Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Marks the Next Test of Original Animation at the Box Office

This weekend’s box office sees the release of two films that aren’t currently projected to take the No. 1 spot from Universal/DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon” remake, but are key titles for their respective studios: Disney/Pixar’s “Elio” and Sony/Columbia’s “28 Years Later.”

“Elio” marks Pixar’s return to theaters after releasing last year’s highest grossing movie, “Inside Out 2,” which earned just shy of $1.7 billion at the global box office and became the highest grossing animated...