In the opening scenes of “The Wild Robot,” a chirpy metal android with a state-of-the-art processing unit wanders around a forest asking confused animals if it can help them, offering discount codes and stickers for future customers. “Did anyone order me?” it asks.

September ended with quite a number of new wide releases, but only one new movie stood out above all the rest. Read on for the weekend box office report. DreamWorks Animation’s latest, “The Wild Robot,

DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot — from How to Train Your Dragon director Chris Sanders — is the best animated movie of the year.

Warner Bros. and Tim Burton’s sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and Paramount’s animated “Transformers One” topped international box office charts over Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot.

After three weeks ruling the box office, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was bumped to second place thanks to the charming whimsy of The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation's adaptation of Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning bestseller of the same name.

NOTE: This review is partially adapted from my reaction to The Wild Robot following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival] Crafting stakes is complicated territory for a film targeted at audiences of all ages.

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “The Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks

Lupita Nyongo's animated adventure "Wild Robot" is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $35 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.