The re-release of “Coraline” surpasses “Shrek 2” and “The Lion King” at the box office

This weekend’s box office was particularly popular with Alien: Romulus, Deadpool and WolverineAnd It ends with usbut another champion was the 15th anniversary re-release of the hit 2009 film. Coralline. Led by Nightmare Before Christmas – The Nightmare Before Christmas“Henry Selick, Coralline is based on the 2002 novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman. The film is about a young girl who discovers an idealized parallel universe, unaware of the dark and sinister secret it holds. It was the debut film of Laika Studios, released on February 6, 2009, to critical acclaim and grossed $124 million worldwide.

According to Deadline, the re-release grossed $8.3 million, ranking fifth at the box office. This is significantly better than other 2024 anniversary re-releases, such as the 20th anniversary of Shrek2 (1.4 million dollars), the 25th anniversary of The Mummy (1 million dollars), the 30th anniversary of The Lion King (1 million dollars) and even the 45th anniversary of Foreigner (US$1.5 million).

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CorallineThe opening weekend of was almost as long as the 25th anniversary re-release of The Phantom Menace from earlier this year, which brought in $8.7 million. Even more impressive is CorallineThe release of began on Thursday, so if you include the total receipts from the four days before the theatrical release, it would be $11 million. Here is a breakdown of how Coraline's Opening weekend compared to other high-profile releases of 2024.

Coraline takes on much bigger films and wins

Coralline

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February 5, 2009

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Henry Selick

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100

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What does CorallineWhat makes the re-release of so impressive is the comparison of the original film with all the other films that generally had much greater notoriety. To this day The Lion King remains the most successful hand-drawn animation film and Shrek2 held the title of the most successful animated film of all time at the time of Coralline's original release. They were giants compared to Coralline, So it's interesting to think about why Selick's film outperformed such heavyweights in 2024.

Coralline had the advantage of being a 3D re-release, which meant that ticket prices were higher than the other films, which were all in standard format. Still, 3D may have been a big selling point for many, as Coralline is considered by many to be one of the most impressive 3D applications and alongside Avatarwhich came out ten months later, was a big part of the 3D boom of the early 2010s. CorallineThe opening weekend for its release came pretty close to the 2022 re-release Avatarwhich grossed $10 million on its opening weekend. That means there is a difference of Coralline and the highest-grossing film of all time.

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It speaks for how Coralline has grown over the years and gained a passionate cult following, much like Henry Selick’s other stop-motion classic, The nightmare before Christmas, The film was so popular that Disney has made it an annual Christmas tradition to re-release the film. Who knows, maybe it will be re-released. Coralline is intended to become a summer tradition so that people can experience the film on the big screen either for the first time or again after many years.