Adult Jokes From 'Coyote Vs. Acme' That Were Definitely Not For Kids
Ketchup Entertainment’s rescue of the Looney Tunes film paid off as strong reviews and word of mouth pushed worldwide ticket sales past $100 million.
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Adult Jokes From 'Coyote Vs. Acme' That Were Definitely Not For Kids
A movie that almost disappeared for a Warner Bros. tax write-off ended up being one of the funniest films of the year. Older Looney Tunes fans and young kids alike quickly fell in love with Coyote vs. Acme, featuring Wile E. Coyote going to court for all the faulty Acme products he used in his attempts to catch the Road Runner.In natural Looney Tunes fashion, this film's jokes range from random, absurd comments to overexaggerated cartoon antics.…
Three years after Warner Bros filed "Coyote vs. Acme" on the grounds that it would be a financial loss, Ketchup Entertainment took over the project. The independent distributor decided to save the Looney Tunes comedy by buying it for 50 million dollars. Today, Ketchup records more than 100 million dollars to [...] The entry Coyote vs. David Zaslav?: The film discarded by Warner Bros already accumulates more than 100 million dollars was first pub…
Did Warner Bros. Blow It? ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Box Office Success Puts David Zaslav’s Decision Back Under the Microscope
Few movies have had a stranger journey to theaters than ‘Coyote vs. Acme’. The Looney Tunes comedy, directed by Dave Green and loosely based on Ian Frazier’s 1990 New Yorker article, follows Wile E. Coyote as he enlists a personal injury lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation for selling him faulty products. The film was...
Coyote vs. Acme, sold by WBD to Ketchup Entertainment for $50M in 2025, tops $100M globally since its August release amid WBD's dismal 2026 box office run (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)
Rebecca Rubin / Variety: Coyote vs. Acme, sold by WBD to Ketchup Entertainment for $50M in 2025, tops $100M globally since its August release amid WBD's dismal 2026 box office run — Three years after “Coyote vs. Acme” was shelved by Warner Bros. as a tax write-off and rescued by indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment …
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