{"id":507826,"date":"2026-03-06T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507826\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:39:09","slug":"pixar-original-hoppers-posts-3m-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507826\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Original ‘Hoppers’ Posts $3M+ Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPixar Original Hoppers<\/a> is off to a solid start in previews with $3.2M. Keep in mind that\u2019s $2M from Thursday night and the rest from Saturday previews a week ago. <\/p>\n

\n\tThat preview figure tracks with 2024\u2019s Kung Fu Panda 4 (granted, not original), which did $3.8M in previews for a $58M 3-day. The expectation is that Hoppers is in the high-$30M+ range at 4,000 North American theaters, which would be the best domestic start for a Pixar original since 2017\u2019s Coco ($50.8M 3-day, 5-day of $72.9M). The $150M production Hoppers already has the best reviews for a Pixar original since Coco (96% certified fresh to 97%). Pixar originals have struggled post-Covid, with Elio hitting a brand-opening low of $20.8M last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlready, Hoppers\u2018 previews figure is above 2020\u2019s Onward ($2.7M, $39.1M opening weekend), 2023\u2019s Elemental ($2.5M, $29.6M opening), this year\u2019s GOAT ($1.5M, $27.2M 3-day), 2024\u2019s The Wild Robot ($2M, $35.8M) and last year\u2019s Dog Man ($1.4M, $36M opening).<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The 60 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tStateside, Hoppers will have all the bounce from such ticket upcharges as 400 Imax screens (sharing with The Bride<\/a>!), 1,000+ premium large-format screens, 2,200 3D screens and 350 D-Box\/motion screens.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros is reporting a low $1 million for The Bride! The pic starring Jessie Buckley and Christian cost a reported $80M before P&A. Rotten Tomatoes reviews stand at 61% fresh. In NRG tracking, it was tracking best in first choice with women. In unaided awareness, it was best with women over 25. Warners is hoping for high teens stateside, $38M-$40M global. Some in exhibition believe it can be as low as $12M this weekend in U.S.\/Canada. The pic is playing on 34,000 global screens, 28,500 of those in 69 territories abroad including France, Korea, Germany, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, UK and China.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018The Bride!\u2019 Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tSpring break this weekend on ComScore shows 5% K-12 schools out, moving to 10% by Monday. Colleges are 9% on break upping to 26% off by Monday. March spring breaks will reach a peak on Friday, March 20 with 38% K-12 off, 37% colleges on break.<\/p>\n

\n\tRest of the week:<\/p>\n

\n\t1) Scream 7<\/a> (Par) 3,540 theaters, Wk $76M\/Wk 1
2) GOAT (Sony) 3,707 theaters, Wk $15.1M (-27%), Total $77.1M\/Wk 3
3) Wuthering Heights (WB) 3,221 theaters, Wk $9.6M (-51%), Total $75M\/Wk 3
4) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (NEON) 1,963 theaters Wk $5.1M (+19%), Total $9.4M\/Wk 2\\
5) Crime 101 (AMZ) 2,607 theaters, Wk $4.9M (-36%), Total $31.5M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED:\u00a0\u2018Hoppers\u2019 Review: Pixar\u2019s Quirky And Caring Romp Is A Funny, Emotional Love Letter To The Environment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pixar Original Hoppers is off to a solid start in previews with $3.2M. Keep in mind that\u2019s $2M…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,13771,206,50916,105292],"class_list":{"0":"post-507826","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-scream-7","12":"tag-the-bride"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}