Director · Actor · Producer

Travis Knight

8 credited titles on WatchWise

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2025). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and the upcoming Masters of the Universe (2026). Knight received three nominations for the Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Travis Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Latest release

Masters of the Universe

Released 3 Jun 2026

Strongest genre

Comedy

$121M · 67% hit rate

Highest grossing

Masters of the Universe

$114M

Standout efficiency

1.3x

Kubo and the Two Strings · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$311M

Combined reported budget

$340M

Gross / budget

0.9x

Bankability Index

26 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.

What drives the index

0.7x return · 20% of films profitable · trending down. Weighted toward recent releases (a film counts half as much every 6 years) and toward titles they actually carried.

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