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Pixar's Hoppers Roars to Top Original Animated Opening
6 Mar
Summary
- Hoppers grossed $3.2 million from early screenings.
- It holds a 96% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- It could be the best original animated opening since Coco.
Disney/Pixar's latest release, "Hoppers," has achieved a promising start, generating $3.2 million from Thursday previews and advance screenings.
The animated feature is tracking for an opening weekend of $36-40 million, a figure that could surpass the debut of Pixar's "Onward," which grossed $39.1 million in its opening weekend prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Hoppers" boasts a strong critical reception, holding a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes. This places it among Pixar's highest-rated films, just above "Soul" and "Turning Red."
If "Hoppers" exceeds "Onward's" debut, it would represent the most successful opening for an original animated film since "Coco" in 2017, which earned $50.8 million. While not expected to reach billion-dollar figures like other major animated releases, a robust performance from "Hoppers" is vital for theaters.
This success, combined with the current strong run of Sony Pictures Animation's "Goat," provides relief for cinemas relying on diverse family audiences, rather than exclusively established franchises.
