Buddy
“It's Buddy!”
Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy - bright orange unicorn - spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.
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Cast
28 people
Keegan-Michael Key
Buddy / Dark Buddy (voice)
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Delaney Quinn
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Caleb Williams
Wade
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Cristin Milioti
Grace
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Topher Grace
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Patton Oswalt
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Michael Shannon
Willie (voice)
Known for
The Shape of Water
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Clint Howard
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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Bennie Taylor
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Phuong Kubacki
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Casper Kelly Director · Jamie King Writer Michael Yezerski Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $3M · United States release August 28, 2026
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$26,973,941
Gross vs. budget
9.0×
Production
BoulderLight Pictures
Production
Low Spark Films
Production
SIPUR
Production
Substance
Production
United States · Israel
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 22, 2026
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 28, 2026
Theatrical
United States · October 13, 2026
Digital
United States
March 16, 2026 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film & TV Festival
April 10, 2026 · Premiere · Cleveland International Film Festival
April 11, 2026 · Premiere · Overlook Film Festival
August 1, 2026 · Premiere · Oak Cliff Film Festival
August 12, 2026 · Premiere · Film at Lincoln Center: Scary Movies
October 2, 2026 · Limited theatrical · The Sing-Along Version
December 8, 2026 · Physical
Australia
November 25, 2026 · Theatrical
Canada
August 1, 2026 · Premiere · Fantasia Festival
August 27, 2026 · Limited theatrical
August 28, 2026 · Theatrical
Egypt
August 31, 2026 · Theatrical
France
September 5, 2026 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
Germany
September 4, 2026 · Premiere · Fantasy Filmfest
October 28, 2026 · Theatrical
Italy
December 2, 2026 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Imagine Fantastic Film Festival
Poland
December 4, 2026 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
September 17, 2026 · Theatrical
Saudi Arabia
September 26, 2026 · Theatrical
Spain
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
Türkiye
November 27, 2026 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 28, 2026 · Premiere · FrightFest
November 27, 2026 · Theatrical
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