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

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

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has proven to be a bigger hit than anyone expected, and after topping Black Adam at the worldwide box office, Eternals and Dune are up next! Read on for further details...

By JoshWilding - Feb 14, 2023 06:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: Toonado.com

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. 

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mdwilliamson24
mdwilliamson24 - 2/14/2023, 7:01 AM
Puss in Boots was excellent.
I was surprised at how well done it was.
Great animation and good story.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/14/2023, 7:13 AM
I’m not sure passing some 2021 movies like Dune and Eternals is much to crow about but congrats?
Arthorious
Arthorious - 2/14/2023, 9:02 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - Wildings gotta make random comparisons to stoke those fires for people to argue in the comments.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 2/14/2023, 7:16 AM
Oh wow, I think the big surprise here for me is that Black Adam didn’t even do as well as Eternals (which I loved, btw).
Taonrey
Taonrey - 2/14/2023, 7:54 AM
@NoAssemblyReqd - eternals did similar numbers as Black widow and Shang chi. People always think it did worse for some reason.
Toecutter
Toecutter - 2/14/2023, 7:35 AM
Finally saw it a couple of days ago, and I didn't expect to love it so much. Probably in my top 5 movies last year, and I rarely say that about animated films. Plus, this movie is more proof that a movie could have multiple villains and not feel bloated. They were all great.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/14/2023, 7:38 AM
I like how a movie would little marketing manages to pass Black Adam. I approve of this message
Taonrey
Taonrey - 2/14/2023, 7:51 AM
@bkmeijer1 - it helps that it was a good movie
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/14/2023, 7:55 AM
@Taonrey - for sure. Word-of-mouth is a great marketer
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/14/2023, 7:42 AM
Real CINEMA
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 2/14/2023, 9:00 AM
I was honestly shocked how much I love this movie! Great animation, great story, great voice acting, Jack Horner is a f**king savage, I sorta had a crush on Goldilocks (probably because Florence Pugh voiced her), it's just a all around fantastic movie.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 2/14/2023, 9:01 AM
Puss was a great movie with an awesome antagonist in Death.
HxCorbett
HxCorbett - 2/14/2023, 10:30 AM
Well deserved. This movie is incredible
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