When it comes to the original animated film, the management led by Pete Docter at Pixar Studios can celebrate a great success with. Hoppers which jumped to $88M global opening, violated by $42M (81% offshore footprint) international and $46M stateside. As we’ve been writing all weekend, it’s the best opening for an original animated film, and the best original animated movie from Pixar since 2017. Cocoa ($104.7M WW for likes). Hoppers and surpasses like-for-like the worldwide premiere of Pixar’s 2020’s original Forward ($65.6M) and in 2023 The foundation ($65.1M).
Similar to the US, Saturday has become Friday around the world. $19.1M Stateside Saturday up +45% on Friday/$13.2M preview. If there is a home directory, Hoppers draws the most audience with 52% overall and 48% families. Often in a Pixar movie like this, it can be 60 percent family oriented.
The movie released as No. 1 MPA in all major markets including the UK ($6.4M), Mexico ($3.7M), France ($3.6M; Hoppers finally hit a big title for a local family Marsupilami for its 5th weekend at No. 1), Germany ($3.5M), Spain ($2.8M, overworked), Korea ($2.1M very good, but No. 2 behind the biggest local season title The King’s Guard weekend 7), Italy ($1.9M) and Brazil ($1.8M).
Hoppers it was number 2 in Belgium and number 4 in India (where actual US pictures are an uphill battle).
That’s what’s impressive Hoppers came outside of the holiday window (most holidays will come at the end of the month starting in April when Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Galaxy it arrives. Don’t worry — the global market can support three to four family titles at once).
Across Europe, Hoppers released at No. 1 (non-local) in almost every market. Regionally it is the second-highest opening weekend of 2026 and the highest opening for an original animated film since Coco (2017). Poland made $1M.
Ditto for Latin America, Hoppers opened at #1 in every market, and region. It was also the highest opening weekend of 2026 so far in almost every market. Regionally it was the highest opening for an original animated film since then The foundation. The increase from Friday to Saturday was above the comps, indicating strong word of mouth. Colombia pulled in $1M.
Hoppers only opened in five markets this weekend: Korea, Philippines, Thailand, India and Indonesia. It opened at #1 (non-local), as well as posting the highest non-local opening of 2026 so far, across all five markets. In India and Thailand, Hoppers opened as the highest-grossing animated film since the pandemic. The next big openings are in Japan, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam next weekend; China on March 20 and Australia on March 26 (to get money for the school holidays). How good Hoppers in China will be available. While Zootopia 2 connected with audiences there with its giant rabbit icon, one of the biggest aspects of Pixar’s latest title to China is that Hoppers the trailer went too far Zootopia 2 up to $667M there. The Pixar original is out of stock as is the US post Cocoa which was a fiesta there for $189M+ (reported). Forward dropped to a $10.3M cume in the Middle Kingdom with The foundation for $15.8M again Elio rejected for $3.9M.
Here he comes The Bride! and it goes The Bride! with international take of $6.3M in 70 markets, lower than domestic $7.3M. Boldly, Warners predicted a $38M-$40M global debut. The Bride! it was rejected by a worldwide cast with a $13.6M worldwide opening on an $80M production cost and an estimated $65M worldwide P&A, now I hear. Usually, an auteur-driven movie can find an audience in Europe, however, Maggie Gyllenhaal was not a selling point at this time for high-end moviegoers the way Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino could be. In most markets, the movie starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley was not even in the top 10.
The Bride‘s best gross (if you can call it that) was the UK with $950K where it was No. 4, followed by Mexico with $753K (No. 4), China with (No. 8 $538K), France (No. 13 with $406K), Brazil ($376K), Spain ($304K 5 No. ($281K No. 5), Germany (No. 16, $181K), Korea ($135K), Colombia ($116K) and Poland ($114k).
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