While DreamWorks Animation is known for its mega-successful film franchises (Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon), the storied studio actually delivered one of its biggest box office bombs in 2023. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken debuted to pretty solid reviews last summer, but it failed to catch on with an audience while it was in theaters. The ocean-set adventure managed to earn just $46 million in theaters, just a little over half of its $70 million production budget.
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Ruby Gillman lost plenty of money in theaters, but the film is finding a new audience on Netflix. After its theatrical run ended, Ruby Gillman went to Peacock for its first streaming window. It was recently moved from Peacock to Netflix, where DreamWorks movies have found a lot of streaming success, and Ruby Gillman has done well against the competition.
After a couple of days in first place on the Netflix Top 10 Movies list, Ruby Gillman has settled in the second position, just behind Tyler Perry’s new thriller Mea Culpa.
You can check out a full breakdown of Sunday’s Netflix Top 10 Movies list below!
1. Tyler Perry’s Mea Culpa
“A criminal defense attorney must choose between family, duty and her own dangerous desires when she takes on the case of an artist accused of murder.”
2. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
“Unknowingly the heir to a kingdom of mythical sea creatures, a sheltered teen must master her newfound powers and defend the world from an evil threat.”
3. The Abyss
“As the Swedish town of Kiruna sinks, Frigga finds herself torn between her family and her job as security chief at the world’s largest underground mine.”
4. Thanksgiving
“One year after a Black Friday tragedy, a ruthless killer stalks Plymouth, Massachusetts to exact revenge — one complicit resident at a time.”
5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Magically teleported from Brooklyn to the Mushroom Kingdom, two plucky plumbers team up with a princess to battle a tyrannical fire-breathing turtle.”
6. Through My Window 3: Looking at You
“Raquel and Ares can’t forget each other, even while seeing other people. Can they reunite despite family pressure in the final chapter of the trilogy.”
7. Players
“A New York sports writer with a playbook of clever hookup schemes unexpectedly falls for a fling. Can she go from playing the field to playing for keeps?”
8. Lover, Stalker, Killer
“In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.”
9. Minions
“Travel back in time with Kevin, Stuart and Bob in this prequel that follows the Minions as they try to win the favor of supervillain Scarlet Overkill.”
10. Dune
“To secure his people’s future, a young man travels to a dangerous, resource-rich planet — where malevolent forces push him toward a foreboding destiny.”
