Box Office: 'Hoppers' Powers to $88 Million Globally, 'The Bride!' Flatlines With $13 Million Worldwide

Disney and Pixar's animal adventure Hoppers powered to No. 1 with $88 million globally, delivering an encouraging result for an original animated film and signaling that audiences are ready to embrace new stories from the beloved animation studio .

Meanwhile, this weekend's other major new release—director Maggie Gyllenhaal's R-rated The Bride! —was D.O.A. with just $13.6 million worldwide, a tragic start for a film carrying a $90 million production budget .

Hoppers generated $42 million overseas from 40 territories, complementing its $46 million domestic opening . The film follows a young girl named Mabel who, through a groundbreaking scientific procedure, swaps her consciousness with a beaver to become a secret agent in the animal kingdom . The voice cast includes Jon Hamm, Bobby Moynihan, Piper Curda, and Danny DeVito .

After struggling with non-franchise fare in recent years, Hoppers is primed to be Pixar's first original hit in nearly a decade . This marks the largest debut for original animation since the studio's 2017 musical fantasy Coco, which became a powerhouse with $823 million by the end of its theatrical run .

Given exceptional reviews and strong audience scores, box office watchers predict Hoppers will enjoy a long life in theaters. The film currently holds a 84% critics score and a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes .

Top overseas markets for the weekend were:

The result is particularly significant for Pixar, which has seen several recent original films—including Onward, Luca, Soul, and Turning Red—go straight to Disney+ during the pandemic or underperform in theaters . With Hoppers, the studio proves that audiences will still show up for original stories when they're given the big-screen treatment they deserve .

In stark contrast, Warner Bros.' The Bride! opened to disastrous numbers. Maggie Gyllenhaal's follow-up to her acclaimed directorial debut The Lost Daughter managed just $13.6 million worldwide against its massive $90 million budget . The film opened with $8 million domestically and $5.6 million overseas .

The R-rated musical horror comedy reimagines the classic Bride of Frankenstein story, with Penélope Cruz starring as the Bride, alongside Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, and Annette Bening . Despite the star-studded cast and Gyllenhaal's pedigree as a filmmaker, the film failed to connect with audiences .

Reviews were mixed, and audience scores suggest word-of-mouth won't rescue the film in subsequent weeks. For Warner Bros., the result represents a significant financial blow, though the studio can take solace in the performance of other recent releases .

The weekend results highlight the continued dominance of family-friendly fare and the challenges facing R-rated original films aimed at adult audiences. While Hoppers proved that families will turn out for quality animation, The Bride! joins a long list of prestige adult-skewing films that have struggled to find audiences in the post-pandemic marketplace .

Other holdovers rounding out the top five include:

Exact figures for those films were not included in the initial report.

For Pixar, Hoppers represents a crucial validation of the studio's creative direction and theatrical strategy. With Toy Story 5 arriving in June and Incredibles 3 targeting 2028, the studio has proven it can still launch new franchises while maintaining its legacy properties .

For Gyllenhaal and Warner Bros., The Bride! will likely be written off as a noble failure—a bold, original vision that simply didn't find its audience. Whether it gains a second life on streaming remains to be seen.