Coyote Vs. ACME Tops Box Office Over The Odyssey And Ridley Scott

While Coyote vs. ACME did not top the box office charts on its opening weekend, it outperformed The Odyssey and a new movie from Ridley Scott. Considering Ketchup Entertainment had to promote and release the movie independently after Warner Bros. abandoned it, that is a very respectable start.

Deadline reports that Coyote vs. ACME grossed $15.4 million over the course of its first weekend. It has already grossed nearly double what the Looney Tunes film The Day the Earth Blew Up earned during its entire run. Although $15.4 million might seem like a modest opening weekend gross in a summer full of blockbusters, Deadline highlights that the flick only had a $10 million marketing budget because Ketchup Entertainment handled the entire release itself.

Warner Bros. originally produced Coyote vs. ACME, but the studio decided to shelve the film in 2023 and take a $30 million write-off on it. Ketchup Entertainment obtained the rights to release it independently, making the fact that Coyote vs. ACME is coming to theaters and finding success at all very impressive.

The reviews for Coyote vs. ACME have been glowing too, with Polygon’s Brian VanHooker writing, “As a lifelong Looney Tunes fan who has been very invested in this whole drama, it was entirely worth the wait.”

What were the highest-grossing movies of the weekend?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its dominant box office run, remaining in the first place spot this weekend. Coyote vs. ACME prevented The Odyssey from taking the second-place spot on the weekend charts, and it vastly outgrossed The Dog Stars, a new movie from Alien and The Martian director Ridley Scott. It stands as perhaps the most interesting weekend of the summer box office.

Below is the full list of the top ten highest-grossing movies from this three-day weekend shared by Deadline:

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day – $22.2 million
2. Coyote vs. ACME – $15.4 million
3. The Odyssey – $14.3 million
4. Insidious: Out of the Further – $10.1 million
5. The Dog Stars – $8 million
6. Buddy – $4.95 million
7. The End of Oak Street – $4.95 million
8. Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie – $4.87 million
9. Mutiny – $2.75 million
10. Tony – $2.1 million

Source: Polygon