What is the aspect ratio of the film WALL-E?

The film WALL-E has an aspect ratio of 2.39:1.

That wide frame gives the 2008 Pixar film a cinematic scope suited to its huge environments: the garbage-covered Earth, the vast emptiness of space, and the enormous Axiom starliner. The broad composition also lets director Andrew Stanton contrast WALL-E’s small, lonely figure with towering trash piles and expansive spacecraft interiors.

The most common confusion is 2.35:1. That figure is often used informally for older anamorphic widescreen presentation, while 2.39:1 is the modern theatrical specification associated with the film’s distributed image. Home-video listings, including high-definition releases, commonly identify WALL-E as 2.39:1.

The ratio is distinct from 1.85:1, a “flat” widescreen format, and 1.78:1, the 16:9 shape used by modern televisions. Letterboxing on a 16:9 screen preserves WALL-E’s wider theatrical composition by adding black bars above and below the picture.