The year is 2002 … sorry, 2025. But it very well could be the early 2000s by the looks of the movie titles in theaters over the summer.

From a live-action reboot of the original animated classic “Lilo & Stitch” to another installment of “Jurassic Park,” Hollywood, known for breaking the rules, opted for the safer route to success: nostalgia. Did it work?

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Disney’s live-action “ Lilo & Stitch " hit the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It was the first movie of the year to do so, setting the bar high for other summer releases. Disney leaned on the franchise’s existing and very devoted fan base to show up to theaters, but the film wasn’t exactly critically acclaimed. Viewers complained the reengineering took away the magic, as the Deseret News previously reported.

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