The Wild Robothas passed a major box office milestone. The new DreamWorks animated movie, based on the Peter Brown’s children’s book series of the same name, follows a robot (Lupita Nyong’o) who is stranded on a desert island and forms a maternal bond with an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor). WhentheWild Robotreleasepremiered, it took No. 1 at the box office in its debut weekend, knocking the smash hit legacy sequelBeetlejuice Beetlejuicefrom its perch at the top of the domestic chart after a three-week reign.
PerCollider, after a week in theaters,The Wild Robothas now officially passed the $60 million milestone worldwide, hitting a total of $61.3 million as it heads into its second weekend in theaters. This comes from a $43 million domestic gross and a take of $18 million in international markets, in which there are several major territories that the movie has yet to open. This makes the DreamWorks release the 35th highest-grossing movie of the year so far, passingSpeak No Evil’s $59 million gross.
What This Box Office Milestone Means For The Wild Robot
It Is Already One Of The Highest Grossing Animated Releases Of 2024
While passing this huge global milestone, which may have been helped along byThe Wild Robotreviewsearning the movie a Certified Fresh score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, means that it is the 35th highest-grossing movie of the year, it is alsothe eighth highest-grossing 2024 animated movie worldwideand climbing. While it likely won’t beat Pixar’sInside Out 2, which recently became the highest grossing animated movie of all time, it could still rise higher. Below, see a breakdown of how it compares to the other highest grossing animated features of the year at the time of writing:
#1
$1.69 billion
#3
$954 million
#6
$549.2 million
#14
$233.2 million
#23
$108.2 million
#26
$100.4 million
#33
$73.9 million
#35
The Wild Robot
$61.3 million
Already,the Wild Robotis on track to surpass theTransformers Onebox officebefore long to become the seventh highest-grossing animated movie of the year. While it remains to be seen how high it climbs by the end of its run, this strong first week haul shows that it will likely copy the slow and steady pace of 2023’sElemental, which only opened to $29.6 million but eventually climbed to $496.4 million worldwide. If the new release follows suit, with its $35.8 million debut itseems destined to land among the Top 5 animated movies of the year.
Our Take On The Wild Robot’s Box Office Milestone
In spite of these major box office achievements,The Wild Robothas not yet turned a profit at the box office. Movies typically need to earn back two-and-a-half times their budget, whichwould likely make the break-even point roughly $195 millionfor the $78 million movie. However, given the DreamWorks movie’s current trajectory, that goal seems well within its sights. Once it hits that mark, not only will it be turning pure profit, it will be approachingThe Garfield Movie’s gross to potentially surpass it as the No. 4 animated release of the year.
Cast
The Wild Robot is an animated drama film based on a series of books by Peter Brown. The adaptation is written and directed by Chris Sanders and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, and Catherine O’Hara. The Wild Robot centers on a robot named Rozzum 7134, who becomes stranded on a deserted island and the guardian of a young orphan.
