'Coyote Vs. ACME' Beat 'The Odyssey' And Ridley Scott At The Box Office This Weekend

A modest but respectable opening for the movie that was once abandoned by Warner Bros. While Coyote vs. ACME didn't top the box office charts on its opening weekend, it beat out the likes of The Odyssey and a new movie from Ridley Scott. Considering the movie had to be promoted and released independently by Ketchup Entertainment after Warner Bros. abandoned it, that's 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's reporting highlights that the flick only had a $10 million marketing budget, as Ketchup Entertainment had to handle the entire release itself. Coyote vs. ACME was originally produced by Warner Bros., 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 and has done so on its own, making the fact that Coyote vs. ACME is coming to theaters and finding success at all very impre