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Released
2020 · FILM

The Call of the Wild

A domesticated dog ripped from his California home must survive the brutal Yukon gold‑rush wilderness, mastering a treacherous sled team and his own primal instincts to become the leader of the pack.

“Based on the legendary novel.”

Directed by
Chris Sanders, Valentina Rosselli
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
100 min
AdventureDramaFamily

Synopsis

Buck is a large-hearted dog whose peaceful life in California is disrupted when he is abruptly taken from his home and relocated to the Yukon during the 1890s Gold Rush. Becoming the newest member of a mail delivery dog sled team—and eventually its leader—Buck embarks on a transformative journey through the wilderness. Along the way, he discovers his true place in the world and ultimately becomes his own master.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 932+ 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 David HeinzShot by Janusz KaminskiScored by John PowellSound by Warren HendriksCostumes by Kate HawleyVFX by Byung Whee Kim

Box Office

2020 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$111.2M

Budget$109.0M
Worldwide gross$111.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $62.3M — 56% of worldwide · International: $48.9M (44%)

Opening weekend: $24.8M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $32.8M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,752 theaters

Also known as

  • Ruf der Wildnisde
  • L'Appel de la forêtfr
  • Il richiamo della forestait
  • (Bulgarian)Дивото зове
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 13, 2020
  • BelgiumFeb 19, 2020
  • SwitzerlandFeb 19, 2020
  • EgyptFeb 19, 2020
  • FranceFeb 19, 2020

Production & Distribution

Production companies
20th Century StudiosTSG Entertainment3 Arts EntertainmentProvince of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit
Distributors
20th Century StudiosTME FilmsWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Special effectsMoving Picture Company (MPC), Halon Entertainment, Proof, Image Asylum, Fox VFX Labs
Other companiesBT Industrial Supply, 20th Century Fox Animation, 20th Century Studios, 5 Cat Studios, ARRI Rental

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