New Pixar movie Elio has the studio's worst ever opening at the box office, and it's sparked a discussion about why

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Elio had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office

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New Pixar movie Elio has opened to the studio's worst ever box office numbers.

After hitting the big screen this past Friday (June 20), the film made $21 million at the US box office and a total of $35 million globally across its opening weekend. Against a budget of $150 million, it's not looking good for Elio.

"The problem isn’t that audiences aren’t seeing original movies. The problem is that studios aren’t trying hard enough to get people to see them," wrote one Twitter user.

Elio is about a young boy who accidentally becomes planet Earth's intergalactic ambassador after he makes contact with aliens and is beamed up to space. The voice cast includes Avatar's Zoe Saldaña, The Good Place's Jameela Jamil, and Oppenheimer's Matthias Schweighöfer.

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

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