The Wild Robot
The overall record undersells The Wild Robot. 39% across 83 head-to-head matchups looks average until you look at how the numbers shift as a tournament progresses. Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, the first How to Train Your Dragon) trades punchlines for tenderness here: a robot accidentally mothering a gosling, drawn in animation that looks brushed by hand. What it brings to a ballot is sincerity and beauty, the kind of quiet, tear-jerking swing Sanders has landed before. It ranks behind the other Chris Sanders film tracked here.
Synopsis
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The opening number doesn't capture it. 22% early, 92% in the semis, 58% in the final — The Wild Robot builds as the competition gets tougher, a trajectory most films can't sustain.
Madagascar is the easy matchup at 100%. Shrek is the kryptonite at 22%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what The Wild Robot can and can't handle.
In DreamWorks Originals, The Wild Robot regularly reaches the final — then runs into How to Train Your Dragon. At 29%, it hasn't found the answer.
Of the 2 Chris Sanders films tracked here, How to Train Your Dragon at 61% leads. The Wild Robot is the other entry.
#6 of 8 in DreamWorks Originals.
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