Elemental crosses $400 million at the global box office

Disney-Pixar's recent animation fantasy, Elemental, has grossed a whopping $400 million at the worldwide box office. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film earned $146.2 million in the domestic market and $257.5 million overseas, making for a total of $403.7 million worldwide. It is learned that the film is mounted on a budget of $200 million. Initially, the film started at a low pace at the box office and eventually wheeled up and surpassed even the contender, DC's Ezra Miller starrer, The Flash. 

Elemental follows the romantic tale of a water element named Wade and a fire element Ember in an imaginative city, Elemental City, where all the elements, including air, earth, water and fire, co-exist.  The film, which hit the theatres in the mid-June, opened to mixed reviews, " Despite building on a formulaic couture, the film maintains its appeal due to its impressive imagery and exceptional music," reads an excerpt from the CE review of the film 

Elemental features an ensemble voice cast including Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie as Ember and Wade, respectively, with Ronnie del Carmen as Ember's soon-to-be-retired dad. The rest of the cast includes Bernie; Shila Ommi as Ember's love-seeking mom, Cinder; Wendi McLendon-Covey as Wade's stormy and Air-Ball-loving boss, Gale; Catherine O'Hara as Wade's welcoming mom, Brook; Mason Wertheimer as Ember's admiring earth neighbour, Clod; and Joe Pera as an overgrown city bureaucrat, Fern.

Directed by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, p.g.a., and executive produced by Pete Docter, Elemental features a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh with story by Sohn, Hoberg & Likkel and Hsueh. The film's original score was composed and conducted by Thomas Newman.