The Wild Robotwill 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 (Kit Connor).TheWild Robotreleasekicked off with a solid but uninspiring $35.8 million debut at the domestic box office, but it has become a sleeper hit, falling to No. 2 in its second weekend and maintaining that position in its third weekend as its worldwide total climbed past $150 million.
PerVariety, as of Saturday morning,The Wild Robotis projected to pass the $100 million domestic milestoneby the end of the day. This will make it the 16th movie of 2024 to do so, behind September’sBeetlejuice Beetlejuice. Additionally, it has maintained its No. 2 chart position for the third weekend in a row. It has so far weathered the onslaught ofJoker: Folie à DeuxandTerrifier 3, both of which opened at No. 1 over it, but fell below its consistent grosses in their sophomore weekends.
What This Means For The Wild Robot
The DreamWorks Movie Is Slowly Climbing
This success, which is potentially spurred by overwhelmingly strongThe Wild Robotreviewsthat have earned the movie a near-perfect Certified Fresh score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, looks even better when the movie is compared only to the other animated hits of the year. While it is the 16th movie to pass this milestone in general, it is onlythe 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 this domestic milestone in 2024:
#1
$652.9 million
#3
$361 million
#8
$193.6 million
#16
The Wild Robot
$100 million+
All three of those preceding titles had already passed the $100 million domestic milestone by the time they hit their second weekends, soThe Wild Robotlikely will never climb as high as their total grosses. However, it is following the lead of theElementalbox office, asthe 2023 Pixar movie passed the $100 million domestic milestone in its fourth weekendafter opening to an even lower $29.6 million. It eventually grossed $496.4 million worldwide, indicating the DreamWorks movie’s potential if it continues to show such strong audience hold.
Our Take On The Wild Robot Box Office
Typically, a movie needs to earn two and a half times its budget in order to end up in the black. Given its $78 million budget, this likely means that the break-even point forThe Wild Robotis somewhere around $195 million. This weekend,it is only approaching breaking even worldwide, but its continued streak at No. 2 in North America likely means that it will stick around on the chart for many weeks to come, helping push it further and further into the black.
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.
