Coyote Vs. Acme’s Box Office Officially Puts Warner Bros. To Shame

Published Sep 7, 2026, 5:47 PM EDT Adam Bentz is a senior news writer at ScreenRant, where he has authored nearly 5,000 articles, including features and lists. He studied creative writing and English with a concentration in screenwriting at Southern New Hampshire University and interned as a writer/journalist for The Borgen Project, an influential organization that fights global poverty. However, one of his proudest achievements is editing a Leonardo DiCaprio freakout compilation that has over 150K views on YouTube. Adam also fancies himself an amateur film critic on his personal website. Coyote vs. Acme's box office officially puts Warner Bros. to shame. The live-action animated Looney Tunes movie was initially shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery in November 2023 as a planned $30 million tax write-off. However, following widespread backlash, they reversed course and allowed the filmmakers to pursue outside distributors, and after Ketchup Entertainment acquired the film's distribution rights for $50 million, the movie was released in theaters on August 28. Now, after over a week in theaters, Coyote vs. Acme has surpassed $40 million at the worldwide box office (according to The Numbers), well over the $30 million tax write-off that Warner Bros. initially planned to shelf the film for. At the time of writing, its total box office breaks down to $34.4 million domestically and $5.9 million internationally, for a total of $40.4 million worldwide. By surpassing $40 million at the box office, Coyote vs. Acme is proving that Warner Bros.' decision to shelve the movie may have been a mistake. Despite the extended holiday weekend, the movie remained resilient at the box office, suffering only a modest decline while facing major competition from The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and continued to perform strongly at the domestic box office in its second weekend. During its second weekend, the movie experienced just a 28.8% decline from its opening weekend, bringing in an estimated $14.5 million from September 4–7 over the Labor Day weekend. Its worldwide total now sits just under $10 million shy of the $50 million price tag that Ketchup Entertainment paid to acquire the movie from Warner Bros. Following a phenomenal Labor Day weekend, the film climbed to third place at the box office, trailing only The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which claimed the top spot in its sixth weekend. Its performance suggests that strong word-of-mouth among audiences and critics is helping drive its box office success. Coyote vs. Acme currently holds stellar 96% and 95% scores on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and audiences, respectively. Directed by Dave Green, with a script written by Samy Burch, the new Looney Tunes movie follows Wile E. Coyote as he teams up with a billboard lawyer to take the Acme Corporation to court and sue them for repeatedly selling him faulty products. Coyote vs. Acme's cast includes Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Martha Kelly, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, John Early, Nancy Linehan Charles, Kenneth Choi, and Ernie Vigil. It features the voices of Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, and Jim Cummings. Release Date August 28, 2026 Runtime 101 Minutes Director Dave Green Writers Samy Burch, Jeremy Slater, James Gunn Producers Christopher DeFaria, James Gunn