Exploring the relationship between critical reception, production budgets, and worldwide box office performance across selected Pixar movies.
Pixar movies are often known for both strong critical reviews and major box office success, but those two measures do not always move together. This website compares selected Pixar movies using Rotten Tomatoes scores, Metacritic scores, production budgets, and worldwide box office earnings.
The goal is to explore whether Pixar's highest-rated movies are also its most financially successful movies.
Toy Story has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, but its worldwide box office total is much lower than Inside Out 2, which has a lower Rotten Tomatoes score.
Ratatouille and Toy Story 4 both have a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, but Toy Story 4 earned significantly more worldwide.
The data suggests that critical reception is only one factor in a movie's financial performance. Franchise popularity, release timing, audience interest, and other factors can also affect box office results.
Here are a few examples from the full dataset. Visit the Data page to explore all ten movies.
| Movie | Year | Rotten Tomatoes | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toy Story | 1995 | 100% | $401.2M |
| Ratatouille | 2007 | 96% | $623.7M |
| Toy Story 4 | 2019 | 96% | $1.073B |
| Inside Out 2 | 2024 | 91% | $1.699B |