Before Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie conquers every country in the world, it’s all about Disney Pixar’s original Hoppers which after a $59.5M global weekend ($28.5M domestic, $31M from 45 territories), taking the animated movie to $164.7M WW ($86.8M of that domestic, $77.9M international). That’s one of the top three U.S. films worldwide year to date the highest grossing animated release YTD in just ten days of release ahead of Sony’s GOAT ($162.8M WW) and China’s Bonnie Bears: The Hidden Protector ($150M in PLC).
Hoppers holds are -37% stateside, and -17% abroad and was the top non-local movie opening in Japan ($2.4M), Hong Kong (best for an original animated pic since 2017’s Coco), Singapore (best opening for a Disney and Pixar original animated pic since 2016’s Moana) and Vietnam. The Japanese opening repped the second highest bow for an original animated film post Covid. The second frame overseas hold
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