Coyote vs. Acme has grossed more than $40m and sold more than 10 million tickets in Latin America, making it the biggest release in the history of CDC, its regional distributor, CDC sales manager Jimmy van der Heyden told the Latin American trade outlet Produ on Wednesday 11 November. The live-action and animated Looney Tunes comedy opened across the region at the end of August and is nearing the end of its cinema run.
The figures are the distributor’s own, but they put a number on a striking reversal. Warner Bros. shelved the film in 2023, and the independent company that bought it has now found that, outside North America, its biggest audience is in Latin America. CDC has already sold the next windows: digital rental first, then exclusive subscription streaming with Telecine in Brazil and Prime Video in the rest of the region.
Key facts
- Film: Coyote vs. Acme, directed by Dave Green, starring Will Forte and John Cena; worldwide rights owned by Ketchup Entertainment
- Latin America: more than $40m from more than 10 million admissions, according to CDC, released with partners including CineVideo y TV and Paris Filmes
- Mexico: a $4.3m opening and more than $18m from 4.8 million tickets, by CDC’s count; Box Office Mojo shows a lower $17.2m
- Colombia close to $6m (1.3 million admissions), Peru about $4m, Ecuador more than $2m, according to CDC
- Next: digital rental (TVOD), then Telecine in Brazil and Prime Video elsewhere in Latin America
Market by market
Mexico has carried the release. CDC puts the opening there at $4.3m and the running total at more than $18m from 4.8 million admissions, close to half of the regional figure. Colombia is second, close to $6m from 1.3 million admissions, followed by Peru on about $4m. Ecuador passed $2m, a strong result for a market of its size, Produ noted.
The tracker Box Office Mojo is slightly lower on Mexico, at an estimated $17.2m from a $4.37m opening on 27 August, and in line on Colombia at $5.93m. Those are the only two Latin American markets it lists for the film.
| Market | Gross | Admissions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latin America | more than $40m | more than 10 million | CDC |
| Mexico | more than $18m | 4.8 million | CDC |
| Mexico | $17.2m | not stated | Box Office Mojo (estimate) |
| Colombia | close to $6m | 1.3 million | CDC |
| Colombia | $5.93m | not stated | Box Office Mojo (estimate) |
| Peru | about $4m | not stated | CDC |
| Ecuador | more than $2m | not stated | CDC |
The four markets CDC itemised come to roughly $30m, leaving about $10m from the rest of the region, which CDC did not break down. That includes Brazil, where Paris Filmes opened the film on 27 August. It entered the Brazilian chart fourth, with 101,370 admissions on its first weekend, according to Rentrak figures published by Portal Exibidor.
On CDC’s figures the average ticket across the region was about $4. In Mexico it was about $3.75 and in Colombia about $4.60.
How it compares
Box Office Mojo puts the film at $60.1m in North America, where Ketchup opened it on 28 August, and $41.8m everywhere else. That second figure is incomplete: it includes only Mexico and Colombia from Latin America, so CDC’s regional total alone nearly matches it. The tracker’s other markets, led by Italy ($4.9m) and Australia ($3.5m), add about $18.7m. Combining those with CDC’s $40m and the North American gross suggests a worldwide total of about $119m rather than the $101.9m the tracker shows. That is our rough sum of figures from different sources, not a reported total, but it would make Latin America about two-thirds of the film’s takings outside North America.
A shelved film’s second life
Warner Bros. completed Coyote vs. Acme and then shelved it during its 2023 cost cuts. Ketchup Entertainment confirmed in March 2025 that it had bought worldwide rights, in a deal Deadline put in the $50m range; Deadline also reported that Warner had shopped the film at around $70m, said to be its cost. Van der Heyden gave Produ the same budget, about $70m, and said the result had far exceeded CDC’s initial projections. In April, Ketchup brought in V10 Entertainment to sell pay-one and later rights on selected titles, including this one.
What is not known
CDC gave no figures for Brazil, Argentina, Chile or Central America, did not date the digital rental release, and disclosed no terms for the Telecine and Prime Video deals. All the figures here are gross box office, not distributor revenue.
Our reading
The $40m matters less than where it came from. Mexico and three Andean markets supply about three-quarters of CDC’s figure, and Brazil, for all its size, is not in the breakdown. The release rests on a handful of territories where a familiar character still fills family screenings, and on a regional distributor working with local partners rather than a studio network.
For an independent rights owner such as Ketchup, which sells the film territory by territory, that is the case for the model: Latin America, handled by a single regional distributor, has returned the film’s strongest result outside North America. The figures remain the distributor’s own, and the lower Mexican estimate is a reason to treat them as a ceiling until local tallies settle. The next test is the digital rental window, which CDC says is imminent. For more on the region, see our reports on Godzilla Minus Zero’s Mexican opening, La venganza del Charro Negro and Brazil’s 2026 admissions.
Sources
- Produ, Coyote vs. Acme, distribuida por CDC, arrasó en cines y llegará a Prime Video en LatAm y Telecine en Brasil (11 November 2026)
- Box Office Mojo, Coyote vs. Acme, all releases (tracker, accessed 11 November 2026)
- Paris Filmes, Coyote vs. Acme opens in Brazilian cinemas on 27 August (24 August 2026)
- Portal Exibidor, Brazil weekend box office (Rentrak), opening weekend of Coyote vs. Acme
- Deadline, Warner Bros completes worldwide sale of Coyote vs. Acme (31 March 2025)
- Ketchup Entertainment, Coyote vs. Acme film page
- Ketchup Entertainment, partnership with V10 Entertainment for global sales on Coyote vs. Acme (21 April 2026)