The wild robot will pass a huge box office milestone. The new DreamWorks animated movie, based on the children’s book of the same name, follows a robot named Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who is stranded on a desert island and becomes a caretaker for an orphaned Gosling named Brightbill (Keith Connor ). The Wild robot The release started off with a solid but uninspiring debut of $35.8 million at the domestic box office, but it became a sleeper hit, falling to No. 2 in its second weekend and holding the position in its third weekend as its worldwide total claimed Over $150 million.
Per Varietyfrom Saturday morning, The wild robot is projected to pass the $100 million domestic milestone Until the end of the day. This will make it the 16th movie of 2024 to do so, behind September’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Additionally, it has maintained its number 2 chart position for the third weekend in a row. It has so far weathered the onslaught of Joker: Folie à Deux And Terrifying 3Both of which opened at No. 1 over it, but fell below its consistent grosses in their second weekends.
What this means for the wild robot
The Dreamworks movie is slowly climbing
This success, which is potentially spurred by overwhelmingly strong The wild robot Reviews that earned the movie a near-perfect certified fresh score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, look even better when the movie is compared to only the other animated hits of the year. Although it is the 16th movie to pass this milestone overall, it is only The fourth animated movie of the year to gross more than $100 million in North America. Below, see how it compares to the other animated titles to have passed the domestic milestone in 2024:
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Row |
Title |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|
|
#1 |
Inside Out 2 |
$652.9 million |
|
#3 |
Despicable Me 4 |
$361 million |
|
#8 |
Kung Fu Panda 4 |
$193.6 million |
|
#16 |
The wild robot |
$100 million+ |
All three of the previous titles had already passed the $100 million domestic milestone by the time they hit their second weekends, so The wild robot Probably will never climb as high as their total grosses. However, it is still the lead of the Elemental Box office, vi The 2023 Pixar movie passed the $100 million domestic milestone in its fourth weekend After opening to an even lower $29.6 million. It eventually grossed $496.4 million worldwide, indicating the potential of the DreamWorks movie if it continues to show such strong audiences.
Our take on the Wild Robot Box Office
The movie is on the road to profitability
Typically, a movie needs to earn two and a half times its budget in order to end up in the black. Given its budget of $78 million, this likely means the break-even point for The wild robot is somewhere around $195 million. this weekend, It is just approaching breaking even worldwideBut its continued streak at No. 2 in North America probably means it will stick around the chart for many weeks to come, helping it further and further into the black.
Source: Variety