Overview
- The Dec. 22 date currently faces only a Universal event title that day, with Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Secret Wars and New Line's The Hunt for Gollum opening Dec. 17.
- Sony describes Buds as an original animated comedy about talking plants, with no filmmaker or cast announced.
- The timing update followed Sony's report that 'Goat' earned $35.1 million over the four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day frame in North America, the strongest original animated opening in three years.
- Sony also reported 'Goat' topping Sunday and Monday charts and reaching $60.8 million worldwide as of Feb. 17.
- Buds had been set for March 12, 2027 before shifting into the Christmas corridor.