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The Wild Robot

2024 PG 1h 42m Animation, Adventure, Drama

A robot learns what it means to be alive.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$35.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$268.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$334.5M
Global total
Budget
$78M
Production
Domestic Legs
7.66x
Opening → Total
2024 Rank
#17
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Predicted Final Domestic
$116M–$125M
$108M $120M $133M
$268M so far

The prediction model updated after a -47% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $108M–$133M accounts for 90% of films.

$105M
Baseline
Animation Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening
0%
CinemaScore
A: Animation avg is A
+6%
Audience
Elite — RT 86%, LB 4, IMDB 8.2
-2%
Seasonality
Fall
0%
Sequel
Franchise
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
0%
2nd Weekend
-47% drop
+9%
Genre
Animation Franchise legs
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 27-29 1 $35.8M $35.8M 3,962 $9K 1
Oct 4-6 2 $18.9M -47.2% $64.2M 3,997 $5K 2
Oct 11-13 2 $14.0M -25.9% $84.3M 3,854 $4K 3
Oct 18-20 3 $10.1M -27.9% $101.7M 3,829 $3K 4
Oct 25-27 3 $6.4M -36.3% $111.4M 3,599 $2K 5
Nov 1-3 4 $7.9M +23.3% $123.9M 3,290 $2K 6
Nov 8-10 5 $8.2M +3.6% $138.0M 3,012 $3K 7
Nov 15-17 6 $8.9M +7.9% $152.4M 2,771 $3K 8
Nov 22-24 7 $10.0M +13.1% $168.9M 2,552 $4K 9
Nov 29-1 8 $11.8M +17.2% $187.8M 2,373 $5K 10
Dec 6-8 10 $11.0M -6.7% $206.7M 2,176 $5K 11
Dec 13-15 11 $12.8M +16.8% $227.5M 1,993 $6K 12
Dec 20-22 14 $16.8M +31.3% $254.8M 1,825 $9K 13

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Sanders
ScreenplayChris Sanders · based on Peter Brown's novel
Produced byJeff Hermann
CinematographyNot specified
MusicKris Bowers
Prod. DesignRaymond Zibach
StarringLupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy