After a few disappointing weeks, WALL•E is finally showing legs as it ends the week at an outstanding:
$210,112,000
This week WALL•E busted through Ratatouille’s box office of $206 million and it’s on its way to beat Kung Fu Panda’s track record so far, three weeks before it! To give you perspective after 45 days WALL•E has made $210 million while Kung Fu Panda didn’t get there until its 57th day.
Internationally, WALL•E has made about $95 million USD, which means WALL•E has crossed the $300 million mark worldwide.
We can expect some more prosperous days and accomplishments ahead of us for our favorite little robot! Remember, it’s you the viewers, that help the numbers!
[Via Box Office Mojo]
Article written by martini883. Thanks martini883 for helping me out.
Last modified: August 10, 2008
As much as I’d like to buy a second ticket to WALL-E, I’m waiting for the DVD.
I can’t risk sitting through another 97 minutes with a group of kids sitting behind me talking through the whole movie like they’re the only freaking people in the theatre.
Plus, nearly every kid in the theatre repeated any noises WALL-E made. It drove me nuts.
Congratulations to the entire Pixar team for creating another delicious and prosperous production! I’m glad that it’s earning the income it deserves.
It’s kinda sad to think that I’ve contributed to that total. I’d love to see it a fifth time, but I need to be a little less frivolous. Heh.
I’ve done my bit to support WALL•E — seeing it a total of 9 times so far (waaay more than I’ve EVER seen any other film in theatres!) It just continues to be THAT good and satisfying. I still get a bit misty-eyed at the touching scenes, and the film has yet to lose its magic and heart for me!
Having tried a number of different showings — for those who want to avoid kids, I’d recommend either the late evening shows; or maybe even better, the first matinee show on Sunday mornings. The 11:05 AM matinee I went to this past Sunday, I practically had the suburban multiplex screen showing it to myself!
While kids showed up to the first couple late evening showings I went to; by the third one, the kid-crowd had almost disappeared for the 9 PM runs. These have lately been mostly adult couples, and those like me who wish I had someone to take to see it.
With all its spectacular visuals, WALL•E is worth seeing again on the big screen while its there. It just won’t be quite the same on most home TVs!
Let’s keep it up though, make WALL•E a financial stand-out among PIXAR films; so that they’ll be encouraged to make more films of this type, and heart, in the future (PIXAR just hasn’t done love stories anywhere near as well, and engaging, as this one!)
I just think its a sad commentary on our society though that a lesser-acclaimed, and much darker DARK KNIGHT continues to gross far more than a better, and more uplifting story like WALL•E does.
Hmmm, we’re mad at kids who go to Pixar movies…this is the response to an article celebrating the good box office number?.
For some perspective, this film would have grossed around 11 cents, if it weren’t for those pesky kids who drove you “nuts”.
I’m guessing some of you were once kids who saw a Pixar film in a theater, (and you probably sat quietly, hands folded laughing only when appropriate, right?).
Geez, go see a Woody Allen movie if you don’t like exposing yourself to Pixar’s REAL audience.
What an insult to the spirit of this great animation studio. Justin
No, we’re not necessarily mad at kids. I’m not. I was merely suggesting alternatives for those who wanted to see WALL•E again, and enjoy a perhaps quieter movie-going experience where they could become immersed in the film, without the distraction of extraneous comments or noise by a few kids who may, or may not, know any better.
While kids (or their parents) certainly pay most of the freight to keep everything from swimming pools to ice rinks open — some of us adults who do not have kids, appreciate an opportunity for an “adult swim” or in this case, an “adult movie run”. I would not usually go to a mid-afternoon showing of WALL•E, as I certainly don’t mind kids enjoying the movie the way they want to. But some others and I want to enjoy the movie in a quieter audience atmosphere, the way we want to as well.
There’s an old saw that goes something along the lines of the thing that your child does may be cute, but when someone else’s child does it, it may be annoying.
I personally was encouraged to enjoy the film when I was in theatres as a kid, and be respectful of others. Besides, what’s wrong with a few manners and decent behavior that takes into account the desires of others when a child is in public? I’m only middle-aged, but manners among children (especially ones over 5) seem to have slipped some in just the last 40 years.
And certainly a good number of kids are well-behaved and as engaged in the movie as anyone else. But a few sometimes aren’t. Just as cell phones going off in the theatre aren’t appreciated by others, not-so-quiet running commentaries by kids (or adult movie-goers, for that matter) aren’t necessarily appreciated by others either.
Pixar films are attracting a quite broad and diverse audience now — one that is not just kids, and not just adults, either. In the WALL•E showings I’ve attended (including one afternoon matinee on its last day in an historic theatre in my town) kids have actually been a distinct and small minority in the audiences!
BOTH markets should be catered to however, and that can easily be done through selecting show times that are most likely going to attract the “crowd” one wants, and not the other crowd that one may not necessarily want to be around when trying to enjoy the movie.
With WALL•E still running on over 2,000 screens in America; there is certainly room for everyone to enjoy this movie, and likely a show time to best suit them!
Everyone just go and support this great movie some more, okay?
I think the best solution to noisy kids is for parents to learn to quiet them. And if they don’t do it, just turn around and tell them yourself to quiet down.
“I think the best solution to noisy kids is for parents to learn to quiet them. And if they don’t do it, just turn around and tell them yourself to quiet down.”
I think the best way is for cranky adults who don’t like robotic “Stepford-like kids”, is to go to theaters that show adult films…not animated movies that feature well made cartoons!
Nice summary, martini. =)
I’ll be adding to the Australian total when it’s released here, fo shizzle.
Anon – But you’re making the assumption that because it’s an animated film, then that means that it is solely is a kids film. I’m not sure what the statistics are, if any even exist, but WALL-E seems like the film that more adults and teenagers were looking forward to than any other Pixar film to date and attended in higher numbers than a typical “animated” film. An adult has just as much of a right to watch WALL-E as your kid does.
It’s fine to have kids laugh and be entertained by the film but when it goes into the realm of ruining other people’s cinema experience, especially those that don’t have kids, then that’s when you need to teach your kid that there are certain social rules for being in the cinema. It’s a fact of life and better for them to learn it earlier rather than later. And if your kid isn’t old enough to adhere to those rules, take them outside of the cinema and wait until they are older before you take them to movies. Just because your 3-year-old can watch the Winnie the Pooh movie at home, it doesn’t mean they will necessarily be able to watch a new movie, in a dark cinema, be still for that amount of time, and be quiet about it the whole way through.
Thanks, Rachel!
Good points, by the way.
Wow, my one article turned into an argument. 🙂
I’ll pass…
Anonymous: I don’t care if the kids laugh at the movie, but when they’re carrying a conversation right behind me that sometimes didn’t even have to do with the movie, it irks me.
It’s not like they didn’t know better. Their mom kept telling them to be quite, but they basically ignored her.
The kids were just being disrespectful, to other trying to watch the movie and to their mom.
I’d rather just skip that experience again and wait for the DVD.
And when I said every kid in the theater was repeating every noise WALL-E made, it was an exaggeration. There weren’t that many kids in the theater at all, but half of them (the talkative half) seemed to end up right behind me.
And martini, sorry for starting an argument in your one article (though I wouldn’t call it a real argument).
First, let me say while defending kids in general, I never mentioned my own children…they are quite well behaved and don’t need to be taken out of the “cinema”…quite the contrary, they enjoy most Pixar films, (“especially the earlier funny ones”).
I think when presented with a film like Toy Story, everyone in the theater is captivated…no need to squirm or speak out loud…but, Pixar films, of late have skewed older and older, with each release.
But, kids still want to go see Pixar films, in hopes they’ll be entertained like they used to be by the Mike and Sully’s of the world. Sadly, they are profoundly disappointed by the esoteric nature the “new” Pixar.
Thus, while there are moments for them to enjoy, they have become few and far between.
So, what to do? Not bring kids under 14 to see a Pixar film? It’s really quite a conundrum…squirmy, slightly bored kids vs grown-ups, who want more adult themes.
Clearly, the only way Pixar is going to make the kind of films they used to, the films that had kids glued to their seats…is to keep churning out the sequels.
This, by the way is what Disney has wanted all along, but were vilified for it (Eisner may have been 100% right).
Would anyone have believed that Pixar would have made or is making, just two fewer sequels than Dream Works?!
Is Pixar becoming TWO very separate studios?.
Anon –
“”“So, what to do? Not bring kids under 14 to see a Pixar film?”“”
Yes! As crazy as the idea might seem…
So what if Pixar want to make more adult films? Why should them working in the medium of animation permanantly limit them to producing only kid flicks? You act as if Pixar owes you something, and are now assuming that animation should automatically equal a kids film, which is very unfair and a death sentence to the directors who have mature ideas but, if Pixar had the same attitude as you, wouldn’t be able to make them simply because kids of a certain age wouldn’t get it.
There are plenty of animated movies coming out that kids under 10 would love, and there will be for many years. But Pixar have demonstrated that they can handle more mature themes as shown in The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and the sub-text to WALL-E (or so I’ve heard), so let them make an older kids/teenage/adult movie (take your pick) and let us enjoy it. The kids who won’t be able to see John Carter of Mars when it’s released, will eventually grow up and appreciate it and its adult themes, but in the mean time there is plenty of kiddie fare for them.
The world doesn’t revolve around kids. Pixar have made top-quality adult and kid movies for years, but let’s allow them to go further and support them if the more adult market is the direction they want to take. Animation is a medium, not a genre so don’t lock them into a certain type of film for the rest of their studio days. That’s the way they grow as a studio, and we get to see animation paired with mature storytelling. What’s wrong with that?
…or maybe Pixar won’t be as good and consistent at making “adult themed” films.as you think. Only time will tell…just ask Disney Animation of the 1990’s… they were on a roll and had just revitalized the world of animation…only to fall into this exact same trap.
For me I like big, four quadrant, funny animated motion pictures…and I’m guessing Bob Iger does as well…
I’m also pretty sure Bob Iger hopes the world DOES revolve around kids. Do you really think when he bought Pixar he was hoping they’d start growing into “mature storytelling”? No, he was looking at big four quadrant mega blockbusters like “The Incredibles”, etc. Don’t you think?
As well made as these latest films like Wall*e, are, they aren’t really very funny…for anyone. if this is an example of “adult themed films” as I’ve said, (to quote the great Woody Allen), I like the earlier funny films”.
Give me “Monsters Inc.” and “The Incredibles” any day…they are “adult themed” masterpieces in my opinion. I think esoteric would better describe the latest batch of “adult” fare from Pixar.
And next time you quote someone like Brad Bird off of a DVD, you might wanna attribute the remark. “Animation is a medium, not a genre”…yeah, I go deep into the special features as well:)
I guess time will tell…in the meantime we/I at least have TS3 to look forward to!
A big fan, with slight concerns…:)
“…or maybe Pixar won’t be as good and consistent at making “adult themed” films.as you think. Only time will tell…just ask Disney Animation of the 1990’s… they were on a roll and had just revitalized the world of animation…only to fall into this exact same trap.”
There is just one difference between Pixar and Disney this time around. Disney releases films for the sake of the audience. Pixar are true artists. As long as they stay true to themselves with making films, their films will all be great. They know the secret to making a good film: story. Disney lost sight of this thus they failed.
>There is just one difference between Pixar and Disney this time around. Disney releases films for the sake of the audience. Pixar are true artists. As long as they stay true to themselves with making films, their films will all be great. They know the secret to making a good film: story. Disney lost sight of this thus they failed.<
A good point…I tend to agree with you that they will indeed survive. My hope is still that they will not loose ALL of the 14 and unders. Just my selfish wish:) Good debate…