Coraline’s Box Office Success 14 Years Later Drives Home Lesson That Hollywood Refuses To Learn

The 2009 animated film Coraline recently outpaced several major cinematic releases at the box office, underscoring a fact that studios have been ignoring for years. Coraline is a stop-motion animated film from Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick, adapted from Neil Gaiman’s novella of the same name. It follows Coraline, a young girl who discovers a portal to an alternate world populated by idealized yet sinister versions of her family and neighbors. The movie, critically acclaimed and widely beloved, is now considered one of the best stop-motion films of all time.