“Even though they're adorable and funny, they have this quiet well of sadness that is very emotional.”

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is crushing Memorial Day weekend box office records while Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is running in a distant second.

In the new film, Cobra Bubbles is just a CIA agent, and his role as Lilo's social worker was given to the new character Mrs. Kekoa (played by Tia Carrere, the voice of Nani from the animated film).

It was clear that Disney had a hit on their hands back at CinemaCon, when a sizzle reel showed with Stitch popping up in several Mouse House movies. That was further accentuated by named Global Distribution Boss Andrew Cripps taking the stage at Caesar’s Las Vegas Colosseum in a Stitch jacket alongside IP mastermind,