The start of the March box office brought some much-needed good news for one studio and a hard fall for another that had been flying high over the past year. For the first time in nine years, an original animated movie earned a $40 million-plus opening weekend.

Disney and Pixar’s environmental adventure “Hoppers” topped the North American box office this weekend with $46 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates S...

Warner Bros., however, found itself in the opposite position of having to go on the defensive over the weekend as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! bombed with a third-place domestic debut of $7.3 millio...