Overview
- The animated musical finished No. 2 at the domestic box office for the weekend, trailing Avatar: Fire and Ash.
- Opening day receipts totaled about $9.6–$9.7 million including roughly $1.8 million from Thursday previews.
- The release played in approximately 3,118 North American theaters and outperformed new titles like The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants and The Housemaid.
- Audience response was robust, with a 98% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and an A grade from CinemaScore.
- Right‑wing influencers amplified the film’s rollout, while allegations that Disney and Paramount pressured theaters remain unsubstantiated.