{"id":525887,"date":"2026-03-16T00:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/525887\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:12:10","slug":"pixars-hoppers-leads-box-office-with-28-5-million-in-second-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/525887\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ leads box office with $28.5 million in second weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Pixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers\u201d<\/a> held onto the top slot at the box office, bouncing back with $28.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Colleen Hoover\u2019s \u201cReminders of Him\u201d<\/a> added to the author\u2019s successful streak at the box office. <\/p>\n

After its $45.3 million debut, The Walt Disney Co.’s \u201cHoppers\u201d release dipped a modest 37% in its follow-up weekend, a promising sign for an animated movie hoping to have strong legs through March. The Pixar original, about a young woman who transforms into the body of a beaver to help defend a pond from development, is hoping to keep attracting audiences with good reviews (94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong audience scores (an \u201cA\u201d CinemaScore). <\/p>\n

While many of Pixar\u2019s sequels have been blockbusters on arrival \u2014 like 2024\u2019s \u201cInside Out 2\u201d<\/a> ($1.7 billion worldwide) \u2014 their originals have recently needed time to get going. In 2023, \u201cElemental\u201d<\/a> launched with a disappointing $29.6 million but went on to gross a hefty $496.4 million globally. <\/p>\n

\u201cHoppers,\u201d which has taken in $164.7 million globally thus far, has a long way to go to match that, but it\u2019s off to a good start. It faced little direct new competition this weekend. The upcoming Amazon MGM sci-fi adventure \u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d<\/a> however, will soon take up IMAX screens and compete for family moviegoers. <\/p>\n

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Universal\u2019s \u201cReminders of Him\u201d debuted in second place this weekend with a better-than-expected $18.3 million. The film, starring Maika Monroe as a woman attempting to rebuild her life after prison, is the third Colleen Hoover adaptation to reach the big screen, following 2024\u2019s \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d ($351 million worldwide for Sony) and 2025\u2019s \u201cRegretting You\u201d ($91 million for Paramount). <\/p>\n

\u201cReminders of Him,\u201d which cost about $25 million to make, got poor reviews (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and notched a not-great \u201cB\u201d CinemaScore with audiences. But the film, the first from a screenplay co-written by Hoover, extends the bestselling author\u2019s popularity with moviegoers. <\/p>\n

\u201c Undertone,\u201d<\/a> a micro-budget horror movie from A24, opened with $9.3 million. The film, written and directed by Ian Tuason, has been touted as A24\u2019s best horror film since Ari Aster\u2019s \u201cHereditary\u201d (2018), one of the movies that helped put the indie studio on the map. With a budget of just $500,000, \u201cUndertone\u201d makes particular use of sound design in a one-setting tale about a paranormal podcaster (Nina Kiri) caring for her dying mother. <\/p>\n

After its disappointing debut, Warner Bros. \u201cThe Bride!\u201d<\/a> plummeted in its second weekend, dropping 70% with just $2.1 million. The Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed riff on \u201cThe Bride of Frankenstein\u201d cost about $80-90 million to produce, but so far has grossed just $11.3 million domestically. <\/p>\n

Oscar weekend is often slow in theaters, with the industry\u2019s attention largely focused on Sunday\u2019s Academy Awards. But the trio of moderate successes in \u201cHoppers,\u201d \u201cReminders of Him\u201d and \u201cUndertone\u201d lifted moviegoing ahead of Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. Year-to-date ticket sales are up 15.2% from the same point last year, according to Comscore. <\/p>\n

Top 10 movies by domestic box office<\/p>\n

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cHoppers,\u201d $28.5 million. <\/p>\n

2. \u201cReminders of Him,\u201d $18.3 million. <\/p>\n

3. \u201cUndertone,\u201d $9.3 million. <\/p>\n

4. \u201cScream 7,\u201d $8.4 million. <\/p>\n

5. \u201cGoat,\u201d $4.7 million. <\/p>\n

6. \u201cThe Bride!\u201d $2.1 million. <\/p>\n

7. \u201cKiki\u2019s Delivery Service,\u201d $1.7 million. <\/p>\n

8. \u201cWuthering Heights,\u201d $1.7 million. <\/p>\n

9. \u201cTMNT II,\u201d $1.5 million. <\/p>\n

10. \u201cCrime 101,\u201d $1.1 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Pixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers\u201d held onto the top slot at the box office, bouncing back with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17250,28,2356,45215,88,793,54386,105582,206,204023,795],"class_list":["post-525887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ari-aster","tag-business","tag-california","tag-colleen-hoover","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-ian-tuason","tag-maggie-gyllenhaal","tag-movies","tag-nina-kiri","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525887","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=525887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}