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The Wild RobotFollow

2024 • PG • 1h 42m • Animation, Adventure, Drama • Universal Pictures

A robot learns what it means to be alive.

🍅 97% 86%

85

4.0

8.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$144.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$335.20M

$190.70M international

Budget$78M

Domestic legs4.04x

2024 rank#17

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Sanders filmography

Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders Director

Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o Starring

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

ScreenplayChris Sanders · based on Peter Brown's novel Produced byJeff Hermann CinematographyNot specified MusicKris Bowers Prod. DesignRaymond Zibach

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$116M–$125M

$108M $120M $133M

$144.60M so far

The prediction model updated after a -47% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $108M–$133M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$105M

Baseline

Animation Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Animation avg is A

+6%

Audience

Elite — RT 86%, LB 4, IMDB 8.2

-2%

Seasonality

Fall

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

0%

2nd Weekend

-47% drop

+9%

Genre

Animation Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 27-29 1 $35.8M — 3,962 $9,033 $35.8M

2 Oct 4-6 2 $18.9M −47% 3,997 $4,728 $64.2M

3 Oct 11-13 2 $14.0M −26% 3,854 $3,633 $84.3M

4 Oct 18-20 2 $10.1M −28% 3,829 $2,637 $101.7M

5 Oct 25-27 3 $6.8M −33% 3,427 $1,987 $111.7M

6 Nov 1-3 2 $7.4M +9% 3,237 $2,301 $121.4M

7 Nov 8-10 4 $6.6M −11% 3,051 $2,168 $130.9M

8 Nov 15-17 5 $4.2M −36% 2,894 $1,457 $137.7M

9 Nov 22-24 8 $2.1M −50% 2,110 $996 $140.8M

10 Nov 29-Dec 1 9 $700.8K −67% 883 $794 $142.5M

11 Dec 6-8 $129.3K −82% 291 $444 $142.8M

12 Dec 13-15 $81.6K −37% 160 $510 $143.0M

13 Dec 20-22 $46.8K −43% 121 $387 $143.1M

14 Dec 27-29 $37.2K −20% 102 $365 $143.2M

15 Jan 3-5 $30.4K −18% 112 $272 $143.2M

16 Jan 10-12 $21.4K −30% 104 $206 $143.3M

17 Jan 17-19 $314.0K +1,367% 1,076 $292 $143.6M

18 Jan 24-26 $56.0K −82% 249 $225 $143.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 26 $1.9M — $1.9M — — -1

Fri Sep 27 #1 $11.2M — $11.2M 3,962 $2,826 1

Sat Sep 28 #1 $14.4M +29% $25.6M 3,962 $3,636 2

Sun Sep 29 #1 $10.2M −29% $35.8M 3,962 $2,571 3

Mon Sep 30 #1 $2.3M −77% $38.1M 3,962 $579 4

Tue Oct 1 #1 $3.1M +36% $41.2M 3,962 $788 5

Wed Oct 2 #1 $1.8M −42% $43.0M 3,962 $460 6

Thu Oct 3 #1 $2.3M +24% $45.3M 3,962 $568 7

Fri Oct 4 #2 $4.9M +119% −56% $50.2M 3,997 $1,233 8

Sat Oct 5 #2 $8.2M +66% −43% $58.4M 3,997 $2,040 9

Sun Oct 6 #2 $5.8M −29% −43% $64.2M 3,997 $1,455 10

Mon Oct 7 #2 $1.3M −78% −43% $65.5M 3,997 $325 11

Tue Oct 8 #2 $2.1M +60% −34% $67.6M 3,997 $520 12

Wed Oct 9 #1 $1.3M −38% −30% $68.8M 3,997 $321 13

Thu Oct 10 #1 $1.4M +13% −36% $70.3M 3,997 $362 14

Fri Oct 11 #2 $3.8M +165% −22% $74.1M 3,854 $997 15

Sat Oct 12 #2 $5.5M +43% −32% $79.6M 3,854 $1,431 16

Sun Oct 13 #2 $4.6M −16% −20% $84.3M 3,854 $1,205 17

Mon Oct 14 #1 $3.5M −24% +170% $87.8M 3,854 $910 18

Tue Oct 15 #2 $1.6M −53% −21% $89.4M 3,854 $424 19

Wed Oct 16 #2 $1.0M −36% −19% $90.5M 3,854 $270 20

Thu Oct 17 #2 $1.1M +10% −21% $91.6M 3,854 $298 21

Fri Oct 18 #3 $2.9M +149% −25% $94.5M 3,829 $748 22

Sat Oct 19 #2 $4.3M +51% −21% $98.8M 3,829 $1,132 23

Sun Oct 20 #2 $2.9M −33% −38% $101.7M 3,829 $757 24

Mon Oct 21 #3 $727.7K −75% −79% $102.4M 3,829 $190 25

Tue Oct 22 #2 $1.1M +46% −35% $103.5M 3,829 $278 26

Wed Oct 23 #3 $696.2K −35% −33% $104.2M 3,829 $182 27

Thu Oct 24 #3 $664.8K −5% −42% $104.9M 3,829 $174 28

Fri Oct 25 #5 $1.8M +168% −38% $106.7M 3,427 $520 29

Sat Oct 26 #3 $2.9M +64% −33% $109.6M 3,427 $851 30

Sun Oct 27 #3 $2.1M −28% −27% $111.7M 3,427 $616 31

Mon Oct 28 #6 $479.3K −77% −34% $112.2M 3,427 $140 32

Tue Oct 29 #5 $748.0K +56% −30% $112.9M 3,427 $218 33

Wed Oct 30 #6 $484.7K −35% −30% $113.4M 3,427 $141 34

Thu Oct 31 #5 $536.6K +11% −19% $113.9M 3,427 $157 35

Fri Nov 1 #4 $1.9M +247% +4% $115.8M 3,237 $574 36

Sat Nov 2 #2 $3.3M +79% +14% $119.1M 3,237 $1,031 37

Sun Nov 3 #2 $2.3M −32% +7% $121.4M 3,237 $696 38

Mon Nov 4 #3 $626.7K −72% +31% $122.0M 3,237 $194 39

Tue Nov 5 #2 $1.3M +107% +73% $123.3M 3,237 $400 40

Wed Nov 6 #5 $458.6K −65% −5% $123.8M 3,237 $142 41

Thu Nov 7 #4 $482.6K +5% −10% $124.2M 3,237 $149 42

Fri Nov 8 #4 $1.5M +205% −21% $125.7M 3,051 $482 43

Sat Nov 9 #4 $3.0M +102% −11% $128.7M 3,051 $975 44

Sun Nov 10 #4 $2.2M −27% −4% $130.9M 3,051 $710 45

Mon Nov 11 #3 $1.4M −33% +130% $132.3M 3,051 $473 46

Tue Nov 12 #6 $507.9K −65% −61% $132.8M 3,051 $166 47

Wed Nov 13 #6 $341.4K −33% −26% $133.1M 3,051 $112 48

Thu Nov 14 #6 $327.6K −4% −32% $133.5M 3,051 $107 49

Fri Nov 15 #6 $938.3K +186% −36% $134.4M 2,894 $324 50

Sat Nov 16 #5 $2.0M +118% −31% $136.5M 2,894 $708 51

Sun Nov 17 #5 $1.2M −40% −43% $137.7M 2,894 $425 52

Mon Nov 18 #7 $224.1K −82% −84% $137.9M 2,894 $77 53

Tue Nov 19 #6 $381.3K +70% −25% $138.3M 2,894 $132 54

Wed Nov 20 #7 $258.2K −32% −24% $138.6M 2,894 $89 55

Thu Nov 21 $173.9K −33% −47% $138.7M 2,894 $60 56

Fri Nov 22 #8 $469.7K +170% −50% $139.2M 2,110 $223 57

Sat Nov 23 #7 $956.8K +104% −53% $140.2M 2,110 $453 58

Sun Nov 24 #7 $675.1K −29% −45% $140.8M 2,110 $320 59

Mon Nov 25 #7 $379.4K −44% +69% $141.2M 2,110 $180 60

Tue Nov 26 #7 $286.9K −24% −25% $141.5M 2,110 $136 61

Wed Nov 27 #8 $181.9K −37% −30% $141.7M 935 $195 62

Thu Nov 28 $147.6K −19% −15% $141.8M 935 $158 63

Fri Nov 29 #9 $257.1K +74% −45% $142.1M 883 $291 64

Sat Nov 30 #9 $259.1K +1% −73% $142.3M 883 $293 65

Sun Dec 1 #9 $184.7K −29% −73% $142.5M 883 $209 66

Mon Dec 2 $36.6K −80% −90% $142.6M 883 $42 67

Tue Dec 3 $43.0K +17% −85% $142.6M 883 $49 68

Wed Dec 4 $42.4K −1% −77% $142.6M 883 $48 69

Thu Dec 5 $32.7K −23% −78% $142.7M 883 $37 70

Fri Dec 6 $32.1K −2% −88% $142.7M 291 $110 71

Sat Dec 7 $53.1K +65% −80% $142.8M 291 $182 72

Sun Dec 8 $44.1K −17% −76% $142.8M 291 $151 73

Mon Dec 9 $13.2K −70% −64% $142.8M 291 $45 74

Tue Dec 10 $18.0K +36% −58% $142.8M 291 $62 75

Wed Dec 11 $17.7K −2% −58% $142.9M 291 $61 76

Thu Dec 12 $17.8K — −46% $142.9M 291 $61 77

Fri Dec 13 $34.0K +92% +6% $142.9M 160 $213 78

Sat Dec 14 $27.6K −19% −48% $142.9M 160 $172 79

Sun Dec 15 $20.1K −27% −55% $143.0M 160 $125 80

Mon Dec 16 $13.7K −32% +4% $143.0M 160 $86 81

Tue Dec 17 $22.0K +60% +22% $143.0M 160 $137 82

Wed Dec 18 $34.4K +57% +95% $143.0M 160 $215 83

Thu Dec 19 $36.1K +5% +103% $143.1M 160 $226 84

Fri Dec 20 $32.8K −9% −4% $143.1M 121 $271 85

Sat Dec 21 $7.1K −78% −74% $143.1M 121 $58 86

Sun Dec 22 $7.0K −1% −65% $143.1M 121 $58 87

Mon Dec 23 $8.8K +26% −36% $143.1M 121 $73 88

Tue Dec 24 $4.4K −50% −80% $143.1M 121 $36 89

Wed Dec 25 $2.4K −45% −93% $143.1M 102 $24 90

Thu Dec 26 $9.7K +304% −73% $143.1M 102 $95 91

Fri Dec 27 $11.9K +22% −64% $143.1M 102 $116 92

Sat Dec 28 $13.3K +12% +89% $143.2M 102 $130 93

Sun Dec 29 $12.1K −9% +73% $143.2M 102 $118 94

Mon Dec 30 $8.7K −28% −1% $143.2M 102 $85 95

Tue Dec 31 $8.3K −4% +90% $143.2M 102 $82 96

Wed Jan 1 $9.2K +10% +282% $143.2M 102 $90 97

Thu Jan 2 $6.7K −27% −31% $143.2M 102 $66 98

Fri Jan 3 $11.6K +73% −2% $143.2M 112 $103 99

Sat Jan 4 $11.8K +2% −11% $143.2M 112 $105 100

Sun Jan 5 $7.1K −40% −41% $143.2M 112 $63 101

Mon Jan 6 $635 −91% −93% $143.2M 112 $6 102

Tue Jan 7 $1.3K +101% −85% $143.2M 112 $11 103

Wed Jan 8 $680 −47% −93% $143.2M 112 $6 104

Thu Jan 9 $1.6K +133% −76% $143.2M 112 $14 105

Fri Jan 10 $3.5K +119% −70% $143.2M 104 $33 106

Sat Jan 11 $10.2K +193% −14% $143.3M 104 $98 107

Sun Jan 12 $7.8K −23% +10% $143.3M 104 $75 108

Mon Jan 13 $530 −93% −17% $143.3M 104 $5 109

Tue Jan 14 $605 +14% −53% $143.3M 104 $6 110

Wed Jan 15 $555 −8% −18% $143.3M 104 $5 111

Thu Jan 16 $4.0K +616% +151% $143.3M 104 $38 112

Fri Jan 17 $40.0K +907% +1,055% $143.3M 1,076 $37 113

Sat Jan 18 $131.7K +229% +1,196% $143.4M 1,076 $122 114

Sun Jan 19 $142.3K +8% +1,728% $143.6M 1,076 $132 115

Mon Jan 20 $158.5K +11% +29,803% $143.7M 1,076 $147 116

Tue Jan 21 $43.3K −73% +7,064% $143.8M 1,076 $40 117

Wed Jan 22 $28.3K −35% +4,993% $143.8M 1,076 $26 118

Thu Jan 23 $17.2K −39% +332% $143.8M 1,076 $16 119

Fri Jan 24 $7.7K −55% −81% $143.8M 249 $31 120

Sat Jan 25 $28.0K +262% −79% $143.9M 249 $113 121

Sun Jan 26 $20.2K −28% −86% $143.9M 249 $81 122

Mon Jan 27 $2.6K −87% −98% $143.9M 249 $10 123

Tue Jan 28 $4.0K +57% −91% $143.9M 249 $16 124

Wed Jan 29 $2.6K −36% −91% $143.9M 249 $10 125

Thu Jan 30 $7.6K +196% −56% $143.9M 249 $30 126

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$142.7M

Sep 26Oct 14Oct 31Nov 18Dec 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $700.8K

$35.8M

$18.9M

$14.0M

$10.1M

$6.8M

$7.4M

$6.6M

$4.2M

$2.1M

$700.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,997 → 883 −77.9%

3,962 open883 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67%

−47%

W1→2

−26%

W2→3

−28%

W3→4

−33%

W4→5

+9%

W5→6

−11%

W6→7

−36%

W7→8

−50%

W8→9

−67%

W9→10

Steepest −67%Biggest gain +9%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Oct 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

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