The buried Roger Corman production was the stuff of pop culture lore for decades before anyone saw it. Tim Story's two titles from the 2000s were critical disappointments and poor representations of some of the comics' most iconic arcs.
When you're looking at movies, especially post pandemic, post 2020, a billion dollars just doesn't really happen as much anymore. To see 'Lilo & Stitch' getting very, very close to that, it really just shows that people, families are willing to go out and see movies, especially if they are IP, familiar property and they feel they're guaranteed to have a good time.