LAIKA Celebrates 15th Anniversary of Coraline Re-Release
LAIKA is building upon the global success of its 15th Anniversary re-release of Coraline by bolstering its UK and European presence with key partnerships in the consumer products, licensing and home entertainment arenas.
LAIKA has engaged Brandship to represent the studio’s expansion of consumer products licensing and brand collaborations in the UK and Europe. Brandship will work in close coordination with LAIKA’s US licensing agency, Licensing Street, to ensure products based on LAIKA’s celebrated films are available to millions of fans on both continents. Under this new association, LAIKA is announcing its first-ever direct-to-consumer partnership in Europe with top UK pop-culture retailer and apparel licensee Truffle Shuffle.
In addition, Anime Ltd./Plaion Pictures has acquired LAIKA’s catalogue for home video release in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Benelux, Spain and Portugal. The releases include Coraline, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings, all Oscar and BAFTA nominated titles.
“Millions of moviegoers around the world showing up to experience Coraline again on the big screen is a testament to the enduring global appeal of all of LAIKA’s films,” according to Michael Waghalter, LAIKA’s Senior VP and Head of Business Development. “Fans want to engage more deeply with the characters and worlds of our films, and we’re excited to partner with Anime LTD/Plaion Pictures and Brandship to bring compelling, fan-centered products and experiences to the UK and Europe.”
Brandship Founder and CEO Lisa Shapiro is thrilled to be working with LAIKA to kickstart its presence in the UK and Europe. ‘’The timing couldn’t be better, and I’m really excited and privileged to be working with the LAIKA team. With pent up demand and a highly engaged audience, there are number of best-in-class partners in key categories that are being secured.’’
“We’re incredibly excited to be working in partnership with the great team at LAIKA Studios to bring back physical releases of their incredible catalogue. With the success of the re-release of Coraline in cinemas this summer, it’s clear that the love and appreciation for these films and quality animation in general has never been higher. As a group, we’re thrilled to be able to introduce the works of LAIKA to a new generation across the UK and Europe,” said Andrew Partridge, Managing Director of Anime Limited.
To date, the 15th anniversary re-release of Coraline, distributed in partnership with Fathom in the US and Trafalgar Releasing internationally, has garnered over $51M at the global box office. Showings also include an early glimpse of LAIKA’s highly anticipated next animated feature, Wildwood, making it the must-see film event of the summer.
In the UK, where LAIKA held the worldwide premiere of the re-release and launched the studio’s new, sold-out exhibition, LAIKA: Frame x Frame at the British Film Institute, Coraline overtook the 2023 Titanic re-release and ET’s 20th Anniversary event to become the UK’s highest-grossing re-release of the past quarter century.
Other milestones across the globe include:
- Highest-grossing re-release in the US in the past decade
- Highest-grossing release (new and re-releases) in Fathom’s 20-year history
- Highest lifetime US gross box office of all time for a stop-motion animated feature, surpassing Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and Aardman’s Chicken Run
- Highest-grossing re-release in Mexico’s history
- Coraline’s re-release box office surpassed the film’s original 2009 box office throughout Latin America, including in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia
