The Cat in the HatFollow

Name: The Cat in the Hat
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Released: 2026
Cast: Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Tiago Martinez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson

2026 • 1h 31m • Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Family • Warner Bros. Pictures

The cat's out of the bag.

🍅 46% 87%

3.13

6.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$20.50M

Week 1

Worldwide total

$30.50M

$10.00M international

Domestic legs1.0x

Budget$86M

2026 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Directed byAlessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja Written byAlessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja StarringBill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Tiago Martinez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang StudioWarner Bros.

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$75.6M–$83.6M

The model

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$60.5M $79.6M $98.7M

$20.50M so far

The prediction model shows a range of $75.6M–$83.6M after opening weekend. The wider range of $60.5M–$98.7M accounts for 90% of outcomes after opening weekend and will tighten after the second weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$72.4M

Baseline

Genre legs: 3.53

CinemaScore

A: Animation avg is A

+1%

Audience

Above Avg — RT 87%, LB 3.13, IMDB 6.6

+9%

Seasonality

Holiday season

Release Day

Friday (standard)

2nd Weekend

Available after Nov 15

Box office comparisons

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Early-November family lane The Cat in the Hat vs Hoppers vs Trolls vs Horton Hears a Who!

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 2 $20.5M — 4,003 $5,121 $20.5M

Cumulative total$20.5M

Nov 5Nov 6Nov 7Nov 7Nov 8

Theater countPeak 4,003 → 4,003 +0.0%

4,003 open4,003 now

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

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