Coyote vs. Acme opens at 95% on the Tomatometer

What happened

Coyote vs. Acme is in wide release as of Friday, Aug. 28, and the Rotten Tomatoes page for the film, checked Sunday morning, prints a 95% Tomatometer from 199 reviews and a 94% audience score on the Popcornmeter from 500-plus verified ratings. Those are the numbers as the site displays them. The critics consensus, copied as RT prints it, reads: “A daffy satire that's equal parts heart and wily humor, Coyote vs. Acme makes a triumphant case for the Looney Tunes' modern relevance with a sense of good-natured mischief that'd make even Bugs Bunny bow.” The page lists the movie as PG, 1 hour 41 minutes, in Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, and Animation, now playing, directed by Dave Green, written by Samy Burch, produced by Christopher DeFaria and James Gunn, and distributed by Ketchup Entertainment.

Rotten Tomatoes’ own synopsis is the plot we are sticking to. After decades of being blown up, flattened, tricked, and hurled off cliffs, Wile E. Coyote (Genius) teams with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery, played by Will Forte, and takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane, played by John Cena, plus ACME, Inc., the outfit behind the gadgets that keep failing him. That is the lawsuit comedy the scores are attached to. The page also surfaces critic blurbs that stay inside the same lane: Adam Nayman at The Ringer calls the satire matched by craftsmanship and affection for the characters; Thelma Adams at AARP Movies for Grownups writes that not since Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988 has there been such a funny, shrewd, and entertaining mix of live action and animation; Andrew Parker at The Gate calls it one of the funniest films of the year and the best of its kind since Roger Rabbit. Audience notes on the same page run from “so emotional with so much Heart” to people who liked the cartoon reels more than the human ones. We are not inventing a score or a consensus line. Those two percentages and that consensus sentence are what RT is showing.

Why it matters

A 95% Tomatometer on opening weekend is the critic half of the conversation, and a 94% Popcornmeter with 500-plus verified ratings is the audience half. Rotten Tomatoes is putting both on the same poster. The consensus is doing specific work: it is not calling the movie a nostalgia dump. It is calling it a satire with heart and wily humor that argues the Looney Tunes still belong on a modern screen, mischief included. That is the line the site wants quoted, so that is the line this recap quotes. Certified-fresh math is RT’s business. What this desk needs is the printed 95, the printed 94, the printed consensus, and the URL on the page we opened: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coyote_vs_acme.

The movie is also a timing story on that same page. Wide theatrical date Aug. 28, 2026. Runtime 1h 41m. Rating PG for cartoon violence and some language. Live action mixed with animation is the comparison every RT blurb keeps reaching for, and the comparison they keep naming is Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We are not adding a box-office estimate the page does not print. We are not grading the lawsuit as a legal seminar. We are filing what Rotten Tomatoes reports: a new family comedy in theaters, a coyote suing the company that sold him the rocket skates, and scores in the mid-90s on both meters. If you want the critic sentence, RT already wrote it. If you want the audience number, it is 94%.

Conclusion

Rotten Tomatoes has Coyote vs. Acme at 95% Tomatometer (199 reviews) and 94% audience (500+ verified), with a consensus that calls it daffy satire, heart plus wily humor, and mischief enough to make Bugs Bunny bow. Dave Green directed, Will Forte and John Cena are the human counsel, the coyote finally sues, and the picture opened wide on Aug. 28. The strip is the courtroom, the 95, the 94, and a bow under the marquee. Those scores are RT’s, copied as printed, not guessed.