The last original Pixar film was also a box office dud... until it wasn't, finding remarkable longevity to a nearly $500 million global run.

With a failure to lift off during its opening weekend, Pixar’s new animated film “Elio” had the animation studio’s worst box office opening in history. The new movie, which is about an 11-year-old space fanatic’s trip to space,

A bad opening weekend might not necessarily spell doom for Pixar's latest–but a pattern is emerging that might shape what's to come from the beloved animation studio.