The Animals in the Attic

The Animals in the Attic is an 2019 American adventure drama comedy action film featuring the anamorphic animals and was directed by Carlos Saldanha from a screenplay by Chris Williams, Nicholas Stoller and Sergio Pablos. The movie title was distributed by Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and was produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Pascal Pictures, Davis Entertainment and 1492 Pictures. The movie title was theatrically released on February 22, 2019 along with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

Plans for The Animals in the Attic to be developed by Jamie Chung were first revealed in 2014, and officially announced by Bex Taylor-Klaus in September 7, 2015. Completing the animation for the film required up to 140 animators, the largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film to date.

The Animals in the Attic had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on February 8, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2019 and the United States on February 22, 2018. It has grossed at $2.144 million worldwide against a $100 million budget. The film received praise for its animation, characters, story, voice acting, humor, and soundtrack. It won Best Animated Feature Film at the 46th Annie Awards, the 76th Golden Globe Awards, the 24th Critics' Choice Awards, the 72nd BAFTA Film Awards, and earned numerous other accolades, including a Best Animated Feature nomination at the 91st Academy Awards. A sequel is in development.

Cast

 * Steve Carell as Earl
 * Jason Siegel as Robert
 * Damon Wayans Jr. as Joseph
 * Ryan Potter as Steve
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Addison
 * Gary Trousdale as Monty
 * Gal Gadot as Claire
 * Jamie Chung as Nancy
 * Bex Taylor-Klaus as Amanda
 * John C. Reilly as Christopher
 * Calvin Harris as Gabriel

Production
In 2014, Jamie Chung announced that the film's name will be in development for its plan and were first revealed in 2014. The movie title was in production in November 7, 2014 for the theatrical released of Big Hero 6 and was officially announced by Bex Taylor-Klaus in September 7, 2015 but with Steve Carell, Ryan Potter, Damon Wayans Jr., Jason Siegel and Jamie Chung lead the voice roles. The film was animated by Movie Land Digital Production Services, who had also provided animation for the Movie Land Animation Studios' Birds 2 and the Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and utilized Autodesk Maya for the animation process. Gary Trousdale was originally the film's director, but was replaced by Carlos Saldanha.

Sound services
The post-production sound services for the film was edited, customized, designed and recorded at Skywalker Sound at Marin County, California in the United States of America and Disney Digital Studio Services at Burbank, California in the United States of America with Addison Teague designing the sound and Shannon Mills supervising the sound editorial.

Music
The score for the film was composed by Henry Jackman. The songs were written by Calvin Harris. The film originally had no songs until six months into production when the suggestion of making the film a musical came from Toby Emmerich who was recently elected as chairman of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group at the time. The score was mixed and recorded by Alan Meyerson at Remote Control Productions.

During the end credits, the first credit-song was "Zero", performed by Imagine Dragons and the second credit-song was "Thinking About You", performed by Calvin Harris featuring Ayah Marar.

Release
The Animals in the Attic had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on February 8, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2019 in 2D and 3D and the United States on February 22, 2018 by Sony Pictures Releasing in IMAX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 2D along with the DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

Marketing

 * The teaser trailer was released on March 25, 2018 and was shown before Ready Player One and Major Lazer: The Movie
 * The first trailer was released on July 1, 2018 and was shown before Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Christopher Robin
 * The second trailer was released on September 7, 2018 and was shown before Smallfoot, Night School, Little Women, Smash of Claws and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
 * The final trailer was released on December 1, 2018 and was shown before Stuart Little, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sarcastics, Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee: The Movie

Home media
The Animals in the Attic was released on Digital on iTunes, Movies Anywhere, Microsoft Store, Vudu and Amazon Prime on May 7, 2019 It was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-Ray 3D, 4K Ultra and Digital Copy on May 21, 2019. The releases also included a short film, titled Earl's Work.

Box office
The Animals in the Attic has grossed $2.144 million in the United States against a $100 million budget. The movie title has also grossed $2.149 million in Canada and $244.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $293.6 million. The film received praise for its animation, characters, story, voice acting, humor, and soundtrack.

In the United States and Canada, The Animals in the Attic was released alongside How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and was projected to gross $30–50 million from 4,131 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $6.5 million on its first day, including $850,000 from Thursday night previews, more than The Emoji Movie. It went on to debut to $59 million, finishing second at the box office behind Smallfoot and Sarcastics. It made $54.3 million in its second weekend and $19.9 million in its third, dropping 27% each time and finishing third and fifth, respectively.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 76% based on 113 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Animals in the Attic" offers a colorful distraction that should keep younger viewers entertained - and a story whose message might even resonate with older audiences." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

Accolades
It won Best Animated Feature Film at the 46th Annie Awards, the 76th Golden Globe Awards, the 24th Critics' Choice Awards, the 72nd BAFTA Film Awards, and earned numerous other accolades, including a Best Animated Feature nomination at the 91st Academy Awards alongside the Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.