Hoppers leaps to Pixar’s best original opening since Coco in 2017
The Straits Times
Hoppers delivered $59 million in ticket sales in American and Canadian cinemas. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LOS ANGELES – Hoppers, the new animated picture from Walt Disney’s Pixar studio, debuted as the highest-grossing film in American and Canadian cinemas, delivering US$46 million (S$59 million) in ticket sales.
The total, reported by Disney on March 8, marks the best opening for a new cast of Pixar characters since Coco took in US$50.8 million in 2017. Boxoffice Pro, an industry tracker, expected sales of US$40 million or more. The studio was forecasting US$35 million to US$40 million.
The tally is welcome news for Disney. Pixar’s recent record has been mixed: Elio underperformed in 2025, while in 2024, Inside Out 2 delivered almost US$1.7 billion, making it the top film worldwide that year.
Hoppers is the latest release in a strategic reset at Pixar, which now focuses on a balance of original work with sequels and spin-offs. In June, Disney will release Pixar’s Toy Story 5.
Directed by American animator Daniel Chong, Hoppers follows protagonist Mabel Tanaka, an environmental activist whose mind is transferred to a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and help save their habitat from destruction.
It cost US$150 million to make and scored 94 per cent approval from critics on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
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