“Lilo & Stitch” has grown from a modestly successful animated movie into one of Disney’s (DIS) most popular franchises in toy stores and on streaming as well as in social-media memes, Ben Fritz of The Wall Street Journal reports. Polling indicates the live-action film will open to more than $150M in the U.S. and Canada from Thursday night to Monday. Additionally, the film is expected to be No.1 in most foreign markets.
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