Wildwood, the stop-motion fantasy from the Oregon studio Laika, has grossed more than $60m worldwide, its US distributor Fathom Entertainment said on Friday 13 November. Fathom’s figures, both to Tuesday 10 November, are $41.86m from the US and Canada and $19.06m from 49 other markets, for a total of $60.92m. Variety had the milestone first, on 12 November. North America has moved on since: Box Office Mojo’s daily table puts the film at $43.88m to Thursday 12 November, which lifts the worldwide total to $62.94m.
Key facts
- Film: Wildwood (2026), directed and produced by Laika chief executive Travis Knight; written by Chris Butler
- Worldwide: $60.92m to 10 November (Fathom); $62.94m on Box Office Mojo with North America to 12 November
- North America: $43.88m after 21 days, including a $12.3m opening from 2,845 cinemas on 23–25 October (Box Office Mojo)
- Outside North America: $19.06m from 49 markets (Fathom); the 45 markets Box Office Mojo itemises add up to $17.87m, led by the UK on $4.82m
- Distribution: Fathom in the US; FilmNation Entertainment handles international sales
Two totals, one gap
A second, higher figure is also in circulation. Animation Magazine wrote on 13 November that the film stood at $69.249m worldwide going into its fourth weekend: $43.349m from North America and $25.9m from elsewhere, citing new numbers from Fathom and Box Office Mojo. The North American part matches Box Office Mojo’s total to Wednesday 11 November to the dollar. The international part does not appear in Fathom’s release, and Box Office Mojo still showed $19.06m outside North America on Saturday 14 November. Until a distributor or tracker publishes a dated international update, the supported total is just over $60m, or about $63m with the latest North American days.
Nor is the $19.06m fully itemised. The 45 markets Box Office Mojo lists by name add up to $17.87m, about $1.2m short, so four of Fathom’s 49 markets are counted in the total without being named.
Where the money came from
| Market | Gross to date | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| US and Canada | $43.88m (to 12 November) | 23 October |
| UK | $4.82m | 23 October |
| Mexico | $1.95m | 29 October |
| Australia | $1.89m | 22 October |
| Brazil | $1.30m | 29 October |
| Spain | $1.25m | 23 October |
| Italy | $1.09m | 22 October |
Box Office Mojo figures, in US dollars, read on 14 November 2026. Market totals outside North America may lag by several days.
By region, the itemised markets give $11.03m for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, $4.64m for Latin America and $2.20m for Asia-Pacific. The UK alone accounts for 27% of the itemised international total. The Gulf and the rest of the Arab world, where the film opened on 29 October, add $647,000 across 10 markets, led by the UAE ($214,000) and Saudi Arabia ($190,000). Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and German-speaking Switzerland only opened on 5 November. Box Office Mojo shows no figures for France, Japan, South Korea or mainland China, and FilmNation chief executive Glen Basner said in Fathom’s release that more countries are “still to release”.
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How it has held in North America
The daily figures describe a film carried by weekends and word of mouth. Wildwood opened to $12.3m from 2,845 cinemas over 23–25 October, a little above the $11.2m–$11.6m studio estimates we reported in our opening-weekend chart. The Halloween weekend brought $9.02m, down 27%, and the third weekend, 6–8 November, $7.25m, down 20%. Fathom’s own third-weekend estimate was $7.21m, with the same 20% drop on a footprint 13% smaller. The film plays 2,198 North American cinemas this weekend, where Animation Magazine expects about $4.5m.
Fathom, which is owned by AMC, Cinemark and Regal, built its business on event screenings and special engagements. Wildwood is now the biggest feature it has released, passing the record set by Laika’s own 15th-anniversary reissue of Coraline in 2024, chief executive Jason Brenek said. The company also says the film has passed the entire North American run of DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island (about $37.6m) and is tracking ahead of The Boy and the Heron and Kubo and the Two Strings at the same stage.
Against Laika’s earlier films
After 21 days, Wildwood‘s North American total is 91% of the $48.0m that Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) made in its whole run, according to Box Office Mojo, and well beyond the $16.6m of Missing Link (2019), Laika’s previous feature. Its worldwide figure is still behind both Kubo ($76.3m) and ParaNorman (2012, $107.4m). The mix is also different: North America accounts for about 70% of Wildwood‘s reported total, against 63% for Kubo and 52% for ParaNorman. Variety puts the reported budget at $100m; Laika has not disclosed a figure.
Our reading
In North America the film has held well for an original stop-motion release, and it is within reach of the final totals of Kubo ($48.0m) and The Boxtrolls (2014, $50.8m), though still below ParaNorman ($56.0m). The bigger question is outside North America, where the film is under-reported rather than settled: several large markets have not opened, the last itemised figures are days old and two totals $9m apart are in circulation. Gross is not Laika’s revenue: cinemas keep a share and distribution costs come off the top, so on a reported $100m budget the film needs a far bigger run outside North America than it has shown so far. The next evidence is a dated international update from Fathom or FilmNation, and the openings in markets not yet on the board. Our earlier reports on the Halloween weekend and the UK and Ireland opening cover the first weeks; more is in our Laika coverage.
Sources
- Fathom Entertainment, LAIKA’s Wildwood surpasses $60 million worldwide, 13 November 2026
- Variety, Laika’s Wildwood passes $60 million worldwide, 12 November 2026
- Animation Magazine, LAIKA’s Wildwood nears $70 million worldwide, 13 November 2026
- Box Office Mojo, Wildwood (2026), title summary and territory table
- Box Office Mojo, Wildwood (2026), North America daily figures
- Box Office Mojo, Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), title summary
- Box Office Mojo, Missing Link (2019), title summary