It seems Disney's reign over the animation box office continued this weekend. While "Frozen II" neared $1 billion during its third weekend in theaters, STX's "Playmobil" movie garnered less than $1 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in North America.

STX, the distributor of the film, said Sunday that it expects the film will haul in $668,000 for the three-day weekend domestically. It is one of the worst openings in recent cinematic history.

Only "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure," "Delgo" and a 10-year re-release of "Saw" had worse opening weekends.

Internationally, the film has brought in just over $12 million, but has stagnated since its August release in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. At this pace, it is unlikely that the animated flick will recoup the $75 million co-finaciers Wild Bunch, Pathe, Dimitri Rassam and On Animation shelled out for its production.

STX only paid to distribute the movie and does not have a financial stake.

"For STXfilms, Playmobil is a no-risk opportunity that allowed the studio to collaborate with key exhibition partners to offer a holiday movie for kids and families," the company said in a statement Sunday.

"Major exhibitors and regional chains were supportive about using a date traditionally not programmed with new first run movies and offering special variable pricing of $5 a ticket to experiment with the model and encourage and incentivize audiences to see the film, while allowing theaters to begin to explore value pricing for a first-run movie," it said.

Company representatives said that most of the film's marketing was in-theater and directed at moviegoers and loyalty club members. STX did not pay a minimum guarantee and only spent around $3 million.