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Sony Pictures Animation
USINFO | 2014-06-17 15:17
| Type | Subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Industry | Animated film industry |
| Founded | May 2002 |
| Headquarters | Culver City, California, United States |
| Key people | Michelle Raimo Kouyate, President |
| Products | Animated films |
| Owner(s) | Sony Corporation |
| Employees | 50 (2013) |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Website | www.sonypicturesanimation.com |
Sony Pictures Animation is an American animated film production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in May 2002. It works closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which handles digital production. Theatrical releases are distributed by Columbia Pictures, and direct-to-video releases are distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The studio's first feature film Open Season was released in 2006, followed by a series direct-to-video films. Other work includes The Smurfs film series and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Filmography
Feature films
Released films
| # | Title | Release date | Budget | Gross | RT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Season | September 29, 2006 | $85,000,000 | $197,309,027 | 48% |
| 2 | Surf's Up | June 8, 2007 | $100,000,000 | $149,044,513 | 78% |
| 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | September 18, 2009 | $100,000,000 | $243,006,126 | 87% |
| 4 | The Smurfs | July 29, 2011 | $110,000,000 | $563,749,323 | 22% |
| 5 | Arthur Christmas | November 23, 2011 | $100,000,000 | $147,419,472 | 91% |
| 6 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | April 27, 2012 | $55,000,000 | $123,054,041 | 86% |
| 7 | Hotel Transylvania | September 28, 2012 | $85,000,000 | $346,903,784 | 45% |
| 8 | The Smurfs 2 | July 31, 2013 | $105,000,000 | $347,545,360 | 14% |
| 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | September 27, 2013 | $78,000,000 | $274,325,949 | 70% |
Upcoming films
| Title | Release date | Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | September 25, 2015 | |
| Untitled The Smurfs reboot | August 5, 2016 | |
| Untitled film | September 23, 2016 | |
| Popeye | 2016 | |
| Untitled film | September 22, 2017 |
Films in development
| Title | Refs. |
|---|---|
| RollerCoaster Tycoon | |
| Make My Own Monster | |
| Muncle Trogg | |
| How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack | |
| Instant Karma | |
| Chickenhare | |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon | |
| How to Live Forever | |
| Secret Histories | |
| Untitled David Sussman Project | |
| Untitled Tonka Trucks film | |
| Kazorn and the Unicorn | |
| ALF | |
| Manimal | |
| The Familiars | |
| Genndy Tartakovsky's Can You Imagine? |
Direct-to-video
| # | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Season 2 | January 27, 2009 |
| 2 | Open Season 3 | January 25, 2011 |
Short films
| # | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The ChubbChubbs! | July 3, 2002 |
| 2 | Early Bloomer | May 9, 2003 |
| 3 | Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run | January 30, 2007 |
| 4 | The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas | August 8, 2007 |
| 5 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | December 2, 2011 |
| 6 | So You Want to Be a Pirate! | August 28, 2012 |
| 7 | Goodnight Mr. Foot | October 26, 2012 |
| 8 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | September 10, 2013 |
| 9 | Super Manny | October 2, 2013 |
| 10 | Earl Scouts | October 11, 2013 |
| 11 | Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear | January 28, 2014 |
| 12 | Steve's First Bath | January 28, 2014 |
