($ 365 million worldwide), these are these films that are friendly to the family's running. To make it clear, what the "sinners" have achieved is nothing shy of the miraculous, but also the quiet, but still a very stable increase in PG film in recent years.

As for this writing, the fourth biggest film of the year is "Mission: The Impossible Calculation" ($ 576.1 million), which is rated PG-13. But right behind it? Another PG, a family -friendly remake in the form of "How to Train Your Dragon" ($ 516.9 million), which is in a good position to overtake the "mission: impossible" when everyone is told and made with a global finish above/under $ 600 million. The PG movie has a great moment.

There are exceptions, of course, with Pixar's "Elio" withdraws hard at the box office And he is currently struggling to break $ 100 million globally after two weekends. At the same time, in 2024 it was seen that Pixar's "Inside 2" made $ 1.69 billion to become the biggest animated film ever until "Ne-Zha 2" came together. Much was done by "Deadpool & Wolverine" with Rating of Rate to become $ 1.3 billion to become the second largest film since 2024, but looking at a larger picture, seven of the top ten largest global brundering last year were PG films.

It includes "Moana 2" ($ 1 billion)"Despicable Me 4" ($ 969.5 million), Wicked ($ 756.2 million), "Mufasa: The Lion King" ($ 722.6 million), "Kung Fu Panda 4" ($ 547.6 million) and "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" ($ 492.1 million). There is a lot to be said about the difficulty that original films face, even in the PG arena, but it is undeniable that as superhero movies are fighting, because horror films are not as confident as they ever seemed, and as some long -term franchises struggle to find a trail.

For years, especially when superhero films have dominated the landscape for more than a decade, the prevailing theory seemed to have been a PG-13 ticket. This is what helped Marvel's film universe generate more than $ 30 billion in box office, culminating in "Avengers: Endgame" ($ 2.79 billion) becoming the biggest film everAlthough only briefly. Clearly, in the Pandemic era, things have changed.

To be clear, it's not like being a PG rating just a kind of magic bullet that provides success. No. Just look at Disney's live action Snow White, which is to lose about $ 115 million After supplementing $ 205.6 million globally this year. But there is power in a movie that families can collect around. This is what helped Puss in Boots: The last wish "overcoming a terrible $ 12.4 million home opening to end with $ 480.6 million worldwide. The same thing is that it has helped the" elementary "overcome its fake $ 29.6 million to earn nearly $ 500 million worldwide. With a family film, you often sell a few tickets, not just one.

That was said, another key element here exceeds the assessment of these films. Many of them are targeting younger films with nostalgia that is important to them. "Minecraft" is one of the biggest video games of all time. Children who grew up as they played appeared in driving to see the film. People who grew up watching Lilo and Stitch in the early 2000s wanted to bring their young children to see the new ones. It is not a nostalgia aimed at many, many older people.

The same outdated nostalgia that helped make the "transformers" a huge hit in 2007 Also doomed to animated "Transformers One" in 2024. People in their 20s who liked those films are now in their 40s with children, careers and responsibilities. Directing the nostalgia that younger moviegoers care about is very important when it comes to ensuring that the theater experience can live.

Yes, movies like "Top Gun: Maverick" helping to aging film mass mass They are also very important, but there is certainly something to say about this recent wave of PG blockbusters. They invite a larger, often ignored audience that, when motivated, will appear. These are lessons that can and should be applied to other films. Your move, Hollywood.

"Lilo and Stitch" is now in cinemas.