WALL-E Records

[MidgardDragon]

Just doing some browsing, and ran across this at Pixar Planet:

pixarplanet.com/blog/walle-box-office-09012008

Our favorite little robot is now officially in the top 10 highest grossing animated films of all time (number 9 in CGI) and it’s still got a few more weeks to go!

I think they just mean top grossing CGI, though, because I can't find any verification of this through Box Office Mojo. Still, being in the Top 10 Grossing CGI films is an accomplishment!

Also, I discovered WALL-E has the #2 highest grossing G-rated opening of all time, surpassed only by Finding Nemo:

boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/mpaa.htm?page=G&p=.htm

Oh! And yep, I confirmed PP means Computer Animated films, where WALL-E is #9 of all time:

boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=computeranimation.htm

Oh, and it seems here is the confirmation of it entering the Top 10, guess I hadn't looked around enough:

boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=animation.htm

Nice!

Also, WALL-E is the #1 highest grossing Animated Sci-Fi movie of all time:

boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=scifianimation.htm

[Khodhum]

Also, WALL-E is the #1 highest grossing Animated Sci-Fi movie of all time:

That one's my favorite. Just because it's #1 of all time. I knew WALL-E had to become "#1 of all time" at something.

[vanessajoyce]

Now this is fantastic news. Take that Katzenberg, Lucas and all you other Pixar wannabes!

[MidgardDragon]

And not only is it the highest grossing animated sci-fi of all time, but it is that by an almost 75 million lead.

[vanessajoyce]

Take that, Don Bluth! ;D

[bima]

Gyahaahaha!! Don Bluth? What's up with him? Never heard of him since Titan A.E. Wall-E sure surpasses that 'science fiction', though...

[vanessajoyce]

Except for writing a few books, he's disappeared off the face of the earth. Sorry, but I'm just relieved.

Article from 2000 when Fox Animation pulled the plug on him . . .

myadversaria.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/animators-say-thats-all-folks/

[bima]

Sept 3, 2008 9:15:03 GMT -5 vanessajoyce said:

Except for writing a few books, he's disappeared off the face of the earth. Sorry, but I'm just relieved.

Lol ;D But what's wrong with him?

[vanessajoyce]

Well . . . my personal opinion is that he's a victim of the misconception that a good animator will also make a good director. Just got in way over his head and had delusions of grandeur -- saw himself as the reincarnation of Walt Disney.

[bima]

Sept 3, 2008 10:16:13 GMT -5 vanessajoyce said:

Just got in way over his head and had delusions of grandeur -- saw himself as the reincarnation of Walt Disney.

Lol! I didn't really like his film, though. Anastasia was ok. But Titan A.E...

[MidgardDragon]

I don't remember ever being able to sit all the way through Titan A.E., heh. Anastasia was one of my ex's favorites and I enjoyed it, though.

[vanessajoyce]

Yeah, I could endure "Anastasia", "All Dogs Go to Heaven" and maybe even "An American Tail" . . . but everything else was just unbelievably . . . well . . . wrong.

Again, my opinion only. I'm sure there are some here that really liked his work and I don't want to be demeaning. You gotta at least respect the man for trying to keep alive the Disney tradition when Disney Animation itself as floundering in the 80s.

[bima]

Disney sure has an issues for kicking out their directors and animators!

[vanessajoyce]

Yeah . . . but there is justice . . . the best one they kicked out came back 20 years later and took over the whole company! Bwaaahahhhhaaaa!!!

[bima]

Yes, SURE HE IS!!!! What a happy ending story...