Megalopolis flops at weekend box office as family film The Wild Robot soars to top spot with $35 million

Megalopolis flops at weekend box office as family film The Wild Robot soars to top spot with $35 million Megalopolis had a sobering $4 million debut for a movie that Francis Ford Coppola bankrolled himself for $120 million Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 01:53, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 01:53, 30 September 2024 e-mail View comments Francis Ford Coppola 's decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic Megalopolis flopped, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film The Wild Robot soared to No.

1 at the weekend box office. The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders' adaptation of Peter Brown's bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in U.S.

and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The DreamWorks movie was poised to do well after critics raved about the story of a shipwrecked robot who raises an orphan gosling. Audiences agreed, giving the film an 'A' CinemaScore.

'Wild Robot' is likely set up to enjoy a long and lucrative run for its distributor Universal Pictures. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore, predicts The Wild Robot 'may take a page from the Elemental playbook by opening to respectable box office and then looking toward long-term playability.' Pixar 's 'Elemental,' which like 'The Wild Robot' wasn't a sequel, debuted with a modest $30 million, but went on to gross nearly $500 million worldwide.

Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel are shown.