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While 2011’s “Puss in Boots” was well-liked and a typical DreamWorks film, 2022’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” was surprisingly exceptional – a darker meditation on death and found family.
Critical reviews have it as one of the best animated films of the current decade alongside “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “The Wild Robot’ and “The Boy and the Heron”.
Unsurprisingly, there’s talk of a third film. In an exclusive interview with The Direct while promoting “Forgotten Island,” co-directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado were asked about the possibility of “Puss in Boots 3”.
Mercado teased that: “I’m sure there’s things stirring in development… He’s such a beloved character, and that last movie really invigorated the franchise.”
Asked about bringing characters back, Crawford says: “Oh, definitely, and [we] would say, not just limiting it to just Puss in Boots. There were many characters we had so much fun crafting in that world, and the actors we love working with, Perito with Harvey Guillén, the Wolf, Wagner Moura.”
The film’s success with audiences was reflected in its box-office. The movie famously opened to a dismal $12.4 million in its opening domestic weekend. Then, as word of mouth spread, the cat hung in there – rising 35% in its second weekend.
Ultimately, the film made around fifteen times its opening weekend gross domestically – taking in $186.1 million as well as $484.3 million worldwide from a tight $110 million budget. On IMDb, it ties with the original “Shrek” for the highest rating in the entire “Shrek” cinematic universe.
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