{"id":205662,"date":"2025-06-22T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205662\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:45:10","slug":"pixars-elio-craters-with-35-million-28-years-later-opens-to-60-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205662\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Craters With $35 Million, ’28 Years Later’ Opens to $60 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDisney and Pixar<\/a>\u2018s animated adventure \u201cElio<\/a>\u201d crash-landed in its box office debut, earning a dismal $14 million overseas and $35 million globally. <\/p>\n

\n\tThose ticket sales rank as the worst-ever for Pixar, the animation empire behind \u201cToy Story,\u201d \u201cThe Incredibles\u201d and \u201cFinding Nemo.\u201d Prior to this weekend, 2023\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d held the ignominious title of lowest-grossing debut with $14.9 million internationally and $44.5 million worldwide. With great word-of-mouth, \u201cElemental\u201d enjoyed staying power throughout the summer and climbed to $496 million globally. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cElio,\u201d too, has scored great feedback from audiences, so Disney is hoping the intergalactic tale about\u00a0a young boy who connects with aliens after getting mistaken for Earth\u2019s ambassador\u00a0will endure on the big screen over the next few months. That\u2019ll be vital because \u201cElio\u201d cost $150 million to produce, not including a hefty global marketing spend. Though Universal\u2019s \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d likely catered to the same family friendly audience as \u201cElio,\u201d there won\u2019t be much competition on the animated front until Paramount\u2019s \u201cSmurfs\u201d lands in theaters on July 18.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d flew to the top of international charts again with $53.5 million from 81 markets in its sophomore outing. The live-action remake has grossed $197 million overseas and $385 million globally after two weekends of release. Moviegoers clearly have sustained enthusiasm for Hiccup, Toothless and the mystical world of Berk, who were first introduced to audiences in 2010\u2019s animated \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon.\u201d That\u2019s encouraging for Universal because the studio has already announced a live-action sequel, \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon 2,\u201d for 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond place went to Sony\u2019s zombie adventure \u201c28 Years Later,\u201d which captured $30 million from 59 markets in its first weekend of release. Combined with a $30 million debut in North America, the film has earned $60 million worldwide to start. Top territories are the United Kingdom ($6.4 million), Mexico ($2.7 million), Australia ($1.7 million) and South Korea ($1.5 million).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c28 Years Later\u201d is the sequel to 2002\u2019s \u201c28 Days Later\u201d and 2007\u2019s \u201c28 Weeks Later.\u201d Set almost three decades after a contagious rage virus unleashed its wrath on the world, the story follows a group of isolated survivors who venture to the mainland and discover a mutation that is threatening to ravage the rest of the population.\u00a0\u201c28 Years Later\u201d cost $60 million and will soon become the highest-grossing installment in the franchise, which is presently \u201c28 Days Later\u201d with $75 million worldwide. Sony intends \u201c28 Years Later\u201d to ignite a new zombie trilogy, spearheaded by the property\u2019s creators, Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland. This new film was shot back-to-back with its sequel, \u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,\u201d which will debut in 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite a tragic start for \u201cElio,\u201d it\u2019s not all doom and gloom at Disney. \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d has grossed $523.6 million overseas and a blockbuster $910 million globally after five weekends. The live-action remake is expected to become the year\u2019s first billion-dollar release. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney and Pixar\u2018s animated adventure \u201cElio\u201d crash-landed in its box office debut, earning a dismal $14 million overseas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[79238,77,3943,40953,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-205662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-elio","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-pixar","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114728266877953072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}