2022 may have been a slow year for animated movies, butDreamworks’Puss in Boots: The Last Wishseems unaware of that. The film broke the $300 million mark at the global box office, and it received an Oscar nomination to go in hand with that.
Although it was another of Universal Pictures' subsidiaries, Illumination, that ended up with the highest-grossing animated feature film last year thanks toMinions: The Rise of Gru, thePuss in Bootssequel put up respectable numbers, especially with it coming out at the same timeAvatar: The Way of Waterhit cinemas. Those two animated films were trailed byDisney’s box office bustLightyearand Warner Bros.‘DC League of Super-Pets, both eclipsed by anime productions such asOne Piece Film: RedandDragon Ball Super: Super Hero.
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All that makesPuss in Boots: The Last Wish’s commercial performance all the more impressive.Deadlinereports the film was expected to break the $300 million milestone on Monday, after its fifth week in cinemas. With a total of $297.8M from the weekend,Puss in Boots 2had already become the third highest-grossing animated movie of Hollywood’s pandemic, only surpassed by theMinions: The Rise of GruandSing 2, two other Universal films.
WithMinionsandPuss in Bootsdoing so well, 2022 will be the first year since 2008 where Dreamworks’ movies outgrossed every Disney or Pixar animated film released, as the latter’s productions have found a new home on Disney Plus.Puss in Boots: The Last Wishdid well in Latin America. For example, the film dethronedAvatar: The Way of Waterin Mexico and collected better-than-average box office results in most countries.
Running on a $90M budget,Puss in Boots:The Last Wish’s profitability is beyond debate. However, it will also be the sole competitor at the Oscars for Best Animated Feature to find success at the moviesdue to Guillermo del Toro’sPinocchio,The Sea Beast, andTurning Redmostly being streaming releases, whereasMarcel the Shell With Shoes Ondoesn’t have the same reach.Puss In Boots: The Last Wishwas amazing for critics and audiences for how it explores topics like death and aging from the eyes of Antonio Banderas' beloved feline.
ForShreklovers,Puss in Bootswill be even more welcome, as the film confirmsShrek 5is on the way, though when that will happen is still a fairy tale mystery.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wishis currently available in theaters.
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