Hoppers vs The Bride Box Office: Pixar's Hoppers Wins Big, The Bride Movie Bombs

The weekend box office numbers are in and it is a tale of two wildly different outcomes. The Hoppers movie is Pixar's biggest original opening since Coco, while The Bride movie has landed as one of Warner Bros.' worst flops in years.

Hoppers Box Office: $41 Million — Pixar Is Back

After earning $13.2 million on Friday, Hoppers is set to earn the first $40 million-plus domestic opening for an original animated title since the $50.1 million start for Pixar's Coco in November 2017. Current industry estimates have Hoppers earning a $41 million start this weekend, and that could tick higher if matinee turnout on Saturday and Sunday beat projections thanks to the movie's excellent critical and audience scores.

Globally, Hoppers is tracking to $88 million across 41 markets — the best start for a Pixar original movie since Coco, and the best-reviewed Pixar film since then at 97% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hoppers skews female at 52% of the audience overall, with PLF formats — including IMAX and large-format screens — driving 27% of the weekend revenue. The film plays best in the South Central, Mountain, and West regions.

Weekend Box Office Rankings — March 6-8, 2026

The Bride Movie: A Box Office Disaster

The Bride! has brought Warner Bros.' streak of nine consecutive No. 1 films to a screeching halt, earning an estimated opening weekend of just $7–8 million against an $80–90 million budget — the lowest opening for the studio since last year's $3.1 million launch for The Alto Knights.

Reviews ranged from exasperated to exhilarated, landing at 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave the film a C+ CinemaScore. Its fate as a box office bomb has been immediately sealed after an anemic $3 million opening day.

What Is Hoppers About — and What's Next?

Hoppers is directed by Daniel Chong and follows a 19-year-old animal lover and environmental activist whose consciousness is transferred into a robotic beaver to communicate with wildlife and uncover mysteries within the animal world. The film cost $150 million to produce.

With kids going on spring break throughout March, Hoppers will have a full month to build on its strong opening before Universal and Illumination's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie conquers theaters at Easter weekend. Both films are playing exclusively in theaters now.