PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Passes BLACK ADAM's Worldwide Total As It Nears ETERNALS' Global Cume

Many of you probably won't have realised that it's been more than a decade since we've seen Puss in Boots on our screens, but Puss in Boots: The Last Wish proved to be more than worth the wait. The animated sequel has received rave reviews and already earned an Oscar nomination for "Best Animated Feature," an award we'd argue it deserves to win. 

The movie has exceeded expectations at the box office and, as first noted on Toonado.com, just surpassed Black Adam's worldwide cume in what can only be described as another embarrassing defeat for former pro wrestler Dwayne Johnson's anti-hero. 

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has earned $158.5 million in North America and $235.2 million internationally for a global total of $393.7 million. Black Adam, on the other hand, grossed $392 million before its run in theaters wrapped up, and Dreamworks' animated sequel is expected to surpass $400 million this weekend.

Black Adam isn't the only major title it's cut down to size, though, because the movie will also pass the worldwide grosses of Dune and Eternals in the coming weeks. 

The Shrek franchise spin-off is only the third animated movie of the pandemic era to cross $150 million in the U.S., with Minions: The Rise of Gru ($369.5 million) and Sing 2 ($162.8 million) finding similar levels of success. Interestingly, all three were released by Universal Pictures, making the studio more successful than Disney in recent years (no Disney Animation or Pixar movie has managed to pass $150 million). 

This time last year, no one could have ever imagined Black Adam would be clawed down by a movie like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, but the DC Comics adaptation massively underperformed. Despite inaccurate claims from Johnson about the movie's profitability, it was a huge flop, likely explaining why the character won't be part of the DCU for the foreseeable future. 

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is now playing in theaters.