Four Out Of Twelve

As of yesterday, there were four animated titles among the top twelve movies at the American box office. Sure, theatrical activity is sleepy right now, but four out of twelve tells us something, doesn't it?

Animated Box Office Performers

#6 -- Leap -- $7,967,048 -- (world total: same)

#8 -- The Emoji Movie -- $76,882,866 (world total: $144,582,866)

#9 -- The Nut Job 2 -- $22,830,259 (world total: $25,686,749)

#12 -- Despicable Me 3 -- $254,812,180 (world total: $972,856,686)

And below those four in the Dandy Dozen:

Cars 3 -- $149,083,064 (world total: $325,296,867)

Captain Underpants -- $73,495,941 (world total: $101,049,074)

The Boss Baby -- $174,943,931 (world total: $498,079,122)

Sadly, the Weinstein brothers have yet to crack the code for a successful animated feature.

Chris Meledandri, on the other hand, figured it out long ago. (Despicable Me 3 is outperforming Cars 3 by a wee bit.)