Hoppers Will End 2nd Weekend At Around $28 – $30 Million But Is That Good Enough With Mario Galaxy Coming?

Disney and Pixar’s “Hoppers” saw a low drop of only 37% for its second weekend at the box office, bringing in an additional $28-$30 million domestically, taking the global total up to about $165 million.

The media is spinning this as a “win,” but it’s still too early to say. That is still a low total for an animated Disney or Pixar film that likely cost $150 million to make. Meaning it would need to bring in at least $300 million to break even.

Incoming competition will likely wipe out the damn “Hoppers” built.

While it still could do that if it can hang in there for a few more weeks, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” is looming on the horizon, and that one is predicted to do almost as much during its domestic opening weekend as “Hoppers” has done globally for two weeks. Again, that is just domestic and not global. Some say that is a conservative estimate.

To be fair, the Mario Bros. movie will get a 5-day window for the Easter holiday box office, and “Hoppers” only got 3-days.  However, “Hoppers” has already been out twice as long and just hit the initial opening estimates for Mario Galaxy.

“Hoppers” currently has the “highest grossing animated film of 2026” title, but this will quickly be undone by Mario and his friends.

While “Hoppers” is a cute film, it isn’t the 94% that audiences reportedly have given it on Rotten Tomatoes.  I think many will wait for streaming as they have been doing with Pixar films.

2.5 Weeks Left

All this being said, “Hoppers” still has about 2.5 weeks left to eke out all it can before Mario jumps in and sucks all the air out of the room Kirby-style.

It is possible that “Hoppers” could break even, I don’t think it will unless it gains momentum in the next two weeks.

What do you think? Comment and let us know!