{"id":464738,"date":"2026-03-08T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/464738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:41:10","slug":"the-bride-bombs-at-box-office-pixars-hoppers-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/464738\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Bride’ Bombs at Box Office, Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThis bride might need life support.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Maggie Gyllenhaal\u2019s \u201cThe Bride<\/a>!,\u201d a feminist reimagining of \u201cThe Bride of Frankenstein,\u201d has collapsed in its box office debut with $7.3 million from 3,304 North American theaters. Since the Warner Bros. film cost $90 million to produce \u2014 a staggering price tag for the horror genre \u2014 and audience scores are downright scary, it\u2019s shaping up to be the year\u2019s first big bomb.<\/p>\n

\n\tTicket sales were drastically behind the studio\u2019s projections of $16 million to $18 million, as well as rivals and independent tracking services, which offered a more conservative estimate of $10 million to $15 million. Reviews weren\u2019t great (59% on Rotten Tomatoes), but the death knell for \u201cThe Bride!\u201d looks to be the \u201cC+\u201d grade on CinemaScore exit polls. It doesn\u2019t bode well for the word-of-mouth that\u2019s needed for a long life in theaters. Making matters worse, \u201cThe Bride!\u201d is struggling to show a pulse at the international box office with $6.3 million, bringing its global tally to a tragic $13.6 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Bride!\u201d is Gyllenhaal\u2019s second directorial effort following 2021\u2019s indie drama \u201cThe Lost Daughter.\u201d A deranged love story, the 1930s-set film follows a very lonely Frankenstein\u2019s monster (Christian Bale) who recruits a mad scientist (Annette Bening) to create a companion (Jessie Buckley plays the undead love interest) for him. \u201cThe Bride!\u201d is expected to lose tens of millions, snapping a winning streak for Warner Bros. after hits like \u201cSinners,\u201d \u201cWeapons\u201d and \u201cWuthering Heights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn an increasingly \u2018risk-averse\u2019 business like ours, we believe the business is better served with studios taking bold swings on originals like this one,\u201d Warner Bros. said in a note to press while acknowledging the studio\u2019s nine prior films had opened to No. 1. \u201cEven the 1927 Yankees had 44 losses that season\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis weekend\u2019s other newcomer, Pixar\u2019s kid-friendly \u201cHoppers<\/a>\u201d (a very different kind of creature feature), captured the No. 1 spot with a strong $46 million from 4,000 theaters. The film earned another $42 million overseas for a worldwide haul of $88 million. With stellar reviews and an enthusiastic audience reception (a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and \u201cA\u201d grade on CinemaScore), \u201cHoppers\u201d is primed to be Pixar\u2019s first original hit in nearly a decade. The animation empire\u2019s last unmitigated win was 2017\u2019s musical fantasy \u201cCoco,\u201d which opened to $50 million and eventually earned $210 million domestically and $823 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince then, family audiences have turned out in force for animated sequels \u2014 like Pixar\u2019s \u201cInside Out 2,\u201d which grossed $1.69 billion in 2024 and \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d which has racked up $1.86 billion since Thanksgiving \u2014 as well as adaptations of well-known properties \u2014 Universal\u2019s \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie\u201d earned $1.3 billion in 2023. At the same time, original fare has been a tougher sell; Pixar\u2019s most recent attempt, 2025\u2019s \u201cElio,\u201d fizzled with $154 million against a $150 million budget. Studios and exhibitors have been encouraged, though, because PG films have been enjoying remarkable staying power. \u201cZootopia 2\u201d ranked among the top 10 on box office charts for 14 weekends, while Sony\u2019s animal-centric \u201cGOAT\u201d has withstood minimal drops since opening in February. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen Disney and Pixar have a picture that delivers, they set it up for the long run,\u201d says David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. \u201cIt gives positive word-of-mouth time to circulate\u2026 families and groups have a chance to plan a visit, and kids return for repeat viewing. With spring holidays rolling out over the next few weeks, this should be a good run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHoppers\u201d cost $150 million to produce, which is Pixar\u2019s version of economizing. Since the animation studio\u2019s films are made in the U.S. rather than overseas, they tend to be more expensive than rivals and used to regularly carry budgets of around $200 million<\/a>. Directed by Daniel Chong, \u201cHoppers\u201d follows an animal lover named Mabel, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with fellow creatures and save their habitat from destruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a fantastic original film from the incredible team at Pixar, and it\u2019s wonderful to see audiences coming out with their friends and families to enjoy it together,\u201d said Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment.\u00a0\u201cCongratulations to our director Daniel Chong, our producer Nicole Paradis Grindle, and our talented cast, along with\u00a0Pete Docter, Jim Morris, and everyone at Pixar, on a tremendous launch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere at the box office, \u201cScream 7\u201d suffered a brutal 74% decline in its sophomore outing and still managed to place higher than \u201cThe Bride!\u201d on weekend charts. Paramount\u2019s slasher sequel slid to second place with $17.3 million from 3,540 theaters. Despite mixed reviews, the film has generated a killer $93.3 million domestically and $149.4 million globally. It\u2019s on track to outpace the original 1996 \u201cScream\u201d and 1997 sequel \u201cScream 2,\u201d which earned $173 million and $172 million, respectively, as the highest-grossing installment in the long-running franchise. Part of the appeal has been Neve Campbell\u2019s heroic return as Sidney Prescott (she sat out the prior entry due to a salary dispute), as well as the enduring popularity of the horror genre.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGOAT\u201d ranked at No. 4 with $6.6 million in its fourth weekend of release, bringing its domestic tally to $83.8 million. The film has earned $62.5 million internationally and $146 million globally against an $80 million budget. Like Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d and Universal\u2019s \u201cThe Wild Robot\u201d and \u201cMigration\u201d before it, \u201cGOAT\u201d has managed to stick around on the big screen for weeks after its modest debut.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d rounded out the top five with $3.8 million in its fourth frame.\u00a0Director Emerald Fennell\u2019s literary adaptation has generated $78 million in North America to date. The R-rated film has been far bigger at the international box office with $134.9\u00a0million overseas for a global tally of $213\u00a0million. It cost $80 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This bride might need life support. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal\u2019s \u201cThe Bride!,\u201d a feminist reimagining of \u201cThe Bride of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,164838,2839,71427,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-464738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hoppers","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-the-bride","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}