On August 19th, the internet humor site Dorkly released a listicle highlighting the '12 Most WTF Tumblr Posts About Bee Movie.' On November 28th, BuzzFeed published an article about various Bee Movie memes. The following day, the tweet reached the front page of the /r/movies subreddit, where many mocked the idea of making Bee Movie 2.
On July 29th, Seinfeld posted a tweet asking if there was any interest in a sequel to the film, which garnered more than 47,000 likes and 24,200 retweets in four months (shown below).
On July 22nd, 2016, BuzzFeed published an article titled 'For Everyone Who Still Can't Believe 'Bee Movie' is Real,' which highlighted several Tumblr posts about the film. On March 16th, 2013, Redditor bottledbeaches created the /r/beemovie subreddit. On May 14th, 2012, a page for Bee Movie was created on TV Tropes. The movie holds a rating of 51% (based on 169 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes and 54% (based on 34 review) on Metacritic. As of 2016, Bee Movie is DreamWorks Animation's third lowest-grossing computer-animated film. While the film was regarded a moderate box office success worldwide, it was met with disappointing performance and lukewarm reception in the United States.
Upon its release, the film grossed $126 million at the box office in the United States and a worldwide total of $287 million.
