Box Office: ‘Hoppers’ Holds Strong As ‘GOAT’ Nears $100M And ‘Pout-Pout’ Flops Like A Fish
Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ it outpacing all other post-Covid Hollywood animated originals, but a Mario-shaped cloud looms over the horizon.
Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ it outpacing all other post-Covid Hollywood animated originals, but a Mario-shaped cloud looms over the horizon.
‘GOAT’ adds $6.6M in its run, ‘Demon Slayer’ re-rerelease earns $1.3M, and ‘Zootopia 2’ adds $800,000 domestic as animated films fill the weekend chart.
From Golden Age shorts to Nickelodeon and beyond, a tour through the most memorable dam-building characters in animation history.
Chong and producer Nicole Grindle talk shifting from TV to features, the film’s visual language, and making beavers the heroes of Pixar’s latest original.
From studio-backed features to boundary-pushing shorts, the festival’s animation lineup reflects a wide range of voices and styles from around the world.
This year audiences got Super Bowl spots for the new ‘Mario Bros.’ and ‘Minions’ movies, as well as Pixar’s next original, ‘Hoppers.’
Early projections suggest a $40–50 million debut, testing whether Pixar originals can once again compete theatrically without franchise support.
The trailer reveals new story details as Mabel’s sci-fi animal body-swap sparks chaos among animals fighting back against human encroachment.
‘Hoppers,’ written and directed by ‘We Bare Bears’ creator Daniel Chong, will hit theaters on March 6, 2026.