Hotel Transylvania (franchise)

Hotel Transylvania
image	Hotel Transylvania logo.svg
Created by	Todd Durham
Owner	Sony Pictures Animation (Sony)
Print publications
Novel(s)	Kakieland Katastrophe My Little Monster-Sitter Motel Transylvania
Films and television
Film(s)	Hotel Transylvania (2012) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Hotel Transylvania 4 (2021)
Television series	Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–present)
Games
Video game(s)	Hotel Transylvania Social Game Hotel Transylvania Hotel Transylvania Dash Hotel Transylvania BooClips Deluxe App Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Hotel Transylvania Hotel Transylvania 2 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania is an American media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham. It consists of three theatrical films, three graphic novels and two short films produced by Sony Pictures Animation, as well as a TV series broadcast on Disney Channel and several video games. The series consists of an ensemble cast, usually led by the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez.

The first film, Hotel Transylvania, was released in September 2012, a sequel, Hotel Transylvania 2, was released in September 2015 and a third film, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, was released in July 2018. The films have received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide against a combined production budget of $245 million. A fourth installment tentatively called Hotel Transylvania: Transformania in released on 2021, The first Revival installment called Hotel Transylvania: Revivalation was set released on in-year. Hotel Transylvania: Secret of the Tomb is set to released on in-year.

Origin

Comedy writer Todd Durham conceived and created a bible for a multimedia franchise called Hotel Transylvania, consisting of several films, television series, video games, toys, books, merchandising, hotel chain, and theme park. After authoring the book of the same name, he took the package unsolicited to Columbia Pictures and set it up at Sony Pictures Animation where he became the first screenwriter on the project.

Feature films

Hotel Transylvania (film series)
Directed by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Produced by	Michelle Murdocca
Written by	Peter Baynham (1) Robert Smigel (1 & 2) Adam Sandler (2) Genndy Tartakovsky (3) Michael McCullers (3)
Based on	Characters  by Todd Durham
Starring	Adam Sandler Andy Samberg Selena Gomez
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	2012–present
Budget	$245 million (3 films)
Box office	$1.361 billion (3 films)

Original Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Main article(s): Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania was released on September 28, 2012, and is about a human named Jonathan (Andy Samberg), who unwittingly stumbles upon the hotel and instantly falls in love with Dracula's teenage daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), and eventually dates, despite Dracula's (Adam Sandler) attempts to keep Jonathan away from his daughter.

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Main article(s): Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania 2 was released on September 25, 2015, and is about Mavis and Johnny, who have a half-human/half-vampire son named Dennis. Mavis thinks Hotel Transylvania isn't the right place to raise Dennis and wants to raise him in California. When Dracula is disappointed that Dennis does not have any vampire abilities, he helps his friends make his grandson a vampire.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

Main article(s): Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

In November 2015, Sony Pictures Animation announced that Hotel Transylvania 3 would be released on September 21, 2018. This was later resolved during early 2017 when the new release date was pushed forward to July 13, 2018. Despite previously leaving the series to develop other projects, Genndy Tartakovsky returned as director for this installment. The third film is about Dracula unwittingly falling for Ericka, a descendant of monster hunter Van Helsing, while on a cruise ship with his family. It is the first film in the series not to be released in September, as well as the first one not to feature the hotel as its main setting.

Revival Hotel Transylvania

The Drac Pack is Revival

Television series

Main article(s): Hotel Transylvania: The Series

A television series based on the film premiered on June 25, 2017. Developed and produced by Nelvana Limited, in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation, the prequel series focuses on the teenage years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania. Sony Pictures Television handles distribution in the United States, while Nelvana distributes the series outside the United States. It is airing on the Disney Channel worldwide.

Short films

Goodnight Mr. Foot

Goodnight Mr. Foot is a traditionally animated short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Bigfoot from the film. Premiering in time for Halloween, on October 26, 2012, the short was shown exclusively in Regal Entertainment Group Cinemas, before the theatrical shows of Hotel Transylvania. As Sony Pictures Animation's first traditionally animated film, it was written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky himself, who also animated the short with the help of Rough Draft Studios. Animated in the style of Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, Tartakovsky created the short in four weeks during the final production stages of the main film. Bigfoot (who had a non-speaking role in Hotel Transylvania) was voiced by Corey Burton while the Witch Maid was voiced by Rose Abdoo. Both voice actors provided additional voices in Hotel Transylvania.

Taking place before the events of Hotel Transylvania, the short stars Bigfoot, whose rest in Hotel Transylvania is being constantly disturbed by an overly enthusiastic witch maid.

Puppy!

Main article(s): Puppy! (Hotel Transylvania short film)

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release Date	Box Office Gross			All Time Ranking		Budget (millions)	References
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	Domestic	Worldwide
Hotel Transylvania	September 28, 2012	$148,313,048	$210,062,555	$358,375,603	359	339	$85
Hotel Transylvania 2	September 25, 2015	$169,700,110	$305,099,890	$474,800,000	282	215	$80
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	July 13, 2018	$167,510,016	$359,553,924	$527,063,940	290	187	$80
Total		$485,523,174	$874,716,369	$1,360,239,543	23	16	$245

Critical and public response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Hotel Transylvania	44% (144 reviews)	47 (32 reviews)	A–
Hotel Transylvania 2	56% (108 reviews)	44 (24 reviews)	A–
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	62% (115 reviews)	54 (23 reviews)	A–

Cast and characters

See also: List of Hotel Transylvania characters

Characters	Films			Short films		Television series
	Hotel Transylvania	Hotel Transylvania 2	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	Goodnight Mr. Foot	Puppy!	Hotel Transylvania: The Series
	2012	2015	2018	2012	2017	2017—present
Count Dracula	Adam Sandler			Silent role	Adam Sandler	David Berni
Mavis	Selena Gomez	Selena Gomez			Selena Gomez	Bryn McAuley
	Sadie Sandler (young)
Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran	Andy Samberg				Andy Samberg
Frankenstein	Kevin James					Paul Braunstein
Wayne	Steve Buscemi
Murray	CeeLo Green	Keegan-Michael Key
Griffin	David Spade					N/A
Eunice	Fran Drescher
Wanda	Molly Shannon
Winnie	Sadie Sandler
Blobby	Silent cameo	Jonny Solomon	Genndy Tartakovsky	Silent cameo
Bigfoot	Animal sounds only			Corey Burton	Silent cameo	Animal sounds only
Quasimodo	Jon Lovitz					Scott McCord
Martha	Jackie Sandler	Painting
Dennis		Asher Blinkoff	Asher Blinkoff		Asher Blinkoff
		Sunny Sandler (infant)
Mike Loughran		Nick Offerman
Linda Loughran		Megan Mullally
Vlad		Mel Brooks
Dana		Dana Carvey
Bela		Rob Riggle
Kakie		Chris Kattan
Cardinal			Troy Baker
Ericka Van Helsing			Kathryn Hahn
Professor Abraham Van Helsing			Jim Gaffigan
Stan			Chris Parnell
Kraken			Joe Jonas
Crystal		N/A	Chrissy Teigen
Tinkles			Joe Whyte		Joe Whyte
Aunt Lydia						Dan Chameroy
Wendy Blob						Evany Rosen
Hank N. Stein						Gage Munroe
Pedro						Joseph Motiki
Uncle Gene						Patrick McKenna

• A grey cell indicates character did not appear in that medium.

Crew

Role	Films				Television series
	Hotel Transylvania	Hotel Transylvania 2	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	Hotel Transylvania: Secret of the Tomb	Hotel Transylvania: The Series
	2012	2015	2018	2021	2017–present
Director	Genndy Tartakovsky			TBA	Robin Budd
Producer	Michelle Murdocca				Jane Crawford
Co-producer(s)	Lydia Bottegoni	Skye Lyons	Carey A. Smith		N/A
Executive producer(s)	Adam Sandler Robert Smigel Allen Covert	Adam Sandler Robert Smigel Allen Covert Ben Waisbren	N/A		Rick Mischel Scott Dyer Irene Weibel
Writer(s)	Screenplay by: Peter Baynham Robert Smigel Story by: Todd Durham Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman	Robert Smigel Adam Sandler	Genndy Tartakovsky Michael McCullers	Michael McCullers	Various
		Based on Characters Created by: Todd Durham
Composer(s)	Mark Mothersbaugh			TBA	Stephen Skratt Asher Lenz
Editor(s)	Catherine Apple		Joyce Arrastia		N/A
Production Company	Sony Pictures Animation
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing				Sony Pictures Television

Chronology

1. Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–present)
2. Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012)
3. Hotel Transylvania (2012)
4. Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
5. Puppy! (2017)
6. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
7. Hotel Transylvania: Secret of the Tomb (2021)

Video games

A social game based on the film, titled Hotel Transylvania Social Game and made by Sony Pictures Interactive, was released on August 15, 2012. The game allows players to create their own Hotel Transylvania, where they must take care of the hotel's guests.

Another video game, titled Hotel Transylvania, developed by WayForward Technologies and published by GameMill Entertainment, was released on September 18, 2012, for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS at retail. The game was also released in the Nintendo eShop in North America on November 15, 2012.

A mobile game, titled Hotel Transylvania Dash, developed by Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc. and PlayFirst, was released to iTunes App Store on September 20, 2012. The game is a variation of Hotel Dash and features the film's art and characters.

A mobile digital storybook app, titled Hotel Transylvania BooClips Deluxe, developed by Castle Builders and Sony Pictures Animation, was released on the iTunes App Store, Nook Store, Google Play for Android, iBookstore, Microsoft's Metro, and for PC and Mac via BooClips, both in English and in Spanish, on September 20, 2012.

A third video game based on Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Hotel Transylvania 3 Monsters Overboard, published by Outright Games, was released on July 13, 2018.

Theme park attractions

Hotel Transylvania is a dark ride that has been featured at the Columbia Pictures zone at Motiongate Dubai since late 2016.

External links

• Hotel Transylvania at the Internet Movie Database
• Hotel Transylvania 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation at the Internet Movie Database

v - e - d

Films by Sony Pictures Animation Computer-animated films Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) Live-action/animated films The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) Produced with Aardman Animations Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios The Animals in the Attic (2019) • The Secret Life of Animals 2 (2019) • Shaun and Roger: Roger Breaks the Internet (2019) • Dimensions (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Hoverboard (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Spectrum (2020) Upcoming films Connected (2020) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2020) • Wish Dragon (2020) • Vivo (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • Jerry & Will (2021) • Voltron (2021) • Hotel Transylvania 4 (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (2022) • Spider-Woman (TBA) • Spider-Ham (TBA) Direct-to-video films Open Season 2 (2008) • Open Season 3 (2010) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017) Short films The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Hair Love (2019) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) Series by Sony Pictures Animation Television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–) • The Boondocks (2021) Online series Go! Cartoons (2017–18) Relations Franchise Open Season (2006–15) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–present) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–present) See also Sony Pictures Imageworks • Cartoon Hangover • Screen Gems Cartoons • Unproduced Sony Pictures Animation projects • Sony Pictures Animation/Gallery • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)

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