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‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Trailer Racks Up 25M+ Views In First Day, Best Ever For Indie Studio Family Pic
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‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ Trailer Racks Up 25M+ Views In First Day, Best Ever For Indie Studio Family Pic

Deadline·Anthony D'Alessandro·about 1 month ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment ‘s Coyote vs. Acme trailer clocked 25.6 million views in its first 24 hours since it dropped Wednesday, we hear. Per social analytics corp WaveMetrix, that makes it the most watched family film trailer launch by an independent studio ever, beating Angel Studios’ animated movie King of Kings , which ended up opening to $19.3 million last year .   Coyote vs. Acme hits theaters August 28. The Looney Tunes movie starring Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor was shelved and written off by the David Zaslav-run Warner Bros in November 2023 after completion as the P&A economics for a theatrical release didn’t make sense for the $70M production. Ketchup Entertainment shelled out a reported $50M for global rights amid interest from such studios as Paramount, Netflix and others. The hybrid animation/live action pic, based on a New Yorker humor piece, follows Wile E. Coyote’s pursuit to sue Acme Corp. in court.…

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