The 15th anniversary re-release of Coraline movie came back to theaters for its latest re-release, it turned out a dazzling performance, outdoing the typical re-release performance with an $8.37 million debut on the Top 5 chart, competing well against major new releases.
Per Deadline, as of Sunday morning, the Coraline re-release is projected to take in a 3-day total of $3.15 million during its third weekend at the domestic box office and a 4-day total of $4.3 million over the Labor Day holiday weekend. This will bring the cumulative domestic total of the re-release to $30.6 million, making it the 34th highest-grossing domestic movie of the year so far. This outgrosses the domestic totals of many major 2024 releases, including Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Imaginary, Abigail, Arthur the King, Monkey Man, Cabrini, The Bikeriders, The First Omen, and Ordinary Angels.
How Coraline Compares To Major Contemporary Re-Releases
The 2009 Classic Is Outshining The Competition
The stellar performance of the Coraline re-release cannot be overstated. While re-releases have always been part of the fabric of the theatrical landscape, they have become increasingly popular in recent years, both as a promotional tool for releases and as a way to make up for a deficit of new theatrical releases in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 Hollywood strikes. However, they typically do not perform at this level, and in fact many re-releases dramatically underperform, such as the Saw 10th anniversary re-release, which earned the third-worst wide release debut in history at the time.
However, even among the high-performing re-releases that earned more than $10 million during their theatrical runs, Coraline is outstripping the competition. It is the highest-grossing re-release of the decade, even outperforming the 2022 re-release of the record-shattering Avatar, which was put back into theaters to promote the impending sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, which then went on to become the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Below, see a breakdown of how Coraline's current domestic box office total compares to the highest-performing domestic re-releases since 2010:
Title |
Re-Release Year |
Re-Release Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|
Coraline (2009) |
2024 |
$30.6 million |
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
2023 |
$10.2 million |
Avatar (2009) |
2022 |
$24.7 million |
Jurassic Park (1993) |
2013 |
$45.4 million |
Footloose (1984) |
2011 |
$51.6 million |
It has been more than 10 years since a re-release has outperformed Coraline, and that was the 30th anniversary re-release of the Steven Spielberg classic Jurassic Park, a movie with twice as much built-in nostalgia at the time. It is worth noting that both re-releases also received an added boost from 3D showtimes increasing ticket prices, as did Avatar. Regardless, the performance of the 15-year-old stop-motion title is nearly at the level of the Spielberg classic shows how well this re-release has connected with audiences.
Source: Deadline
Based on Neil Gaiman's novella, Coraline follows Coraline Jones, a lonely young girl who, after moving to a new house with her inattentive parents, discovers a portal to another, more sinister alternate reality behind one of the house's many doors. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the film uses stop-motion animation and stars Dakota Fanning as Coraline.
- Writers
- Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman
- Studio(s)
- Focus Features
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- Budget
- $60 million
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