Disney and Pixar’s animated comedy “Hoppers,” is the number 1 movie in North America, earning $46 million in receipts this weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
The animated movie about building a cohesive relationship between humans and animals is an outrageously original action-packed comedy eatures an incredible cast of characters that bring the hilarious and heartening story.
With a voice ensemble that includes Piper Curda (Mabel), Bobby Moynihan (King George), Jon Hamm (Mayor Jerry Generazzo), Tom Law (Tom Lizard), Sam Richardson (Conner), and Ego Nwodim (Fish Queen) and music by SZA (“Save The Day” music by), it follows a young animal lover who uses technology to ‘hop’ her consciousness into a life-like robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals.
As she uncovers mysteries in the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined, Mabel befriends charismatic beaver King George (voice of Bobby Moynihan) and must rally the entire animal kingdom to face a major, imminent human-threat: smooth-talking local mayor Jerry Generazzo (voice of Jon Hamm).
“It’s a hard process, making a movie at this scale,” says director Daniel Chong. “So, to have everyone be able to enjoy each other’s company, and have a mission statement specific to the production,was huge. If the team is having a good time, if they’re laughing and the meetings are enjoyable and we love each other’s company, it shows up on the screen. That was one of the key parts of
making the movie–that everyone had fun making it. I hope they did. I know I did.”
The film whiched opened in theaters friday is number 1 in the box office.
