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Isle of Dogs(2018)
Released
2018 · FILM

Isle of Dogs

When authoritarian Mayor Kenji Kobayashi orders all dogs exiled to Trash Island during a deadly canine flu outbreak, rebellious orphan Atari hijacks a plane to rescue his loyal canine companion and expose the regime’s deadly secret before the city loses its last hope for redemption.

“Loyalty has a scent. And it smells like rebellion.”

Directed by
Wes Anderson, Francesca Alberigi
Written by
Kunichi Nomura, Roman Coppola
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
101 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

Set in the future, an outbreak of canine flu prompts the mayor of a Japanese city to exile all dogs to an island that serves as a garbage dump. The displaced animals soon face a new challenge when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island in search of his cherished pet, setting them on an epic journey together.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 500+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Edward BurschShot by Tristan OliverScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Paul HarrodSound by Wayne LemmerCostumes by Juman MaloufVFX by Lev Kolobov

Box Office

2018 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$73.0M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$73.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.0M — 44% of worldwide · International: $41.0M (56%)

Opening weekend: $1.6M — 5% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.1M — 10% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 27 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Ataris Reisede
  • Isle of Dogs – Ataris Reisede
  • Isla de Perroses
  • Isla de Perroses
  • L'Île aux chiensfr
  • L'isola dei caniit
  • (Bulgarian)Островът на кучетата
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • GermanyFeb 15, 2018
  • United KingdomFeb 21, 2018
  • IrelandFeb 28, 2018
  • United StatesMar 17, 2018
  • CanadaMar 23, 2018

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Fox Searchlight PicturesIndian PaintbrushAmerican Empirical PicturesScott Rudin ProductionsStudio Babelsberg
Distributors
Fox Searchlight Pictures20th Century Fox20th Century Fox CIS20th Century Fox Sweden
Special effectsLikaon, Mackinnon & Saunders
Other companies20th Century Fox Animation, Walt Disney Studios, ABKCO Music and Records, Air Lyndhurst Studios, Apple, Audiolink Radio Communications, Canon

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