Movie Monday: ‘Hoppers’ Jumps Right to the Top of the Box Office

Most beavers build dams. But the beavers of Hoppers opted instead to break the dam and flood the film’s pockets with money.

The Pixar animated release debuted to $46 million among American audiences this weekend. And worldwide, it earned a total $88 million. Now, that number puts it as Pixar’s 20^th highest open—just behind Ratatouille but ahead of The Good Dinosaur—so it’s not exactly on par with Pixar’s glory days. Still, that number is the studio’s best open for a new release since Coco back in 2017.

The beavers chomped into their biggest competition, Scream 7, which found Hoppers’ bite had shredded its profits. The horror sextet sequel must have at least shrieked when it lost nearly 73% of its audience from last weekend. It only ended up with $17.3 million this time around, landing it in second place. Still, I don’t think the film is too terrified. It’s already made $149.5 million in the two weeks it has been out.

And speaking of movies with monstrous killers, The Bride! debuted in third place this weekend. It electrified $7.3 million out of audience pockets domestically. Around the globe, the film married itself to $13.6 million. I suspect the movie isn’t quite as alive as the director hoped it might be.

GOAT continues its slow descent from the top. This time, it found itself in fourth place, munching on $6.6 million. That raises its domestic cume to $83.8 million. And overall, it clopped its way to a comfortable $146.3 million worldwide—enough to make a billy goat faint.

Rounding out the top five was Wuthering Heights. It added $3.8 million to its coffers, bringing its domestic gain to $78.8 million. Like other veterans of the top five, the movie is faring quite well overall: Globally, it’s brought in $213.7 million.

As for other new releases, Protector debuted in 12^th place. It only managed to protect $744,000. And Dolly(no relation to Parton but nevertheless filmed in Tennessee) took 16^th after making a mere $480,000—allegedly not even enough to earn back the $1 million that went in to making the movie.