EXCLUSIVE: Universal/DreamWorks Animation’sThe Wild Robot has crossed the three-century mark globally, with $300.5M through Friday. The Chris Sanders-directed critical darling is now at $134.4M domestic and $166.1M from the international box office.
The Wild Robot is the No. 2 non-sequel studio film of 2024, behind It Ends with Us; the No. 1 non-sequel Hollywood animated title of the year; and the No. 4 biggest animated studio movie of 2024 globally, internationally and domestically (behind Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4 and Kung Fu Panda 4).
After premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in September, The Wild Robot began staggered overseas release, and has seen terrific holds while playing through school holidays in many markets. Last weekend, the Lupita Nyong’o-starrer overtook the lifetime offshore box office of The Bad Guys. Japan is still to release, on February 7, 2025.
Notably in Mexico, the emotional original animation has surpassed the lifetimes of Elemental, Frozen, both Sing films, Zootopia, Moana, Migration and Trolls. Mexico is the top overseas market at $19.5M through Friday.
Rounding out the Top 10 are the UK ($16.5M), France ($12.1M), Australia ($11M), Spain ($9.5M), China ($7.3M), Germany ($7M), Italy ($6.5M), Saudi Arabia ($4.8M) and Korea ($4.5M).
In other stats, The Wild Robot is the 14th studio film to cross $300M in 2024; the No. 10 biggest Hollywood animated movie since the pandemic; the No. 3 highest-grossing non-sequel Hollywood animated title since the pandemic (behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Elemental); and the 3rd DWA title to cross $300M since the pandemic along with Kung Fu Panda 4 and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.