There are multiple animated features in the marketplace (though some just barely), and several live-action/animated movies. Their domestic and worldwide totals as of yesterday:
CARTOON WEEKEND GROSSES -- DOMESTIC -- GLOBAL
Leap! (#8) -- $18,705,564 -- $102,615,533
Despicable Me 3 (#13) -- $261,094,650 -- $1,015,427,005
The Nut Job 2 (#18) -- $28,093,664 -- $38,978,799
Cars 3 (#26) -- $152,279,065 -- $357,326,296
Captain Underpants (#44) -- $73,814,428 -- $104,736,260
Boss Baby (#105) -- $174,979,567 -- $498,846,458
SEMI-CARTOON GROSSES -- DOMESTIC -- GLOBAL
Spider-man: Homecoming (#39) -- $330,245,988 -- $861,245,988
War For The Planet Of The Apes (#21) -- $145,861,747 -- $431,967,715
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (#50) -- $389,804,217 -- $863,405,082
A scan of the list shows why super hero flicks and animated features keep getting made, and then made some more. Spider-Man and Guardians weigh in north of $800 million; Despicable Me 3 has grossed over a billion and Boxx Baby has made half a billion.
Cartoons and semi-cartoons have high profit margins, which is what our fine, entertainment conglomerates are seeking. They're not in the business of content creation as a philanthropic exercise, after all. (And this coming weekend, Warner Bros. will blast The LEGO Ninjago Movie into the marketplace. Nobody worries about animated features cannibalizing each other anymore. (That's so 2008. ...)
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