DreamWorks Animation's 'Wild Robot' soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.
Aubrey Plaza, from left, Francis Ford Coppola, and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the premiere of"Megalopolis" on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York. “The Wild Robot,” Chris Sanders’ adaptation of Peter Brown’s bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Family movies, led by the year's biggest hit in “Inside Out 2,” have particularly powered the box office this year. David A. Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter for Franchise Entertainment, said the genre should reach $6 billion worldwide in 2024 — which, he noted, "is back to pre-pandemic levels.”, was never expected to perform close to that level. But the film’s $4 million debut was still sobering for a movie that Coppola bankrolled himself for $120 million.
Studios passed on “Megalopolis” after Cannes. Lionsgate ultimately stepped forward to distribute it, for a fee. Coppola also picked up the tab for most of its $15 million in marketing costs. The film, which stars Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel and Aubrey Plaza, also played in about 200 IMAX locations, which accounted for $1.8 million of its ticket sales.slid to second place with $16 million in its fourth weekend of release. The Warner Bros.
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