Surprise 2023 Animated Box Office Hit Passes Domestic Milestone, Outgrosses TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
A sleeper hit 2023 animated movie passes a big domestic box office milestone and outgrosses Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
It has outgrossed the 2023 animated hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to become the 21st highest-grossing domestic film of the year.
Migration is now the fourth highest-grossing animated movie of 2023.
Migration is continuing its box office dominance. The 2023 holiday release is the newest animated movie from Illumination and follows a family of migrating ducks getting stuck in New York City with a voice cast that includes Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina, and Danny DeVito. Although the movie opened at No. 3 with a paltry $12.4 million (the worst-ever debut for an Illumination movie), it has become a major sleeper hit and has already climbed past the $250 million mark worldwide.
Per Variety, the Migration release has continued to climb up the domestic chart. In its tenth weekend, the movie has taken the No. 5 spot with a gross of $3 million, allowing its cumulative domestic total to hit the $120 million milestone. In the meantime, it has outgrossed the $118.6 million domestic haul of 2023's animated hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, becoming the 21st highest-grossing movie of the year and closing in on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom's domestic total of $123.8 million.
This slow-burn box office success could be attributed to quite a few factors, including a dearth of new animated titles and largely positive Migration reviews. Whatever the case may be, the movie is excelling at an unusual level. While there are 12 animated movies in the domestic Top 100 for 2023 including Trolls Band Together, The Boy and the Heron, and Disney's Wish, Migration is now the fourth highest-grossing animated release of the year. Below, check out where it ranks among the top five 2023 animated movies.
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