The anti-Skydance: How a Nike billionaire’s backing lets Laika spend a reported $100 million on ‘Wildwood’
Laika, the Oregon studio behind Coraline and ParaNorman, has something close to a hit on its hands, at least by its own standards. Wildwood, the company’s sixth feature and, like all of its films, made entirely in stop-motion animation, opened in third place on Oct. 23 with roughly $12.3 million at the domestic box office. Directed by Laika president and CEO Travis Knight, the film held up over Halloween weekend, slipping just 39% to an estimated $7.5 million and lifting its domestic total to $2
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