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{{Short description|2024 film by Chris Sanders}}

{{For|the trilogy the film is based on|The Wild Robot (novel)}}

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{{Infobox film

| image = The Wild Robot poster.jpg

| alt = A robot named ROZZUM Unit 7134, seen in center, runs with other animals that are with Roz away from a dropship which is seen in the background shooting flares.

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Chris Sanders

| screenplay = Chris Sanders

| based_on = {{based on|The Wild Robot|Peter Brown}}

| producer = Jeff Hermann

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| editing = Mary Blee

| music = Kris Bowers

| cinematography = Chris Stover

| production_companies = DreamWorks Animation

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2024|09|08|TIFF|2024|09|27|United States}}

| runtime = 102 minutes{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2024|title=The Wild Robot (U)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-wild-robot-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde5odiy|access-date=September 2, 2024|website=British Board of Film Classification|archive-date=September 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902095056/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-wild-robot-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde5odiy|url-status=live}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $78 million{{cite web |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |title=Francis Ford Coppola's $120 Million-Budgeted 'Megalopolis' Could Open to Disappointing $5 Million |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-opening-weekend-projections-1236154490/ |website=Variety |access-date=September 26, 2024 |date=September 25, 2024 |archive-date=November 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118005744/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-opening-weekend-projections-1236154490/ |url-status=live }}

| gross = $334.1 million{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wild-Robot-The-(2024)|title=Wild Robot (2024)|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2025|archive-date=September 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929230034/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wild-Robot-The-(2024)|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt29623480/|title=The Wild Robot (2024)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 27, 2025|archive-date=November 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118060753/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt29623480/|url-status=live}}

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The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Peter Brown, it was written for the screen and directed by Chris Sanders and features the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows Roz (Nyong'o), a service robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island who must adapt to its surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned goose, Brightbill (Connor).

DreamWorks Animation bought the screenplay before the first novel's release in 2016. Sanders first encountered the original book through his daughter and was offered an opportunity to direct a film adaptation at DreamWorks. The film's visuals use a watercolor aesthetic, inspired by classic Disney animated films and the works of Hayao Miyazaki. Kris Bowers composed the score, marking his first score for a fully animated film. Development took four years on a budget of $78{{nbsp}}million.

The Wild Robot premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024, and was released in the United States on September 27. The film was praised for its story, themes, animation, score, emotional depth, and voice acting. It was also a commercial success, grossing $333.8{{nbsp}}million worldwide. Among its accolades, the film received nine Annie Awards (including Best Animated Feature), won Best Animated Feature at the Critics' Choice Awards and Producers Guild of America Awards, and was nominated for three Academy Awards, becoming DreamWorks' most-nominated film at the latter ceremony. A sequel is in development.

Plot

A storm causes a Universal Dynamics cargo ship to lose ROZZUM robots, which wash up on an uninhabited island; only Unit 7134 survives and is accidentally activated by wildlife. "Roz" is called a monster by the frightened wildlife and injures herself while trying to help them, even after learning how to communicate with all animals. Unable to find anyone needing her services, she signals for retrieval, but is struck by lightning and attacked by animals. While fleeing Thorn, an aggressive grizzly bear, Roz accidentally crushes a goose nest, resulting in the death of all but one egg.

Roz protects the egg from a hungry fox, Fink. A gosling hatches, imprints on Roz, and accidentally breaks her long-range transponder. Pinktail, an opossum with many youngsters, "provides" Roz with the task of caring for the gosling to ensure he can fly before the winter migration. Fink discovers he can benefit from Roz, who builds a shelter. Roz names the gosling Brightbill, and the three cohabit. As Brightbill grows, he is rejected by other geese and, upon discovering Roz killed his family, feels betrayed and angrily disowns her.

Roz reconstructs ROZZUM unit 6262, nicknames her "Rummage", and asks for advice; Rummage gives her transponder to Roz, advising her to return to the Universal Dynamics factory. Roz enlists the help of a falcon, Thunderbolt, to help Brightbill learn to fly and receives advice from Longneck, a leader for the geese's migration, allowing Brightbill to master flying just in time to join the migration. Roz, missing Brightbill and unsure of her continued purpose, reactivates her transponder but shuts it off immediately after Universal Dynamics detects her signal.

During the migration, a thunderstorm forces the geese to shelter inside a Universal Dynamics greenhouse, triggering a contamination alert that sets reconnaissance (RECO) robots after them. Longneck sacrifices himself so Brightbill can lead the flock to safety. Meanwhile, Roz and Fink save the island's animals during a severe snowstorm, urging them to a truce before Roz powers down. Spring arrives, and Roz reawakens to find the animals still following the truce and Brightbill returning, hailed now as a hero.

Shortly after, a Universal Dynamics dropship, captained by a Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority ("Vontra") robot, arrives to recover Roz. Roz flees with Fink, pursued by RECO robots dispatched by Vontra. The animals band together to fight off the RECOs, but Vontra detonates the damaged RECOs to incapacitate and capture Roz, starting a forest fire in the process. The geese and Thunderbolt attack the dropship so Brightbill can save Roz as Fink and the others extinguish the fire. Despite Roz appearing to have been shut down by Vontra, her love for Brightbill restores her systems. Roz eventually destroys Vontra and evacuates Brightbill as the dropship explodes.

Roz decides to return to Universal Dynamics to protect the island from future attacks, but promises to return. Months later, the animals continue to live together on the island while Roz works at another Universal Dynamics greenhouse, maintaining her memories. Brightbill visits her, and the two embrace.

Voice cast

File:Lupita Nyong’o at Berlinale 2024 Ausschnitt.jpg

  • Lupita Nyong'o as ROZZUM unit 7134 ("Roz"), an abandoned robot from the tech company Universal Dynamics that was washed onto a forest in Oregon and learns to adapt to the new environment.{{Cite web |last=Reul |first=Katie |date=March 5, 2024 |title=The Wild Robot, Animated Film Starring Lupita Nyong'o and Pedro Pascal, Gets Gorgeous First Trailer |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wild-robot-animated-film-starring-lupita-nyongo-and-pedro-pascal-gets-gorgeous-first-trailer |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=IGN |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306002134/https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wild-robot-animated-film-starring-lupita-nyongo-and-pedro-pascal-gets-gorgeous-first-trailer |url-status=live }} The name of her product line, ROZZUM, and her manufacturer are references to Rossum's Universal Robots, the play that created the term "robot".{{cite web|url=https://www.peterbrownstudio.com/the-wild-robot/|title=The Wild Robot lives!|date=March 24, 2016 |publisher=Peter Brown Studios|accessdate=2024-09-13|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910212535/https://www.peterbrownstudio.com/the-wild-robot/|url-status=live}}
  • Nyong’o also voices ROZZUM unit 6262 ("Rummage"), a broken robot that was washed onto the same island as Roz, who gives Roz her transponder to return home.
  • Pedro Pascal as Fink, a sly but well-meaning red fox who is the first animal that Roz befriends.
  • Kit Connor as Brightbill, an orphaned runt Barnacle goose who is raised by Roz as her own son after losing his biological family.
  • Boone Storme as Baby Brightbill.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/zuriagency/reel/C4efcbBtBN8/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.instagram.com |archive-date=September 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921063426/https://www.instagram.com/zuriagency/reel/C4efcbBtBN8/ |url-status=live }}
  • Catherine O'Hara as Pinktail, a maternal Virginia opossum who gives Roz some advice on raising Brightbill.
  • Bill Nighy as Longneck, an elderly barnacle goose who helps Roz understand teaching Brightbill how to fly.
  • Stephanie Hsu as Vontra (Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority), a callous, tentacled robot sent by Universal Dynamics to retrieve Roz.
  • Mark Hamill as Thorn, a grizzly bear and the island's most feared predator.
  • Matt Berry as Paddler, a neurotic beaver who spends his days trying to gnaw down a giant tree.
  • Ving Rhames as Thunderbolt, a peregrine falcon who helps Brightbill learn to fly.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=2024-06-11 |title=Annecy: 'The Wild Robot' Footage Debuts to Thunderous Applause, Standing Ovation |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-wild-robot-annecy-reaction-footage/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US |archive-date=August 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824043733/https://www.thewrap.com/the-wild-robot-annecy-reaction-footage/ |url-status=live }}
  • Randy Thom as the RECOs, reconnaissance robots designed by Universal Dynamics to serve Vontra.

Production

=Development=

File:Peter Brown in 2014.jpg, creator of The Wild Robot book series, pictured in 2014.]]

Before the release of The Wild Robot—a novel created by Peter Brown—in 2016, DreamWorks Animation bought the screenplay,{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=January 6, 2025 |title=How The Wild Robot Got Its Heart |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-the-wild-robot-lupita-nyongo-1236097861/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108124545/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-the-wild-robot-lupita-nyongo-1236097861/ |archive-date=January 8, 2025 |access-date=March 19, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web |last=Jolin |first=Dan |date=January 27, 2025 |title=The Wild Robot creators on creating its impressionistic look, a potential sequel |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-wild-robot-creators-on-creating-its-impressionistic-look-a-potential-sequel/5201137.article |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126213456/https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-wild-robot-creators-on-creating-its-impressionistic-look-a-potential-sequel/5201137.article |archive-date=January 26, 2025 |access-date=March 19, 2025 |website=Screen Daily}} setting the budget at $78{{nbsp}}million. Chris Sanders first encountered Brown's book through his daughter, though he never read it himself. Years later, while looking for his next project at DreamWorks, Sanders was offered an opportunity to direct an adaptation of the book for the studio.{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2024 |title=In conversation with Writer/Director of Dreamworks' The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders |url=https://www.imax.com/en/bw/news/the-wild-robot-imax-interview-with-writer-director-chris-sanders |access-date=September 26, 2024 |publisher=IMAX |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927061616/https://www.imax.com/en/bw/news/the-wild-robot-imax-interview-with-writer-director-chris-sanders |url-status=live }} Upon reading it, Sanders immediately fell in love with the story and felt he was the right person to adapt it to film. He described the book as "deceptively simple" and "emotionally complex".{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Soul of the Machine: 'The Wild Robot' Director Chris Sanders Unboxes DreamWorks' Emotive Automaton |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/soul-of-the-machine-the-wild-robot-director-chris-sanders-unboxes-dreamworks-emotive-automaton/ |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Animation Magazine |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615013145/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/soul-of-the-machine-the-wild-robot-director-chris-sanders-unboxes-dreamworks-emotive-automaton/ |url-status=live }} Sanders had previously considered the idea of a creature bonding with animals in a forest for his directorial debut Lilo & Stitch (2002).{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=September 26, 2024 |title='When CG Came Along, We Couldn't Escape' How The Wild Robot's director, Chris Sanders, found a sweet spot between hand-drawn and CG animation. |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/chris-sanders-on-the-wild-robot-and-live-action-lilo-and-stitch.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en-US |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172701/https://www.vulture.com/article/chris-sanders-on-the-wild-robot-and-live-action-lilo-and-stitch.html |url-status=live }} Sanders contacted Brown and would later describe the phone call as critical to the film's development. Brown told the production team that his intended theme for the book was that kindness could be a survival skill. Sanders sought to weave that theme through the film and felt he achieved that goal.{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=August 31, 2024 |title=With The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders finally set computer animation free |url=https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/446701/the-wild-robot-chris-sanders-interview-animation |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Polygon |language=en-US |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926001101/https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/446701/the-wild-robot-chris-sanders-interview-animation |url-status=live }} Another theme in the story that Sanders was drawn to was that of motherhood. He felt he had never done a story of this nature before. Development took four years.

File:Chris Sanders, Golden Globes 2014 (crop).jpg, writer–director of The Wild Robot film, pictured in 2014.]]

Changes were made to the book's story for the film. In the book, Roz is in constant search of a task but also in the wrong place and with no one to give her tasks. Sanders felt that she risked becoming monotonous at points in the story, so he strived to make Roz constantly interesting and compelling throughout. Some character roles from the book were reduced in order to give others more substantial screen time and impact. The changes to the characters and their roles were also made to prevent the film from overcrowding.

=Casting=

Cast members Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames were revealed on March 5, 2024, with the release of the film's first trailer.{{cite web |last1=Franklin |first1=Garth |title=First Trailer: The Wild "Robot" |url=https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-the-wild-robot/ |website=Dark Horizons |access-date=March 5, 2024 |date=March 5, 2024 |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307221847/https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-the-wild-robot/ |url-status=live }}

Sanders wanted Roz to be a compelling character and felt an extraordinary voice performance was necessary to achieve this. He wanted to avoid a two-dimensional fictional take on a robot, where they go straight from being emotionless to emotional. Nyong'o was tasked with finding a voice for the character and evolving it as the story progressed. The actress's role was particularly important as Roz did not possess facial articulation. This meant Nyong'o's voice was the main way of signifying Roz's emotions.

According to Hamill, who voiced Thorn, he learned about the film after reading the book The Wild Robot. Hamill says that The Wild Robot reminded him of his first feelings about Star Wars (1977), in which he originated the role of Luke Skywalker.{{cite web |last1= Little |first1= Anita |title= Mark Hamill Explains Why His New Film Wild Robot Brings Back First Star Wars Feelings |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wild-robot-mark-hamill-star-wars-1235962820/ |website= The Hollywood Reporter |date= July 31, 2024 |access-date= August 9, 2024 |archive-date= August 8, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240808195611/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wild-robot-mark-hamill-star-wars-1235962820/ |url-status= live }}

=Animation and design=

The Wild Robot would be the final film to be animated entirely in-house at DreamWorks, as Cartoon Brew reported on October 6, 2023, that the studio would be shifting away from producing films in-house in their Glendale campus to relying more heavily on outside studios after 2024.{{cite web |last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Dreamworks Shifting Away From In-House Production In Los Angeles; Sony Imageworks Is A New Production Partner |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dreamworks-shifting-away-from-in-house-production-in-los-angeles-sony-imageworks-is-new-production-partner-233466.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120112219/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dreamworks-shifting-away-from-in-house-production-in-los-angeles-sony-imageworks-is-new-production-partner-233466.html |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |access-date=October 8, 2023 |website=Cartoon Brew}} Additional character rigging was done by French studio Stim Studio.{{cite web |title=The Wild Robot |url=https://www.stimstudio.com/en/work/films/the-wild-robot/ |publisher=Stim Studio |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203020935/https://www.stimstudio.com/en/work/films/the-wild-robot/ |url-status=live }}

After reading the book, Sanders felt the story's innocent tone and natural setting required a look that strayed away from the standard CGI photorealism in many modern animated films. He and production designer Raymond Zibach wanted the film in its finished state to still resemble the concept paintings. To achieve this, the production team built upon the technologies used in two of DreamWorks' earlier films, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Bad Guys (both 2022). While the characters were made up of CGI geometrical shapes, their surfaces possess a hand-painted look. This painterly style philosophy was carried onto every visual element in the film, including the sky and environments.

Sanders took inspiration from classic Disney animated movies and the works of Hayao Miyazaki, resulting in a stylized CG visual style that he described as "a Monet painting in a Miyazaki forest".{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=DreamWorks Previews 'The Wild Robot' Unfinished Footage: 'A Monet Painting in a Miyazaki Forest' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/wild-robot-footage-dreamworks-cinemacon-1235967082/ |website=Variety |date=April 10, 2024 |access-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816141321/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/wild-robot-footage-dreamworks-cinemacon-1235967082/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=CinemaCon: Universal Reveals Unfinished The Wild Robot Footage from DreamWorks, Sneak Peek at Despicable Me 4|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/dreamworks-reveals-unfinished-the-wild-robot-footage-at-cinemacon/|website=Animation Magazine|date=April 10, 2024|access-date=June 9, 2024|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816141216/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/dreamworks-reveals-unfinished-the-wild-robot-footage-at-cinemacon/|url-status=live}} He considered Bambi (1942) and My Neighbour Totoro (1988) as the biggest influences on the visuals. The works of Syd Mead served as inspiration for the futuristic parts of the film.

Sanders wanted Roz's design to be memorable, and one that would take its place among fiction's most famous robots. Taking inspiration from C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars and Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet (1956), he wanted Roz to have little facial articulation. Sanders and the rest of the design team made several prototype designs during production. One of the designers, Hyun Huh presented his Roz design to the crew, which became the basis for the one seen in the film. The crew immediately fell in love with Huh's design, with Sanders describing it as simple and appealing. Brown's original book described Roz with great detail, so Sanders and the team knew they had to leave some design elements out. Although on behalf of Brown's description of what a ROZZUM unit's purpose was to humans, they aimed for Roz's design to be humanoid.

=Music=

{{Main|The Wild Robot (soundtrack){{!}}The Wild Robot (soundtrack)}}

In March 2024, Kris Bowers was revealed to be composing the score, his first score for a fully animated film.{{cite web |last1=Music Reporter |first1=Film |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Kris Bowers to Score Chris Sanders' The Wild Robot |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/03/05/kris-bowers-to-score-chris-sanders-the-wild-robot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307221806/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/03/05/kris-bowers-to-score-chris-sanders-the-wild-robot/ |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |website=Film Music Reporter}} Additionally, two original songs were announced to be made for the film, performed and co-written by Maren Morris. The first, "Kiss the Sky", was released on August 28; the second, "Even When I'm Not", along with the full soundtrack album, was released on September 27.{{cite web |last1=Sharpe |first1=Josh |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Maren Morris Writing Two Original Tracks for DreamWorks' The Wild Robot |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Maren-Morris-Writing-Two-Original-Tracks-for-DreamWorks-THE-WILD-ROBOT-20240808 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808195611/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Maren-Morris-Writing-Two-Original-Tracks-for-DreamWorks-THE-WILD-ROBOT-20240808 |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 9, 2024}} Morris and her team of co-writers were inspired to write a second song for the film, "Even When I'm Not", which is featured in the film's end credits, when they screened the finished film.

Release

The Wild Robot had its world premiere as the opening front runner of the Toronto International Film Festival Grand Opening celebration on September 8, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://tiff.net/events/the-wild-robot |title=The Wild Robot |website= tiff.net| publisher= Toronto International Film Festival |access-date= August 15, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815174302/https://tiff.net/events/the-wild-robot |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/toronto-world-premieres-to-include-nightbitch-elton-john-doc-the-wild-robot/5194619.article |title=Toronto film festival world premieres to include 'Nightbitch', Elton John doc, 'The Wild Robot' |website= Screen Daily |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date= September 4, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240904193119/https://www.screendaily.com/news/toronto-world-premieres-to-include-nightbitch-elton-john-doc-the-wild-robot/5194619.article |url-status=live }} It was initially scheduled for release on September 20,{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title= DreamWorks Animation's 'The Wild Robot' To Bring Life To Early Fall 2024 Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/dreamworks-animation-the-wild-robot-release-date-1235677979/ |website= Deadline Hollywood |access-date= December 19, 2023 |date=December 19, 2023 |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219212507/https://deadline.com/2023/12/dreamworks-animation-the-wild-robot-release-date-1235677979/ |url-status= live }} but was postponed to September 27. This shift was reportedly made to avoid competition with Transformers One.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title= DreamWorks Animation's 'The Wild Robot' Will Go One Week Later In The Fall |url= https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-wild-robot-release-date-1235893235/ |website= Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 23, 2024 |date=April 23, 2024 |archive-date= July 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704220750/https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-wild-robot-release-date-1235893235/ |url-status= live }}

On December 29, 2024, it was announced that The Wild Robot would be re-released in theaters in the US on January 17, 2025.{{Cite web |last=Comments |first=Kaitlyn Booth {{!}} |date=2024-12-30 |title=The Wild Robot Returns To Theaters On January 17th |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-wild-robot-returns-to-theaters-on-january-17th/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en |archive-date=December 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231032149/https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-wild-robot-returns-to-theaters-on-january-17th/ |url-status=live }}

=Marketing=

The first trailer for the film, featuring a rendition of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", plus a poster, were released on March 5, 2024.{{cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Jamie |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Watch The First Trailer For Chris Sanders' Upcoming Dreamworks Feature 'The Wild Robot' |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/watch-the-first-trailer-for-chris-sanders-upcoming-dreamworks-feature-the-wild-robot-238726.html |access-date=March 5, 2024 |website=Cartoon Brew |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307213027/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/watch-the-first-trailer-for-chris-sanders-upcoming-dreamworks-feature-the-wild-robot-238726.html |url-status=live }} The trailer debuted in theaters three days later in front of screenings of DreamWorks' other new film Kung Fu Panda 4.{{cite web |title=Watch the beautiful trailer for The Wild Robot |url=https://animatedviews.com/2024/watch-the-beautiful-trailer-for-the-wild-robot/ | website= animatedviews.com |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date= August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816141206/https://animatedviews.com/2024/watch-the-beautiful-trailer-for-the-wild-robot/ |url-status=live }} Writing for Polygon, Tasha Robinson compared the design of Roz to familiar film robots such as BB-8 (the Star Wars sequel trilogy), WALL-E (in his titular film), Baymax (from Big Hero 6), and The Iron Giant (in his titular film), and noted that the only words spoken in the trailer - "Sometimes, to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be" - evoked the message of The Iron Giant (1999).{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Tasha |date=March 5, 2024 |title= DreamWorks' new movie The Wild Robot blends Star Wars, The Iron Giant, and more |url=https://www.polygon.com/24091281/dreamworks-the-wild-robot-2024-movie-trailer-series |access-date=March 5, 2024 |work=Polygon |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816141217/https://www.polygon.com/24091281/dreamworks-the-wild-robot-2024-movie-trailer-series |url-status=live }}

=Home media=

The Wild Robot was released to rent on digital streaming on October 15, 2024,{{cite web|url= https://www.whentostream.com/news/the-wild-robot-digital-streaming-release-date-revealed|title=THE WILD ROBOT Digital Streaming Release Date Revealed|date= October 12, 2024|access-date= October 14, 2024|website= whentostream.com}} and on Blu-ray and DVD on December 3.{{Cite web |last=Lovell |first=Kevin |date=October 14, 2024 |title=The Wild Robot; Arrives On Digital October 15 & On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray & DVD December 3, 2024 From DreamWorks – Universal |url=https://screen-connections.com/2024/10/14/the-wild-robot-4k-uhd-blu-ray-dvd-digital-release-details/ |website=Screen Connections |language=en |access-date=October 14, 2024 |archive-date= December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204025908/https://screen-connections.com/2024/10/14/the-wild-robot-4k-uhd-blu-ray-dvd-digital-release-details/ |url-status=live }}

The film was made available to stream on NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service in the US on January 24, 2025.{{Cite web |last=Mantilla |first=Ryan Louis |date=2025-01-03 |title=One of the Highest-Grossing Animated Movies of All Time Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date |url=https://collider.com/wild-robot-peacock-streaming-release-date/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Collider |language=en}} As part of Universal's long-term deal with Netflix, the film will stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, before moving to Netflix for the next ten, and returning to Peacock for the remaining four.{{cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |title= NBCUniversal's New Theatrical Window Scheme To Bring Films To Peacock After As Few As 45 Days Of Release |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/nbcuniversal-theatrical-window-films-stream-peacock-45-days-1234887914/ |access-date=December 20, 2023 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190325/https://deadline.com/2021/12/nbcuniversal-theatrical-window-films-stream-peacock-45-days-1234887914/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/netflix-exclusive-rights-universal-animated-films-105446842.html| title=Netflix extends exclusive rights to Universal's animated films in the US|last=Moon|first=Mariella|website= Engadget |date=July 14, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2023|language= en|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710055401/https://www.engadget.com/netflix-exclusive-rights-universal-animated-films-105446842.html|url-status=live}}

Reception

=Box office=

The Wild Robot has grossed $143.9{{nbsp}}million in the United States and Canada, and $189.9{{nbsp}}million in other territories for a worldwide total of $333.8{{nbsp}}million.

In the United States and Canada, The Wild Robot was released alongside Megalopolis, and was projected to gross $24–30{{nbsp}}million from 3,962 theaters in its opening weekend.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-wild-robot-megalopolis-box-office-1236098281/ |title=The Wild Robot Set To Walk Through Weekend With $20M+ Opening; Megalopolis Finally Happens – Box Office Preview |date=September 24, 2024 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 24, 2024 |archive-date=September 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924210039/https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-wild-robot-megalopolis-box-office-1236098281/ |url-status=live }} The film made $11.2{{nbsp}}million on its first day,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2024-09-27/|title=Domestic Box Office For Sep 27, 2024|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 1, 2024}} including an estimated $1.9{{nbsp}}million from Thursday previews.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-wild-robot-opens-up-box-office-run-with-1-95-million-in-previews/ |title='The Wild Robot' Opens Up Box Office Run With $1.95 Million in Previews |work=TheWrap |author=Jeremy Fuster |date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=September 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928010028/https://www.thewrap.com/the-wild-robot-opens-up-box-office-run-with-1-95-million-in-previews/ |url-status=live }} The film went on to debut to $35.8{{nbsp}}million,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W39/|title=Domestic 2024 Weekend 39|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 1, 2024|archive-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001182108/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W39/|url-status=live}} slightly above predictions and topping the box office.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-megalopolis-the-wild-robot-1236101618/ |title=Wild Robot Powers To Third Best September Animated Pic Debut With $35M; Megalopolis Collapses With $4M & D+ CinemaScore; Saturday Night Alive In Limited Release – Box Office Update |date=September 29, 2024 |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929001241/https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-megalopolis-the-wild-robot-1236101618/ |url-status=live }} In its second weekend, the film made $18.9{{nbsp}}million (a drop of 47% from its first weekend), finishing in second behind newcomer Joker: Folie à Deux.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-joker-folie-a-deux-1236107521/ |title=No One's Laughing Now: Joker Folie à Deux Falls Down With $39M-$40M Opening: How The Sequel Went Sideways – Sunday Box Office |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 6, 2024 |date=October 6, 2024 |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005234450/https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-joker-folie-a-deux-1236107521/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W40/|title=Domestic 2024 Weekend 40|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 7, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007152440/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W40/|url-status=live}} In its third weekend the film made $14{{nbsp}}million (dropping just 25.9%), finishing in second behind newcomer Terrifier 3. According to The Hollywood Reporter, theater chains treated the unrated Terrifier 3 as an R-rated film, turning down attendees 17 or younger if unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. Distribution sources speculated that more people saw the film than reported, theorizing that a "noticeable bump" in the earnings for The Wild Robot{{'}}s third weekend was the result of teenagers buying tickets to the film and then sneaking into screenings of Terrifier 3.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/terrifier-3-movie-ratings-system-1236032011/|title=Terrifier 3 Not Clowning Around: How the Uber-Gruesome Pic Upended the Movie Ratings System|date=October 15, 2024|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 16, 2024|archive-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202093401/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/terrifier-3-movie-ratings-system-1236032011/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-terrifier-3-joker-folie-a-deux-the-apprentice-1236113611/|title=Clown Vs. Clown: Terrifier 3 Shows Teeth With $18M+ As Joker 2 Posts Record Drop For DC Character Pic; Awards Season Darlings Shriek – Sunday Box Office|date=October 13, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 13, 2024|archive-date=November 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106065223/https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-terrifier-3-joker-folie-a-deux-the-apprentice-1236113611/|url-status=live}} The film then made $10.1{{nbsp}}million and $6.8{{nbsp}}million in its fourth and fifth weekends, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-smile-2-1236120024/|title=Smile 2 Happier With $23M Opening; A24's We Live In Time Making Dime With $4M+, Anora Wows With Massive $90K Theater Average – Sunday Box Office|date=October 20, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 20, 2024|archive-date=November 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108214419/https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-smile-2-1236120024/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |date=October 28, 2024 |title='Venom: The Last Dance' Trips Stateside With $51M Opening, But Makes Up For Shortfall Abroad – Sunday AM Update|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/box-office-venom-the-last-dance-1236158112/|access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

=Critical response=

The Wild Robot received critical acclaim.{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Daniel |date=September 27, 2024 |title='The Wild Robot' reviews: A 'stunning,' 'magnificent' film with 'remarkably subtle' Lupita Nyong'o performance |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2024/the-wild-robot-reviews-critics-oscars/ |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US |archive-date=September 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928145210/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2024/the-wild-robot-reviews-critics-oscars/ |url-status=live }} {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|96|8.4|252|A simple tale told with great sophistication, The Wild Robot is wondrous entertainment that dazzles the eye while filling your heart to the brim.|ref=y|access-date=October 27, 2024}} It is DreamWorks Animation's third highest-rated film on the site, behind Chicken Run (2000) and Sanders' How to Train Your Dragon (2010).{{cite web|title=All 47 DreamWorks Animation Movies Ranked|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-dreamworks-animation-movies-ranked/|access-date=30 October 2024|publisher=Fandango Media|work=Rotten Tomatoes|archive-date=November 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112110127/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-dreamworks-animation-movies-ranked/|url-status=live}} {{Metacritic film prose|85|46|ref=y|access-date=April 10, 2025}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it a 96% overall positive score, with 62% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Natalia Winkelman of The New York Times called the film "a dazzling triumph of animation" and wrote "this is a work that cares most about two things: big feelings and great beauty".{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/movies/the-wild-robot-review.html |title= 'The Wild Robot' Review: Wonder and Whimsy That Does Compute |date= September 26, 2024 |first= Natalia |last= Winkelman |website= The New York Times |access-date= September 29, 2024 |archive-date= September 28, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240928203910/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/movies/the-wild-robot-review.html |url-status= live }} Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood said, "If Spielberg's E.T. had been an animated film instead, it might resemble what writer-director Chris Sanders has created here. However, Wild Robot weaves its own magic and for that we can all cry tears of joy."{{cite web|author=Hammond, Pete|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-wild-robot-review-stunning-animation-and-a-story-with-wit-excitement-and-soul-make-this-gorgeous-film-one-from-the-heart-toronto-film-festival-1236081892/|title='The Wild Robot' Review: Stunning Animation And A Story With Wit, Excitement And Soul Make This Gorgeous Film One From The Heart – Toronto Film Festival|date=September 8, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024|archive-date=October 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003065714/https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-wild-robot-review-stunning-animation-and-a-story-with-wit-excitement-and-soul-make-this-gorgeous-film-one-from-the-heart-toronto-film-festival-1236081892/|url-status=live}} Adrian Horton, writing for The Guardian said: "Clever, heartfelt and frequently stunning, The Wild Robot offers the type of all-ages-welcome animated entertainment that will delight kids and leave a lump in one's throat."{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=September 26, 2024|title= The Wild Robot review – heartfelt animated adventure is a soaring success |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/26/wild-robot-movie-review |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |access-date=September 29, 2024}} Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film a five out of five scoring, saying, "DreamWorks was founded 30 years ago this month, and this well-timed anniversary release is their richest, most moving film since 1998's reputation-making The Prince of Egypt."{{cite web |last1=Collin |first1=Robbie |title=The Wild Robot: The most moving animation in decades |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/the-wild-robot-lff-review/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=16 October 2024 |date=13 October 2024}} In his review for Vulture, Bilge Ebiri praised Nyong'o's performance and found that it "turn[ed] this heartwarming family film into an unforgettable one".{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=2024-09-26 |title=The Wild Robot Will Ruin You |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/review-the-wild-robot-will-ruin-you.html |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003222644/https://www.vulture.com/article/review-the-wild-robot-will-ruin-you.html |url-status=live }}

Collider thought it was one of Sanders's best films yet,{{Cite web |last=Weatherhead |first=Shaina |date=September 9, 2024 |title='The Wild Robot' Review: Lupita Nyong'o Brings Maternal, Mechanical Warmth to One of Chris Sanders' Best Yet |url=https://collider.com/the-wild-robot-review/ |access-date=November 2, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926175051/https://collider.com/the-wild-robot-review/ |url-status=live }} while Screen Rant called it the best animated film of the year.{{Cite web |last=Brizzell |first=Molly |date=2024-10-01 |title=Yes, The Wild Robot Really Is The Best Animated Movie Of 2024 |url=https://screenrant.com/the-wild-robot-best-animated-movie-2024/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001154910/https://screenrant.com/the-wild-robot-best-animated-movie-2024/ |url-status=live }}

=Accolades=

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|+ {{Screen reader-only|Accolades received by The Wild Robot}}

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Date of ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Recipient(s)

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"| Academy Awards

| rowspan="3"| March 2, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

| {{nominated}}

| align="center" rowspan="3"| {{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=March 2, 2025 |title=Oscars: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2025-winners-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250304021459/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2025-winners-list/ |archive-date=March 4, 2025 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Sound

| Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2" scope="row"| African-American Film Critics Association

| rowspan="2"| December 13, 2024

| Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{Won}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{Cite web|date=2024-12-13|title=The 2024 African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Nominations|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-african-americsn-film-critics-association-aafca-nominations/|access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Next Best Picture|language=en-US}}

Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="2"| The Wild Robot

| {{Won}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"| Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| rowspan="3"| January 7, 2025

| Best Animated Film

| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with Flow}}

| align="center" rowspan="3"| {{Cite web|date=2024-12-13|title=The 2024 EDA Award Nominees|url=https://awfj.org/2024-eda-awards-categories/2024-eda-award-nominees/|access-date=2024-12-13|website=Alliance of Women Film Journalists|language=en-US|archive-date=December 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213202949/https://awfj.org/2024-eda-awards-categories/2024-eda-award-nominees/|url-status=live}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Chris Sanders & Peter Brown

| {{nom}}

Best Animated/Voice Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

scope="row"| American Cinema Editors Awards

| March 14, 2025

| Best Edited Animated Feature Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical)

| Mary Blee

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=March 14, 2025 |title=2025 ACE Eddie Awards: Wicked, What We Do in the Shadows Among Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-ace-eddie-awards-winners-list-1236163816/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315093602/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-ace-eddie-awards-winners-list-1236163816/ |archive-date=March 15, 2025 |access-date=March 15, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

scope="row" rowspan="10"| Annie Awards

| rowspan="10"| February 8, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="10"| {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-wild-robot-2025-annie-awards-nominees-1236091783/|title='The Wild Robot' Leads Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=December 20, 2024|accessdate=December 20, 2024|archive-date=December 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231122939/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-wild-robot-2025-annie-awards-nominees-1236091783/|url-status=live}}
{{Cite web |last1=Flores |first1=Terry |last2=Giardina |first2=Carolyn |date=February 8, 2025 |title=The Wild Robot Soars at Annie Awards With Nine Wins; Fire Alarm Interrupts Ceremony |url=https://variety.com/2025/artisans/awards/annie-awards-winners-list-wild-robot-1236300845/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209092427/https://variety.com/2025/artisans/awards/annie-awards-winners-list-wild-robot-1236300845/ |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=Variety}}

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production

| Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

| Fabio Lignini

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

| Genevieve Tsai

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production

| Chris Sanders

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

| Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production

| Kris Bowers

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

| Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

Kit Connor

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | Art Directors Guild Awards

| Art Directors Guild Awards 2024

| Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film

| Raymond Zibach

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/2025-art-directors-guild-awards-nominations-list-1236252268/|title=Art Directors Guild Awards Nominations Include 'Wicked', 'Dune: Part Two', 'Emilia Pérez'|website=Deadline|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=January 9, 2025|accessdate=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109182616/https://deadline.com/2025/01/2025-art-directors-guild-awards-nominations-list-1236252268/|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Artios Awards

| February 12, 2025

| Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Animation

| Christi Soper Hilt

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=December 17, 2024 |title='Wicked' & 'Gladiator II' Among Film Nominees For 40th Annual Artios Awards; Casting Nods Also Go To 'Saturday Night' & 'Moana 2 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/40th-annual-artios-awards-film-nominees-casting-1236206821/ |access-date=December 17, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217172253/https://deadline.com/2024/12/40th-annual-artios-awards-film-nominees-casting-1236206821/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" rowspan="5"| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards

| rowspan="3"| December 8, 2024

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="5"| {{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/astra-film-awards-nominations-wicked/ |title='Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards |last=Pond |first=Steve |website=TheWrap |date=November 25, 2024 |access-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126020313/https://www.thewrap.com/astra-film-awards-nominations-wicked/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2"| Best Voice Over Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

Pedro Pascal

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| December 8, 2024

| Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Original Song

| "Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson & Stefan Johnson

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Austin Film Critics Association

| rowspan="3" | January 6, 2025

| Best Animated Film

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" align="center" | {{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-austin-film-critics-association-afca-nominations/ |title=The 2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Award Nominations|access-date=28 December 2024|author=Neglia, Matt|date=December 27, 2024|website=nextbigpicture.com}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"|British Academy Film Awards

| rowspan="3"|February 16, 2025

| Best Animated Film

| rowspan="2"|The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=February 16, 2025 |title=BAFTA Film Awards: Conclave (Best Film), The Brutalist (Best Director and Actor) Win Four Each |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2025-winners-list-film-1236136679/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217020034/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2025-winners-list-film-1236136679/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Best Children’s & Family Film

| {{nom}}

Best Original Music

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"|Black Reel Awards

| rowspan="3"|February 17, 2025

| Outstanding Voice Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" align="center"|{{cite news |title='Nickel Boys' Leads Black Reel Awards Nominees |first=Angelique |last=Jackson |work=Variety |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=December 20, 2024 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/black-reel-awards-nominees-nickel-boys-the-piano-lesson-1236252972/}}

Outstanding Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{won}}

Outstanding Soundtrack

| The Wild Robot (Original Soundtrack)

| {{nom}}

scope="row" |Celebration of Cinema and Television

| December 9, 2024

| Composer Award

| Kris Bowers

| {{Won}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |title=The Critics Choice Association Announces Full Slate of Honorees for the 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television – Critics Choice Awards |url=https://www.criticschoice.com/2024/11/07/the-critics-choice-association-announces-full-slate-of-honorees-for-the-7th-annual-celebration-of-black-cinema-and-television/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" scope="row"| Chicago Film Critics Association

| rowspan="2"| December 12, 2024

| Best Animated Film

| The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{Cite web|date=2024-12-10|title=The 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-chicago-film-critics-association-cfca-nominations/|access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Next Best Picture|language=en-US}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Cinema Audio Society Awards

| February 22, 2025

| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Animated

| Ken Gombos, Leff Lefferts, Gary A. Rizzo, Alan Meyerson, Richard Duarte

| {{Won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/cinema-audio-society-awards-2025-winners-list-1236297772/ |title=Cinema Audio Society Awards: 'A Complete Unknown' Takes Top Film Prize; 'The Bear' and 'Shōgun' Lead TV – Full Winners List |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=February 22, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/cas-awards-winners-2025-a-complete-unknown-the-wild-robot-1235097160/ |title='A Complete Unknown', 'The Wild Robot', and 'Music by John Williams' Win at the 2025 CAS Awards |first=Bill |last=Desowitz |work=IndieWire |date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=February 22, 2025}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| rowspan="3" | February 7, 2025

| Best Animated Feature Film

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="3" | {{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Lewis |first2=Hilary |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Critics Choice: Anora Wins Best Picture; Emilia Pérez, Wicked and The Substance Take 3 Awards Each |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1236128672/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208060654/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1236128672/ |archive-date=February 8, 2025 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Best Song

| "Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris

| {{nom}}

Best Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| rowspan="2" | December 18, 2024

| Best Animated Film

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{Cite web |date=2024-12-18 |title=Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association – Official site of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association |url=https://dfwcritics.com/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218190535/https://dfwcritics.com/ |url-status=live }}

Best Musical Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{won}}

scope="row"| Dublin Film Critics Circle

| December 19, 2024

| Best Film

| rowspan="2"| The Wild Robot

| {{draw|5th Place}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-dublin-film-critics-circle-dfcc-winners/ |title=The 2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Award Winners |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=23 December 2024 |archive-date=December 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224201849/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-dublin-film-critics-circle-dfcc-winners/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Florida Film Critics Circle

| December 20, 2024

| Best Animated Film

| {{Nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-florida-film-critics-circle-ffcc-winners/ |title=The 2024 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Award Winners |date=December 20, 2024 |access-date=22 December 2024 |archive-date=December 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220194024/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-florida-film-critics-circle-ffcc-winners/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| Golden Reel Awards

| February 23, 2025

| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation

| Brian Chumney, Leff Lefferts, Randy Thom, David Farmer, David Hughes, Jamey Scott, Rich Quinn, Malcolm Fife, Dee Selby, Ronni Brown, Jana Vance

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/mpse-golden-reel-awards-1236297988/ |title=MPSE Golden Reel Awards: 'Wicked', 'Dune: Part Two', 'Wild Robot' Among Film Winners – Full List |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 23, 2025 |access-date=February 25, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-sound-editors-golden-reel-awards-winners-1236144436/ |title='Dune: Part Two', 'Saturday Night', 'Wicked' Win Top Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards |first=Brande |last=Victorian |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 23, 2025 |access-date=February 25, 2025}}

rowspan="4" scope="row" | Golden Globe Awards

| rowspan="4" | January 5, 2025

| Best Animated Feature Film

| rowspan="2" | The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="4"| {{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=January 5, 2025 |title=Golden Globes: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-2025-winners-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106044852/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-2025-winners-list/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

| {{nom}}

Best Original Song

| "Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson & Stefan Johnson

| {{nom}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Heartland Film Festival

| 2024

| Truly Moving Picture Award

| The Wild Robot

| {{Won}}

| align="center"| {{Cite web |title=TMPA Archives |url=https://www.heartlandfilm.org/tmpaarchives |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=Heartland Film |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231212045340/https://www.heartlandfilm.org/tmpaarchives |url-status=live }}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Hollywood Music in Media Awards

| rowspan="2"| November 20, 2024

| Best Original Score – Animated Film

| Kris Bowers

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Emilia Pérez and Hans Zimmer Are Top Winners at 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-hollywood-music-in-media-awards-winners-full-list-1235835233/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122210807/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-hollywood-music-in-media-awards-winners-full-list-1235835233/ |archive-date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}}

Best Original Song – Animated Film

| "Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson & Stefan Johnson

| {{won}}

scope="row" rowspan="3" | Houston Film Critics Society Awards

| rowspan="3" | January 14, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="3" | {{cite web |url=https://houstonfilmcritics.com/the-brutalist-leads-houston-film-critics-nominations/ |title='The Brutalist' Leads Houston Film Critics Nominations |publisher=Houston Film Critics Society |date=January 7, 2025 |access-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124214529/https://houstonfilmcritics.com/the-brutalist-leads-houston-film-critics-nominations/ |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=https://houstonfilmcritics.com/five-texas-made-films-vie-for-houston-critics-honors/ |title=Five Texas-Made Films Vie for Houston Critics Honors |publisher=Houston Film Critics Society |date=December 15, 2024 |access-date=January 24, 2025}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Original Song

| "Kiss the Sky"

| {{won}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" |Kansas City Film Critics Circle

| rowspan="3" |January 4, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="2" |The Wild Robot

| {{Won}}

| rowspan="3" align="center" |{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-kansas-city-film-critics-circle-kcfcc-winners/ |title=The 2024 Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Award Nominations |access-date=31 December 2024 |archive-date=January 5, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105062134/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-kansas-city-film-critics-circle-kcfcc-winners/ |url-status=live }}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{Nom}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{Nom}}

scope="row"| London Film Critics' Circle

| February 2, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| rowspan="3" |The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-london-film-critics-circle-lfcc-winners/ |title=The 2024 London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) Award Winners|access-date= 23 December 2024}}

scope="row" |New York Film Critics Online

| December 16, 2024

| Best Animation

| {{draw|Runner up}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=2024-12-09 |title=The 2024 New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-new-york-film-critics-online-nyfco-nominations/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217201143/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-new-york-film-critics-online-nyfco-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" scope="row"|NAACP Image Awards

| rowspan="2"| February 22, 2025

| Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"|{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=January 7, 2025 |title=NAACP Image Awards Nominations: 'The Piano Lesson' Leads Film Nods With 14 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naacp-image-awards-2025-nominations-nominees-list-1236102733/ |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2" scope="row"| Online Film Critics Society Awards

| rowspan="2"| January 27, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/online-film-critics-society-awards-2024-dune-part-two-nominations-1236259621/ |title=Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominations: 'Dune: Part Two' Leads the Way |first=Zac |last=Ntim |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124144043/https://deadline.com/2025/01/online-film-critics-society-awards-2024-dune-part-two-nominations-1236259621/ |url-status=live }}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Producers Guild of America Awards

| February 8, 2025

| Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

| rowspan="2"|The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite news|last=Petski|first=Denise|title=PGA Awards Nominations Include Dune: Part Two, The Brutalist, Wicked Vying for Top Film Prize|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/pga-awards-producers-guild-nominations-2025-list-1236258623/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 18, 2025|date=January 16, 2025}}

scope="row" | Saturn Awards

| February 2, 2025

| Best Animated Film

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" align="center" | {{Cite web |last=Luxford |first=Victoria |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Saturn Awards 2025 winners – see the full list |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/saturn-awards-2025-winners-full-list-3834160 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203204906/https://www.nme.com/news/film/saturn-awards-2025-winners-full-list-3834160 |archive-date=February 3, 2025 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=NME}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |San Diego Film Critics Society

| rowspan="2" |December 9, 2024

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Chris Sanders

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=AwardsWatch - 2024 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations |url=https://awardswatch.com/2024-san-diego-film-critics-society-nominations/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=AwardsWatch |language=en-US |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207021921/https://awardswatch.com/2024-san-diego-film-critics-society-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

Best Animated Film

| rowspan="2" |The Wild Robot

| {{runner up}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" |Satellite Awards

| rowspan="3" |January 26, 2025

| Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" align="center" |{{Cite web |title=2024 Nominees {{!}} International Press Academy |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/2024-nominees/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |language=en-US}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Original Song

| "Kiss the Sky" – Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi

| {{nom}}

scope="row" |San Sebastián International Film Festival

| September 28, 2024

| Lurra - Greenpeace Award

| rowspan="2" |The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |title=Festival de San Sebastián |url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/noticias/1/22240/es |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=sansebastianfestival |language=es |archive-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929021327/https://sansebastianfestival.com/2024/noticias/1/22240/es |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" scope="row"| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

| rowspan="2"| December 15, 2024

| Best Animated Feature

| {{Nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{Cite web|date=2024-12-10|title=2024 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Nominations|url=https://awardswatch.com/2024-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-nominations/|access-date=2024-12-13|website=AwardsWatch|language=en-US|archive-date=December 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214153857/https://awardswatch.com/2024-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-nominations/|url-status=live}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{Nom}}

scope="row" |SCAD Savannah Film Festival

| November 2, 2024

| Virtuoso Award

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

| align="center" |{{cite web |title=SCAD Savannah Film Fest: 'Blitz' to Open, 'Emilia Pérez' and 'Anora' Stars Among 11 Honorees |date=September 26, 2024 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scad-savannah-film-fest-blitz-open-emilia-perez-anora-stars-honorees-1236012284/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926174950/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scad-savannah-film-fest-blitz-open-emilia-perez-anora-stars-honorees-1236012284/ |archive-date=26 September 2024 |access-date=26 September 2024 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Feinberg, Scott}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Seattle Film Critics Society

| rowspan="2" |December 16, 2024

| Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{Nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2024-12-06 |title=AwardsWatch - 2024 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations: 'The Brutalist,' 'Dune: Part Two,' 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://awardswatch.com/2024-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations-the-brutalist-dune-part-two-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=AwardsWatch |language=en-US |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207093951/https://awardswatch.com/2024-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations-the-brutalist-dune-part-two-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ |url-status=live }}

Best Animated Film

| The Wild Robot

| {{Won}}

scope="row"| Society of Composers & Lyricists

| February 12, 2025

| Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film

| Kris Bowers

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/scl-awards-nominations-2025-society-of-composers-and-lyricists-1236209367/|title=Society Of Composers & Lyricists Cues Up 2025 SCL Awards Nominations|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=December 18, 2024|accessdate=December 18, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/society-of-composers-and-lyricists-award-winners-1236134509/ |title='The Brutalist' and 'Challengers' Among Society of Composers and Lyricists Award Winners |website=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Nicole |last=Fell |date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=February 13, 2025}}

rowspan="4" scope="row"| St. Louis Film Critics Association

| rowspan="4" | December 15, 2024

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{Won}}

| align="center" rowspan="4"| {{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=The 2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-st-louis-film-critics-association-stlfca-nominations/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Next Best Picture |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212170625/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-st-louis-film-critics-association-stlfca-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

Best Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{Nom}}

rowspan="2"| Best Voice Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{Won}}

Pedro Pascal

| {{Nom}}

scope="row"| Toronto Film Critics Association

| February 24, 2025

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nickel-boys-best-picture-2024-toronto-film-critics-association-1236087577/ |title=Nickel Boys Named Best Picture of 2024 by Toronto Film Critics Association |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 December 2024 |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216162507/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nickel-boys-best-picture-2024-toronto-film-critics-association-1236087577/ |url-status=live}}

scope="row"| USC Scripter Awards

| February 22, 2025

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Chris Sanders and Peter Brown

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=February 22, 2025 |title=USC Scripter Awards: Conclave, Say Nothing Take Top Honors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/usc-scripter-awards-2025-winners-film-tv-1236141955/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223050104/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/usc-scripter-awards-2025-winners-film-tv-1236141955/ |archive-date=February 23, 2025 |access-date=March 15, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

rowspan="5" scope="row" | Visual Effects Society Awards

| rowspan="5" |February 11, 2025

| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

| Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann, Jeff Budsberg and Jacob Hjort Jensen

| {{Won}}

| rowspan="5" align="center" | {{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=February 11, 2025 |title=VES Awards: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Scores Top Honor, Dune: Part Two Leads With Four Wins |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-visual-effects-society-awards-winners-list-1236132421/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213002701/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-visual-effects-society-awards-winners-list-1236132421/ |archive-date=February 13, 2025 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature

| "Roz" – Fabio Lignini, Yukinori Inagaki, Owen Demers and Hyun Huh

| {{Won}}

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

| "The Forest" – John Wake, He Jung Park, Woojin Choi and Shane Glading

| {{Won}}

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

| Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow and Nyoung Kim

| {{Won}}

Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Feature

| Sondra L. Verlander, Baptiste Van Opstal, Eszter Offertaler and Austin Casale

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

| rowspan="3" | December 8, 2024

| Best Animated Feature

| The Wild Robot

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" align="center" | {{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=2024-12-08 |title=The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-washington-dc-area-film-critics-association-wafca-winners/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}

Best Original Score

| Kris Bowers

| {{nom}}

Best Voice Performance

| Lupita Nyong'o

| {{won}}

Themes

The Wild Robot incorporates environmental themes throughout its narrative, including a reference to climate change in a sequence depicting a futuristic San Francisco with a partially submerged Golden Gate Bridge.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=Column: 'The Wild Robot' is a subtle but powerful climate change movie |url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-10-24/column-the-wild-robot-is-a-subtle-but-powerful-climate-change-movie-boiling-point |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219131545/https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-10-24/column-the-wild-robot-is-a-subtle-but-powerful-climate-change-movie-boiling-point |url-status=live }} DreamWorks Animation developed the film in collaboration with both Universal's GreenerLight Program and the Natural Resources Defense Council's Rewrite the Future initiative, with environmental experts consulting on the ecological elements and a sustainability-focused PSA featuring Lupita Nyong'o.{{Cite web |title=The Wild Robot: Inspiring Us to Protect Each Other and Our Planet |url=https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/wild-robot-inspiring-us-protect-each-other-and-our-planet |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220051612/https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/wild-robot-inspiring-us-protect-each-other-and-our-planet |url-status=live }} The film's environmental themes were showcased at Climate Week NYC 2024, where it received a special screening at the inaugural Climate Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=2024-09-20 |title=Climate Week 2024: Inaugural Film Festival, Hollywood Summit & Adam McKay's Vegan Hot Dog Truck Hit NYC |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/climate-week-2024-film-festival-hollywood-summit-events-1236095603/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Sequel

On September 7, 2024, when asked about a potential sequel, Sanders stated, "I would very much like to. This was a labor of love on the part of everybody at the studio, and yes, I think I'd love to go and stay here for a while."{{Cite news |last=Gomulka |first=Stephanie |date=September 27, 2024 |title='Could There Be a Sequel to The Wild Robot? Director Chris Sanders Says… |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/will-there-be-a-sequel-to-the-wild-robot/ |website=NBC |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008025245/https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/will-there-be-a-sequel-to-the-wild-robot |url-status=live }} On October 12, 2024, he confirmed that a sequel is in development.{{Cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |last2=Ntim |first2=Zac |date=October 12, 2024 |title='The Wild Robot' Sequel In The Works At DreamWorks With Director Chris Sanders |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/the-wild-robot-sequel-dreamworks-chris-sanders-dreamworks-animation-1236114190/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=November 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108215715/https://deadline.com/2024/10/the-wild-robot-sequel-dreamworks-chris-sanders-dreamworks-animation-1236114190/ |url-status=live }}

See also

  • Robot Dreams, a 2023 animated feature adaptation of another graphic novel also featuring robots and animals

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.thewildrobotmovie.com}}
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  • [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25345914-the-wild-robot-final-screenplay Official screenplay]
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