Maia Kealoha plays Lilo in the Disney's live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' feature film. Here's everything to know about Maia Kealoha, the star in the live-action movie 'Lilo & Stitch.'

Disney's remake of "Lilo & Stitch" has kicked off what is expected to be a massive box office run with $14.5 million from Thursday preview screenings. It's a result that is just above the $14.1 million Thursday preview total for Disney's 2018 Memorial Day release,

Heartfelt and silly — but worked better in animated form.

Maia Kealoha, 8, makes her debut in the live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch." She tells USA TODAY about auditioning for the role and what's next.

When the original animated Lilo & Stitch premiered in 2002, it was preceded by one of the most memorable promotion campaigns of the 2000s. A series of trailers began highlighting the beloved (and then fairly recent) animated movies of the Disney Renaissance,

The actor is live on “GMA” talking about his role in the live-action remake of the beloved movie.

Lilo & Stitch has been a box office hit so far, and fans wonder if the Disney movie will get a sequel now that it has become a hit.

The film opens with Stitch, an alien being exiled from his planet, crash landing into Earth on Hawaii. While Stitch is navigating his new-found planet, six-year-old Lilo (Maia Kealoha) explores the ocean all by herself. She has no friends and always causing chaos, with her schoolmates labelling her as "weird."