After another strong weekend at the global box office for Joel Crawford’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, NBCUniversal has all but locked up the top three spots at the global box office for fully-animated features released in 2022.
After a worldwide take of $39 million over the weekend – an estimated $13.1 in North America and $25.9 abroad – Dreamworks’ PiB is within a whisker of the $200 million mark, having grossed $197.5 million since releasing in most territories in late December. The film now only needs another $10 million to pass Warners’ DC League of Super Pets ($207.4 million) and another $30 million to pass Pixar’s Lightyear ($226.4 million) at the global box office, both of which should happen by the end of next weekend.
Universal’s other animated top grossers of 2022 are Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru ($939.6 million) and Dreamworks’ The Bad Guys ($250.2 million).