Elemental Movie’s soaring success
Disney-Pixar’s Elemental movie started off slowly at the box office. However, as they say with a great movie, things cannot go much wrong. Thanks to word of mouth from whoever watched it before, the movie benefitted to bounce back at the charts. Elemental has not just defied expectations but became a hit at the box office grossing $478 million worldwide.
Pixar’s Elemental movie also introduces Pixar’s first non-binary character which made it a win in the LGBTQIA+ community. The movie is based on a city called “Element” where the residents of air, water, land, and fire live and thrive together leading to a comedy-drama tone.
The film has outperformed the projections thereby ranking 17th on the all-time releases from Pixar. It has also surpassed the recent releases from Pixar. However, it has not soared the heights as high as The Super Mario Bros. However with baby steps, the movie has surely surpassed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Competition against Elemental
Elemental was supposedly reported to have a budget of $200 million, and the revenues received are double the budget. According to the statistics and reports, Elemental provided one of the worst openings for Pixar leading to a weak debut. It clearly shows how word of mouth works and the young audiences who prefer quality over quantity any day. The film made $153 million domestically and $325 million from global markets in spite of lackluster openings.
The Elemental film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival organized by Disney which shows their confidence in Elemental as well as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Pixar’s Elemental ranks as the 9th biggest film of the year which brings it behind Misson Impossible and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Globally, South Korea, France, and the U.K. were the biggest revenue territories for Pixar in the global film scenes.
Elemental & Previous Pixar Movies
If one compares Pixar’s Elemental with previous Pixar releases, it stacks up at the 17th position. This puts it ahead of Cars, Cars 3, and Toy Story which had a revenue of $461 million, $383 million, and $365 million respectively. However, Incredibles 2 remains one of the biggest hits by Pixar which brought in about $1.2 billion. This was followed by Toy Story 4 and Toy Story 3 which were about $1 billion.
Elemental includes the voices of some of the greatest like Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Catherine O’Hara. What do you think of Pixar’s Elemental? Have you watched it? Let us know in the comments below.
