Box office Storks grossed $72.7 million in the United States and Canada and $109.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $182.4 million, against a budget of $70 million. with some estimates reaching $36 million.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that in recent decades,
Warner Bros. has not been able to produce very successful and lucrative animated films except for
Space Jam in 1996,
The Polar Express in 2004,
Happy Feet in 2006, and
The Lego Movie in 2014 and that the studio is hoping
Storks would duplicate that success. It grossed $435,000 from its Thursday previews and just $5.7 million on its first day, lowering weekend projections to $20 million. It ended up opening to $21.8 million, finishing second at the box office behind
The Magnificent Sevens $35 million debut. Internationally, the film opened in conjuncture with its North American debut across 34 foreign territories, including the likes of Russia, China, India, and Japan. On
Metacritic, the film has a score of 56 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by
CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Michael Rechtshaffen of
The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and said: "There's a nice, snappy playfulness in the rapport between Samberg and engaging newcomer Crown. That lively, back-and-forth vibe also extends to the Aniston/Burrell and Key/Peele dynamic." Peter Hartlaub of
San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Whoever is running Warner Animation Group appears to be allowing the lunatics to run the asylum. And that is a wonderful thing." Tom Russo of
The Boston Globe gave the film three stars out of four and said "Storks are known for delivering bundles that are irresistible, exhaustingly active at times, and frequently pretty darn messy. How completely appropriate, then, that Warner Bros.' 3-D animated feature
Storks delivers the same." Owen Gleiberman of
Variety gave the film a mixed review and called it "a strenuously unfunny animated comedy". Samantha Ladwig of
IGN rated the film a (of 10) and said "
Storks starts off well enough and delivers a few laughs, but ultimately it isn't quite sure of what it is." Jesse Hassenger of
The A.V. Club noted the "filmmakers' assumption [...] that if lines are said very fast and in silly voices, they will become funny," and criticized Warner Bros. for putting out a generic animation along the same, safe lines of what "other second-tier animation houses" are producing: "
The Lego Movie brought with it the hope that the studio might reclaim some of the animation territory it has long ceded to other studios.
Storks, though, is just another okay cartoon."
Joe Morgenstern of
The Wall Street Journal gave the film a negative review, saying "The whole movie seems to be on fast-forward, with crushingly brainless dialogue, hollow imagery and no way of slowing down the febrile action or making sense of the chaotic plot." Barbara VanDenburgh of
The Arizona Republic said, "
Storks is charmless with rote obligation. This is a kid's film for hire, with none of the creativity, emotion and design that elevate the genre to art, or even simply a fun time at the movies."
LGBTQ representation Storks was noted for its inclusion of same-gender couples.
GLAAD called it "casually inclusive of same-sex couples."
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