“Lilo & Stich” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stich” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.”

Disney's live-action Lilo and Stitch remake and Tom Cruise's supposedly final Mission: Impossible outing have opened as two of the biggest films of the year in a record-breaking weekend at the box office. Lilo and Stitch, which revisits the 2002 animated family favourite, exceeded expectations with takings of $341m (£252m) around the world.

Sydney Agudong and Maia Kealoha open up about their bond in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, revealing how real-life sisterhood shaped their roles in the live-action remake.

It has been 23 years since "Lilo & Stitch" became an instant, animated Disney classic. And now, the heartwarming story about a lonely Hawaiian girl and a crazy blue alien has been reimagined as a live action film.

In honor of Lilo & Stitch coming to theaters May 23, Brit + Co's Kayla Walden sat down with Tia Carrere and Courtney B. Vance to talk about the movie, filming with Maia Kealoha and Sydney Elizebeth Agudong,