{"id":634890,"date":"2026-04-28T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634890\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:46:08","slug":"pixars-hoppers-tops-375m-no-2-original-of-2020s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634890\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar\u2019s \u2018Hoppers\u2019 Tops $375M, No. 2 Original Of 2020s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the weekend, Pixar\u2019s Hoppers reached a major commercial milestone, climbing to a lifetime global gross of $375.1 million, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Hoppers-(2026)\">The Numbers<\/a>. The film has now surpassed Sinners ($370.2 million) to become the second-highest-grossing Hollywood original of the 2020s, trailing only Elemental ($496.4 million).<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Daniel Chong, best known as the creator of We Bare Bears, Hoppers is a major win for Pixar and original animation in a marketplace heavily dominated by sequels and franchise IP.<\/p>\n<p>From its opening weekend, Hoppers signaled strong audience interest and critical favorability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/box-office-report\/pixar-hoppers-box-office-opening-weekend-259341.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuting<\/a> with $46 million domestically and $88 million globally, among the best starts for an original animated film in recent years. The film continued to show strong legs throughout its theatrical run, crossing $120 million domestically by its third weekend and maintaining steady performance internationally. It\u2019s not going to have the legs of Elemental, but that film wasn\u2019t facing down a Mario Bros. juggernaut in its fifth week as Hoppers did. One possible drawback to Pixar exploring the spring theatrical corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Hoppers\u2019 success is particularly significant for Pixar, which has faced challenges in launching original properties theatrically in the post-pandemic era. Although perhaps those claims have been overblown, given that the studio now has the two best-performing originals, animated or otherwise, since before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>By combining Chong\u2019s distinct comedic sensibility, some really fun cartoony animation, and Pixar\u2019s sharp production pipeline, Hoppers has emerged as both a critical and commercial bright spot, reinforcing the viability of original storytelling at scale at a time when studios have otherwise been prioritizing existing IPs.<\/p>\n<p>With its current box office standing, Hoppers not only ranks among the decade\u2019s top original films but also underscores renewed audience appetite for non-franchise animation. Here\u2019s hoping more original stories are on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the weekend, Pixar\u2019s Hoppers reached a major commercial milestone, climbing to a lifetime global gross of $375.1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-634890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}