Universal/DreamWorks’ “The Wild Robot” is showing it has the makings of a lengthy run at the box office, earning a solid $35 million domestic opening weekend from 3,982 theaters.

It’s not the massive haul ($62 million) that Inside Out 2 made in its debut, but The Wild Robot deserves a little credit after a summer where most of the biggest hits were so-called “established IP.” ( Per Box Office Mojo,

DreamWorks' The Wild Robot has taken the domestic box office crown from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to close out the month of September.