Tickle Me Elmo has just met its match ... ($35.4M), the second-last live-action adaptation of a Disney animated classic. The original animated Lilo & Stitch grossed close to $275 million worldwide ...

It was 1996, the Christmas shopping season had not yet started, but it was increasingly clear to young parents that the hot toy that year was Tickle Me Elmo. The toy version of the popular Muppet ...