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Pixar's "Hoppers" Leads Weekend Box Office; "The Bride!" Opens Below Forecasts

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Box Office Report: Pixar's "Hoppers" Leaps to the Top

The weekend box office was led by the debut of Pixar's original animated film "Hoppers," which earned $46 million domestically and $88 million worldwide.

Warner Bros.' gothic noir film "The Bride!" opened in third place domestically with $7.3 million, a figure below initial studio projections. In its second weekend, Paramount/Spyglass' "Scream 7" placed second domestically with $17.1 million.

Top Performers: Opening Weekend

"Hoppers" (Disney/Pixar)

  • Domestic Opening: $46 million from approximately 4,000 theaters.
  • International Opening: $42 million.
  • Worldwide Debut: $88 million.
  • Production Budget: Reported as $150 million.
  • Critical Reception: The film holds a 94% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes. It received an "A" grade from CinemaScore exit polls.

Context: This marks the largest domestic opening for an original Pixar film since "Coco" in 2017. Previews for the film earned $3.2 million.

"The Bride!" (Warner Bros.)

  • Domestic Opening: $7.3 million from 3,304 theaters.
  • International Opening: $6.3 million.
  • Worldwide Debut: $13.6 million.
  • Production Budget: Reported as between $80 million and $90 million.
  • Critical Reception: The film holds a critics' score between 59% and 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. It received a "C+" grade from CinemaScore.

Initial studio projections forecast an opening between $16 million and $18 million, significantly higher than its actual $7.3 million debut. Previews for the film earned $1 million.

Holdover Film Performance

"Scream 7" (Paramount/Spyglass)

  • Second Weekend Domestic: $17.1 million, representing a decline between 72% and 74% from its opening.
  • Domestic Total (10 days): Approximately $93.3 million.
  • Global Total (10 days): Nearly $150 million.

Other Notable Films

  • "GOAT" (Sony): Earned $6.6 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $83.8 million.
  • "Wuthering Heights" (Warner Bros.): Earned $3.8 million in its fourth weekend, with a domestic total of $78 million.

Film Details

"Hoppers" is a comedy-adventure directed by Daniel Chong and produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle. The story follows a character named Mabel who uses technology to transfer her consciousness into a robotic beaver to communicate with animals. The voice cast includes Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, and Hamm.

"The Bride!" is directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. The film is a gothic romance inspired by the 1935 film "The Bride of Frankenstein." It is Gyllenhaal's second directorial feature.

Conflicting Viewpoints: Sources present differing accounts regarding discussions about the film's content. One source reports that director Maggie Gyllenhaal commented on requests from Warner Bros. studio executives to remove some violent scenes from the R-rated film. Other sources do not mention this detail.

Industry Context

An industry analyst from Exhibitor Relations commented that "elevated horror is a tough sell to the general public" regarding "The Bride!" and suggested the film "couldn’t find an audience."

Warner Bros. issued a statement acknowledging the film's performance, noting their recent success with other films and stating:

"In an increasingly 'risk-averse' business like ours, we believe the business is better served with studios taking bold swings on originals like this one."

The performance of "Hoppers" follows a period where original animated films from Pixar have seen varied box office results, while sequels and adaptations in the genre have performed strongly.