EXCLUSIVE: Universal/DreamWorks Animation’sThe Wild Robot has crossed the three-century mark globally, with $300.5M by means of Friday. The Chris Sanders-directed crucial darling is now at $134.4M home and $166.1M from the international box office.
The Wild Robotic is the No. 2 non-sequel studio movie of 2024, behind It Ends with Us; the No. 1 non-sequel Hollywood animated title of the yr; and the No. 4 greatest animated studio film of 2024 globally, internationally and domestically (behind Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4 and Kung Fu Panda 4).
After premiering on the Toronto Movie Pageant in September, The Wild Robotic started staggered abroad launch, and has seen terrific holds whereas enjoying by means of college holidays in lots of markets. Final weekend, the Lupita Nyong’o-starrer overtook the lifetime offshore field workplace of The Unhealthy Guys. Japan continues to be to launch, on February 7, 2025.
Notably in Mexico, the emotional authentic animation has surpassed the lifetimes of Elemental, Frozen, each Sing movies, Zootopia, Moana, Migration and Trolls. Mexico is the highest abroad market at $19.5M by means of Friday.
Rounding out the High 10 are the UK ($16.5M), France ($12.1M), Australia ($11M), Spain ($9.5M), China ($7.3M), Germany ($7M), Italy ($6.5M), Saudi Arabia ($4.8M) and Korea ($4.5M).
In different stats, The Wild Robotic is the 14th studio movie to cross $300M in 2024; the No. 10 greatest Hollywood animated film because the pandemic; the No. 3 highest-grossing non-sequel Hollywood animated title because the pandemic (behind The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film and Elemental); and the threerd DWA title to cross $300M because the pandemic together with Kung Fu Panda 4 and Puss in Boots: The Final Want.
