sentences:  Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a B and wrote of the film having "little too much lost-boys-and-girls mopiness", but ""Astro Boy" is a marvelously designed piece of cartoon kinetics..." Glenn Whipp of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the mixed review claiming "The kids won't get it but will enjoy the big, climactic robot rumpuses, which owe a heavy debt to Brad Bird's "The Iron Giant"".The film was a flop in Japan, appearing at the bottom of the opening week's Top 10 rankings and earning only $328,457.Conversely, the film was very successful in China, breaking a box-office record for a CGI animated film.