Hunt for the Wilderpeople
“Nature just got gangster.”
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Studio
Defender Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Hunt for the Wilderpeople performed
Budget
$2.5M
Worldwide Gross
$23.9M
Gross Profit
$21.4M
Return
9.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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