#1,573 All-time worldwide

#22 2026 releases

Movie profile

The Sheep Detectives

Name: The Sheep Detectives
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Family
Released: 2026-04-30
Duration: 109 min

2026 · 109 min · Working Title Films

Mystery Comedy Family

“A new breed of mystery.”

IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

7.5/10 34,966 user votes

72/100 Metascore

95% Tomatometer

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $128.7M

Budget $75.0M

Gross minus budget $53.7M

ROI 1.72x

Domestic gross

$55.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$73.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sheep Detectives ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,573 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2026 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2026. Studio / company #9 Working Title Films of 35 titles Position inside the mapped Working Title Films movie set. Primary genre #108 Mystery of 982 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#1,570 Space Cowboys 2000 · $128.9M #1,571 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 · $128.8M #1,572 The Nutty Professor 1996 · $128.8M #1,574 The Heartbreak Kid 2007 · $128.5M #1,575 Pan 2015 · $128.4M #1,576 Step Brothers 2008 · $128.1M

Quick answer

How did The Sheep Detectives (2026) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Sheep Detectives (2026) earned a reported $128.7M worldwide against a reported $75.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $53.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.72x. In this database it currently ranks #1,573 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 2026 releases.

Worldwide gross: $128,680,145
Budget: $75,000,000
Gross minus budget: $53,680,145
ROI: 1.72x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Apr 30, 2026
Production: Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, Amazon MGM Studios
Director: Kyle Balda
Writers: Craig Mazin, Leonie Swann
Countries: US, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWorking Title Films Release year chart2026 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily

Ratings

IMDb, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores.

7.5/10 34,966 user votes

72/100 Metascore

95% Tomatometer

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2026, The Sheep Detectives is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Comedy, Family title from Working Title Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $128.7M, reported production budget is $75.0M, gross-minus-budget is $53.7M, ROI is 1.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,573 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 2026 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.