Laika’s stop-motion fantasy Wildwood opened to strong critical acclaim, earning a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and an A CinemaScore that ties the studio’s best audience grade. These factors, combined with solid Thursday previews near $1 million and Friday estimates around $4.3 million across roughly 2,900 theaters, have anchored trader consensus around a $10-12 million domestic debut. The PG-13 original faces competition from bigger releases like Clayface and limited appeal beyond Laika fans, pulling projections below earlier $15 million-plus tracking. With no other animated titles in wide release and positive word-of-mouth building, the market now heavily favors the 10-12 million and 12-14 million brackets as the most probable outcomes.