Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D
computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series
, produced by Blue Sky Studios
and distributed by 20th Century Fox
. The film features the voices of Ray Romano
, John Leguizamo
, Denis Leary
, Queen Latifah
, Seann William Scott
, Josh Peck
, Simon Pegg
, and Chris Wedge
.
The story has Sid being taken by a female Tyrannosaurus rex after stealing her eggs, leading the rest of the protagonists to rescue him in a tropical lost world inhabited by dinosaur
s beneath the ice. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the fourth highest grossing animated film of all time with $886.7 million worldwide, behind only Toy Story 3
with $1.063 billion, The Lion King
with $920.9 million and Shrek 2
with $919.8 million.
) and Manny (Ray Romano
) are expecting their first child, and Manny is obsessed with making life perfect and safe for the family, since his first experiences as a husband and father went bad when his family was killed by hunters. At the same time, Diego (Denis Leary
) finds himself unable to catch a cocky gazelle
(Bill Hader
) he has been stalking and decides to leave the herd, believing that he is losing his predatory nature as a tiger. Sid (John Leguizamo
) grows jealous of Manny and Ellie and "adopts" three apparently abandoned eggs that he finds in an icy underground cavern and call them Eggbert, Shelly, and Yoko. Manny tells him to put them back (saying Sid would never make a good parent, saying, "First sign: Stealing someone else's eggs. Second sign: One of them almost became a omelette"), but Sid instead looks after the eggs, which hatch into baby Tyrannosaurus
the next morning.
Although Sid tries his best to raise the three dinosaurs, their rambunctious behavior scares away all the other animals' young and ruins a playground Manny built for Ellie's baby. A female Tyrannosaurus, Momma, whose eggs Sid stole, soon returns and carries both Sid and her young underground, with Diego in pursuit. Manny, Ellie, Crash, and Eddie (Seann William Scott
, Josh Peck
) follow as well and discover that the icy cavern leads to a vast jungle populated by dinosaurs thought to be extinct. Here, an Ankylosaurus
threatens the herd despite Diego's efforts to fend it off; they are saved from a further crowd of angry reptiles by an insane, one-eyed weasel
named Buckminster, or Buck (Simon Pegg
).
Buck has been living in this jungle for some time and is chasing Rudy, a large albino Baryonyx
, with the intention of avenging the loss of his right eye at Rudy's hands. He agrees to lead the herd through the jungle's perils to Lava Falls, where Momma has taken Sid and her babies. At one point, they have to cross the "Chasm of Death" which is filled with gas fumes (a mixture of helium
and laughing gas
, causing anyone who breathes in it to laugh uncontrollably while speaking in a high-pitched voice). Although the gas is not the actual cause of death, victims usually cannot stop laughing and thus die while trying to cross the chasm. Eventually the group manages to cross the chasm. In the meantime, Sid and Momma try to outdo each other in feeding the offspring; he loses this contest, but is soon welcomed into the family regardless. The next day, however, Sid is separated from the family and attacked by Rudy. Sid is knocked onto a loose rock slab that is floating on a river of lava
and about to plummet over the falls.
As the herd moves toward Lava Falls, Ellie goes into labor and a Guanlong
pack strikes, causing a rock slide that separates her from Manny and Diego. Manny doubles back to protect her and Diego fends off further attacks, while Buck takes Crash and Eddie ahead to rescue Sid. Just as he goes over the falls, the trio swoops in on a commandeered Pteranodon
only to be chased by a flock of Quetzalcoatlus
on the way and saves his life. Manny reaches Ellie, and there is suddenly a reaction, the cry of a newborn baby, then he sees that it is a girl. He wants to name her Ellie, or Little Ellie, but Ellie instead names her Peaches after the fruit
(and the codeword they had chosen for Ellie to use if she went into labor during the trip). Sid is saddened at the fact that he never had a chance to say goodbye to "his" children as he returns to the herd and learns of Peaches' birth.
As they venture back to the tunnel, they are shocked to discover Rudy lurking inside of the entrance. Rudy exits the tunnel and attacks at full force; Buck lures Rudy away from the group and is nearly eaten himself, before Diego saves him at the last second. Manny, Sid, Diego, and Buck manage to ensnare Rudy and knock him unconscious, but as they begin to leave, Sid trips over one of the ropes and breaks it. Rudy quickly recovers and escapes, and is about to attack Sid when Momma arrives on the scene, charging at Rudy and knocking him off a cliff before roaring her victory. As she and her children wish Sid well, Buck – now without a purpose in life since Rudy is gone – decides to join the herd and live on the surface. However, a distant roar tells him that Rudy is still alive; he changes his mind and sends the herd home, blocking off the path to the underground jungle at the same time, so nobody else can go down there anymore. Manny and Ellie welcome Peaches into their frozen world and admit that Sid did a good job looking after Momma's children (though Manny tells Diego that he will never let Sid babysit Peaches). Diego decides to remain with the herd, while Buck stays where he wants to be: underground, battling it out with Rudy.
, the film opens with the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat (Chris Wedge
), who does everything he can to retrieve his precious acorn
. This time, he falls in love with his female counterpart Scratte (Karen Disher), with the song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
" by Lou Rawls
playing in the background, but an acorn appears instead after the music stops. The two fight over the acorn with Scratte is flung off the ground. As Scrat tries to save her, the two hold onto the acorn and the music starts back. Suddenly, she demonstrates her ability to glide like a flying squirrel
, leaving Scrat falling to the ground. The two eventually fall in love after Scrat saves her from falling to her death
in the lava
river while she is unconscious
. He even chooses to focus his attention on her instead of the acorn until the end of the film, when he tires of her finicky nature and reverts to his old ways. The ensuing fight between the couple leads to a volcanic explosion (caused by Scratte, due to slamming the acorn into the ground like Scrat had done before, though he tried to warn her of what would happen if she did) that hurls Scrat and the acorn back to the surface, leaving Scratte trapped underground. However, as Scrat is about to enjoy his acorn, a stray piece of ice falls on him and knocks the acorn back into Scratte's hands. He screams in frustration, having lost both his acorn and Scratte.
or a Shangri-la
in the middle of snow," and added the dinosaurs to the story. Character designer Peter de Sève welcomed the new plot addition, since he could not think of any other giant mammal to put into the story. The "lost world" approach led to colorful dinosaurs, because "the dinosaurs didn't have to be just brown, and you can take liberties because no one knows what color they were", according to de Sève. Rudy's design was inspired by the Baryonyx
because of his crocodile-like look, which de Sève considered even more menacing than the T. rex.
The film was released in RealD Cinema where available. The release sparked some controversy when Fox announced that it would no longer pay to supply 3D glasses to theaters, which led to a number of exhibitors threatening to only show the film in standard 2D projection.
The film's original trailer debuted with the film Horton Hears a Who!
on March 14, 2008, then online on April 7, 2008. There are three others that have been released, with the third and fourth (which shows Buck) being the most closely resembling each other. Queen Latifah
recorded a cover of the song "Walk the Dinosaur
".
reported that 45% of critics gave positive reviews based on 152 reviews with an average score of 5.4/10. Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 37% based on 27 reviews. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film an average score of 51% based on 23 reviews.
However, Roger Ebert
gave the film three and a half stars out of four claiming that " Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the best of the three films about our friends in the inter-species herd of plucky prehistoric heroes. And it involves some of the best use of 3-D I've seen in an animated feature." Lou Lumenik of the New York Post
awarded the film 3 stars stating that the film is "much more of an emphasis on action in this nicely crafted, fast-paced sequel." Keith Phipps of the A.V. Club graded the film a C+ claiming the sequel "throws its commitment to the era away with movie number three, a ploy sure to anger Ice Age purists everywhere." Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer enjoyed the "film's animation art is Seuss-imaginative", but panned "the flatness of the story and indifferent voicework all the more obvious."
and $690,113,112 overseas, which gives it a worldwide gross of $886,686,817. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide behind Avatar and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
, the 23rd highest grossing film of all time worldwide and has the fourth-highest gross for an animation movie, behind Toy Story 3
($1,063.2 million), Shrek 2
($919.8 million) and The Lion King
($889.3 million). In overseas earnings, the film overtook Finding Nemo
to become the highest-grossing animated movie overseas. It also became the highest-grossing animated film worldwide in 2009. The film currently holds the seventh highest overseas gross of all time after Avatar ($2,021.8 million), Titanic
($1,242.4 million), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($937.0 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
($798.5 million), Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($762.2 million), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
($742.1 million). It set a worldwide opening weekend record for an animated feature ($218.4 million), a record previously held by The Simpsons Movie
($170.9 million). It marks the second highest-grossing film of 20th Century Fox
for 2009 after Avatar and stands as the studio's third largest film of all time behind the latter and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
($924.3 million).
It currently holds many records in countries around the world.
, although it had a Wednesday release and therefore burned off attendance until the weekend. Studio estimates showed it tying the previous week's champion Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
, but the actual grosses showed Transformers as the victor for that weekend. The film was a box-office success becoming 20th Century Fox's third best 2009 release in the U.S.A. and Canada behind Avatar and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
. It is the third-highest-grossing animated feature of 2009 in North America where Up
($293,004,164) and Monsters Vs. Aliens
($198,351,526) predominated. It hardly out-grossed its predecessor, Ice Age: The Meltdown
which earned $195,330,621 three years before, but was way behind the two first Ice Age movies in estimated attendance.
In Russia
and the Commonwealth of Independent States
, it had an opening weekend of $16,399,670, marking the sixth largest of all time behind Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides's $26,753,256, Avatar's $19,732,998, Shrek Forever After
's $19,655,930, Transformers 3's $16,945,064 and Samiy luchshiy film
's $16,484,460. It ultimately earned $44,572,301 also to become the sixth highest-grossing film of all time behind Avatar ($112,964,113), On Stranger Tides ($63,411,665), Shrek 4 ($51,362,770), Transformers 3 ($44,911,501) and Ironiya sudby Prodolzhenie ($50,009,796) and the second-highest-grossing animated film behind Shrek 4. In Hungary
, it has grossed $4,101,370 being the highest-grossing animated movie and the third-highest-grossing film on the all-time chart. In Poland
, it had a $2,033,761 start during its first weekend and grossed $13,316,123 in total. It is the third best animated movie behind Shrek the Third
($18,014,551) and Shrek Forever After ($17,262,308) and the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar ($26,135,805), Lejdis ($18,484,522), the second and third Shrek sequels and Titanic ($14,078,241). In Slovakia
, it earned $2,352,170 landing on the second place of the all-time chart behind Avatar ($2,916,247). In the Czech Republic
, it grossed $5,322,866 becoming the highest-grossing animated picture of all time, the second-highest-grossing film of 2009 behind Avatar, and the fifth highest-grossing movie on the all-time chart. In Romania
, it opened at $473,049 and ended with $2,318,561 becoming the highest-grossing animated picture in the country and the second highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar. In Bulgaria
, the film had the largest opening weekend ever ($494,393) and became the second-biggest all-time box-office hit with $1,911,760 behind Avatar ($3,406,100).
In the United Kingdom
, Ireland
and Malta
, it earned $12,474,502 in its opening weekend and ended with £34,872,218 ($56,859,040) to become the 3rd highest-grossing film of 2009 and the highest-grossing animation movie of 2009, edging out Up
($55,413,275). In Finland
, it earned $4,971,898 to become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time and it ranks sixth on the all-time chart for all movies. In Norway
, it is the highest grossing animated film with $12,597,388 and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. In Sweden
, it made $7,908,996 in total. It is the highest-grossing animation movie of 2009, the third-highest of all time behind Ratatouille
($8,372,846) and Tangled ($8,136,288), while among all 2009 releases it ranks sixth. In Denmark
, it edged past the $7 million mark to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the seventh highest-grossing movie of 2009. In Estonia
, it stands as the highest-grossing film of all time with $1,178,779 and it was the first film to surpass the $1 million mark. In Latvia
, it is the second-highest-grossing picture ever (with $820,586) behind Avatar. In Lithuania
, it is the highest-grossing animated picture with $1,322,100 and the second-highest-grossing film behind Avatar ($1,391,066). It is the first film that crossed the $1 million mark in this country.
In Spain
, it had a $7,563,283 opening and finished its box-office run with $32,142,485. It fell to third place among 2009 releases behind Avatar ($93,868,373) and Up ($37,052,520). It ranks fourth on the list of modern animation movies, after record-breaking Up, Shrek 2 ($34,952,797) and Toy Story 3 ($33,154,762). Also, on the all time chart of this country it ranks tenth. Spain was the only European country where Up out-grossed Ice Age 3. In Portugal
and Angola
, its earnings reached $5,655,751 making it the second biggest animated picture behind Shrek 4, which made $6,323,776, and the fourth biggest film of all time behind the latter, Avatar ($9,294,777) and Titanic ($5,814,394). In Italy
, it earned $43,860,019 to become the best animated picture and the third highest-grossing film of all time behind Avatar ($82,166,713), Titanic ($67,953,353) and Che Bella Giornata
($62,595,481). In Greece
, it is currently the highest-grossing animated film having grossed $4,705,076. In Serbia
and Montenegro
, it grossed $484,944 ranking first among animation films on the all-time chart and it is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time. In Slovenia
, it earned $1,268,299 to become the third-highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar and Titanic and the highest-grossing animated film. In Croatia
, it earned $726,552 to become the highest-grossing animated film ever in the country and the fourth highest-grossing picture of 2009 behind Avatar ($1,646,183), Fly Me to the Moon ($1,004,708) and Slumdog Millionaire
($800,872).
In France
and the Maghreb
region, it opened with $14,835,220 and to ultimately gross $69,240,468. It is therefore the second-highest-grossing of 2009 behind Avatar, the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time in the territory and the highest-grossing animated film of all time. In Belgium
and Luxembourg
, it opened with $1,599,339 and became the 8th highest-grossing film in the region with $9,755,324 and the largest animated movie. In the Netherlands
, it earned $1,380,911 in its first weekend and finished with $13,453,093, becoming the highest-grossing animation film ever. In Germany
, its highest-grossing market after the U.S.A. and Canada, Ice Age 3 earned $16,228,605 in its opening weekend and finished with $82,199,367 trailing only Avatar ($142,184,361), Titanic ($129,974,110) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($87,481,674) on the all-time chart. It is also the highest-grossing animated film in the country. In Austria
, it opened at $2,585,519 marking one of the largest opening weekends and eventually became the highest-grossing animated film and the second-highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar.
, Ice Age 3 grossed $4,557,572 on its opening weekend and reached $45,373,371 by the end of its run. It is the largest animated box-office hit ever and the fourth highest-grossing film on the all time list, behind Titanic ($70,460,123), Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro ($62,927,562) and Avatar ($58,218,829). In Argentina
, it made $8,069,767 and standing as the 7th highest-grossing animated movie ever, behind Toy Story 3, Shrek 4, Cars 2
, Rio
, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Tangled. In Chile
, Ice Age 3 ($7,125,445) was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until Toy Story 3 surpassed it with a $8,755,357 total. In Colombia
, as in Chile, it had the highest gross for an animated movie ever ($8,337,569) but was overtaken by Toy Story 3 ($10,637,930). On the all-time chart it is third behind the latter and Avatar ($13,620,596). In Ecuador
, it is also the second-biggest animated film (with $2,448,394) behind Toy Story 3 ($2,463,422) and the third highest-grossing film of all time after the latter and Avatar ($2,688,596). In Peru
, it is the highest-grossing animated movie with $4,812,886 and ranks second on the all-time list of highest-grossing movies behind Avatar ($5,236,550). In Uruguay
, it is the highest-grossing animation film of all time with $1,001,818 and the third-highest-grossing movie ever behind Titanic ($2,137,938) and Avatar ($1,195,413). In Venezuela
, it earned $11,644,527 becoming the only movie that ever grossed more than $10 million in the country and therefore the highest-grossing movie of all time.
, it opened with $1,889,597 marking the second-largest opening weekend for an animated feature behind Toy Story 3's $3,239,287 and it eventually grossed $4,191,440 which represents the fourth highest gross for an animated film after Toy Story 3 ($11,502,322), The Incredibles
($4,327,596) and Up ($4,325,709).
, it earned $24,725,499 and fell behind Up
(which grossed $25,296,200) to rank second among 2009 animation movies and tenth among all-time animated releases. In New Zealand
and Fiji
, it grossed $4,024,380 ranking first among 2009 animated films and fourth on the all-time animated-movie-list behind the first and second Shrek sequels and Toy Story 3. Among all 2009 pictures, it ranked fifth.
Blu-ray Disc
and standard DVD
in North America
on October 27, 2009 and in the United Kingdom
on November 23, 2009. Two versions of the DVD exist: a single-disc DVD, and a "Scrat Pack" Double DVD Pack with three Scrat games.
The 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack includes a Blu-ray, the single-disc DVD, and a Digital Copy, as well as an Ice Age digital story book maker, commentary by director Carlos Saldanha
, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, two Scrat shorts, and a how-to-draw Scrat tutorial with the filmmakers.
On September 21, 2010, a 3D DVD was released as a two-disc set, with the first disc being the TrioScopics 3D version and the second disc being the 2D version.
on July 13, 2012. Ray Romano
, Queen Latifah
, John Leguizamo
, Denis Leary
and Chris Wedge
are expected to reprise their roles as Manny, Ellie, Sid, Diego and Scrat.
was released on the Xbox 360
, Wii
, PlayStation 3
, PlayStation 2
, Games for Windows
, and Nintendo DS
on June 30, 2009. A demo was made available in the Xbox Live Marketplace
on June 15, 2009.
The game allows the player to take control of Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, Scratte and Buck as they take on or run away from dangerous dinosaurs, roll eggs to safety, chase for their beloved acorn, and explore caves and jungles.
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series
Ice Age (film series)
Ice Age is a series of animated films produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. Three films have been released in the series thus far, Ice Age in 2002, Ice Age: The Meltdown in 2006, and Ice...
, produced by Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios is an American CGI-animation studio which specializes in high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. It is owned by 20th Century Fox and located in Greenwich, Connecticut...
and distributed by 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
. The film features the voices of Ray Romano
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...
, John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
, Denis Leary
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
, Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
, Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
, Josh Peck
Josh Peck
Joshua Michael "Josh" Peck is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor best known for playing Josh Nichols in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Drake & Josh. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on...
, Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and stared in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film...
, and Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.-Early life and career:Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975...
.
The story has Sid being taken by a female Tyrannosaurus rex after stealing her eggs, leading the rest of the protagonists to rescue him in a tropical lost world inhabited by dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s beneath the ice. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the fourth highest grossing animated film of all time with $886.7 million worldwide, behind only Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
with $1.063 billion, The Lion King
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
with $920.9 million and Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
with $919.8 million.
Plot
Ellie (Queen LatifahQueen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
) and Manny (Ray Romano
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...
) are expecting their first child, and Manny is obsessed with making life perfect and safe for the family, since his first experiences as a husband and father went bad when his family was killed by hunters. At the same time, Diego (Denis Leary
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
) finds himself unable to catch a cocky gazelle
Gazelle
A gazelle is any of many antelope species in the genus Gazella, or formerly considered to belong to it. Six species are included in two genera, Eudorcas and Nanger, which were formerly considered subgenera...
(Bill Hader
Bill Hader
William "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...
) he has been stalking and decides to leave the herd, believing that he is losing his predatory nature as a tiger. Sid (John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
) grows jealous of Manny and Ellie and "adopts" three apparently abandoned eggs that he finds in an icy underground cavern and call them Eggbert, Shelly, and Yoko. Manny tells him to put them back (saying Sid would never make a good parent, saying, "First sign: Stealing someone else's eggs. Second sign: One of them almost became a omelette"), but Sid instead looks after the eggs, which hatch into baby Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
the next morning.
Although Sid tries his best to raise the three dinosaurs, their rambunctious behavior scares away all the other animals' young and ruins a playground Manny built for Ellie's baby. A female Tyrannosaurus, Momma, whose eggs Sid stole, soon returns and carries both Sid and her young underground, with Diego in pursuit. Manny, Ellie, Crash, and Eddie (Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
, Josh Peck
Josh Peck
Joshua Michael "Josh" Peck is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor best known for playing Josh Nichols in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Drake & Josh. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on...
) follow as well and discover that the icy cavern leads to a vast jungle populated by dinosaurs thought to be extinct. Here, an Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris...
threatens the herd despite Diego's efforts to fend it off; they are saved from a further crowd of angry reptiles by an insane, one-eyed weasel
Weasel
Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs....
named Buckminster, or Buck (Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and stared in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film...
).
Buck has been living in this jungle for some time and is chasing Rudy, a large albino Baryonyx
Baryonyx
Baryonyx is a genus of carnivorous saurischian dinosaur first discovered in clay pits just south of Dorking, England, and later reported from fossils found in northern Spain and Portugal. It is known to contain only one species, Baryonyx walkeri...
, with the intention of avenging the loss of his right eye at Rudy's hands. He agrees to lead the herd through the jungle's perils to Lava Falls, where Momma has taken Sid and her babies. At one point, they have to cross the "Chasm of Death" which is filled with gas fumes (a mixture of helium
Helium
Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
and laughing gas
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic...
, causing anyone who breathes in it to laugh uncontrollably while speaking in a high-pitched voice). Although the gas is not the actual cause of death, victims usually cannot stop laughing and thus die while trying to cross the chasm. Eventually the group manages to cross the chasm. In the meantime, Sid and Momma try to outdo each other in feeding the offspring; he loses this contest, but is soon welcomed into the family regardless. The next day, however, Sid is separated from the family and attacked by Rudy. Sid is knocked onto a loose rock slab that is floating on a river of lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
and about to plummet over the falls.
As the herd moves toward Lava Falls, Ellie goes into labor and a Guanlong
Guanlong
Guanlong was a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur, one of the earliest known examples of the lineage.-Description and discovery:...
pack strikes, causing a rock slide that separates her from Manny and Diego. Manny doubles back to protect her and Diego fends off further attacks, while Buck takes Crash and Eddie ahead to rescue Sid. Just as he goes over the falls, the trio swoops in on a commandeered Pteranodon
Pteranodon
Pteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
only to be chased by a flock of Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America , and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks...
on the way and saves his life. Manny reaches Ellie, and there is suddenly a reaction, the cry of a newborn baby, then he sees that it is a girl. He wants to name her Ellie, or Little Ellie, but Ellie instead names her Peaches after the fruit
Peach
The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...
(and the codeword they had chosen for Ellie to use if she went into labor during the trip). Sid is saddened at the fact that he never had a chance to say goodbye to "his" children as he returns to the herd and learns of Peaches' birth.
As they venture back to the tunnel, they are shocked to discover Rudy lurking inside of the entrance. Rudy exits the tunnel and attacks at full force; Buck lures Rudy away from the group and is nearly eaten himself, before Diego saves him at the last second. Manny, Sid, Diego, and Buck manage to ensnare Rudy and knock him unconscious, but as they begin to leave, Sid trips over one of the ropes and breaks it. Rudy quickly recovers and escapes, and is about to attack Sid when Momma arrives on the scene, charging at Rudy and knocking him off a cliff before roaring her victory. As she and her children wish Sid well, Buck – now without a purpose in life since Rudy is gone – decides to join the herd and live on the surface. However, a distant roar tells him that Rudy is still alive; he changes his mind and sends the herd home, blocking off the path to the underground jungle at the same time, so nobody else can go down there anymore. Manny and Ellie welcome Peaches into their frozen world and admit that Sid did a good job looking after Momma's children (though Manny tells Diego that he will never let Sid babysit Peaches). Diego decides to remain with the herd, while Buck stays where he wants to be: underground, battling it out with Rudy.
Scrat and Scratte
Like the previous Ice Age filmsIce Age (film series)
Ice Age is a series of animated films produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. Three films have been released in the series thus far, Ice Age in 2002, Ice Age: The Meltdown in 2006, and Ice...
, the film opens with the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat (Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.-Early life and career:Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975...
), who does everything he can to retrieve his precious acorn
Acorn
The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives . It usually contains a single seed , enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns vary from 1–6 cm long and 0.8–4 cm broad...
. This time, he falls in love with his female counterpart Scratte (Karen Disher), with the song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" is a song performed by R&B singer Lou Rawls on his 1976 album All Things in Time. The song proved to be Rawls' breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B and Easy Listening charts. The single also reached...
" by Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls
Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"...
playing in the background, but an acorn appears instead after the music stops. The two fight over the acorn with Scratte is flung off the ground. As Scrat tries to save her, the two hold onto the acorn and the music starts back. Suddenly, she demonstrates her ability to glide like a flying squirrel
Flying squirrel
Flying squirrels, scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini, are a tribe of 44 species of squirrels .- Description :...
, leaving Scrat falling to the ground. The two eventually fall in love after Scrat saves her from falling to her death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
in the lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
river while she is unconscious
Unconsciousness
Unconsciousness is the condition of being not conscious—in a mental state that involves complete or near-complete lack of responsiveness to people and other environmental stimuli. Being in a comatose state or coma is a type of unconsciousness. Fainting due to a drop in blood pressure and a...
. He even chooses to focus his attention on her instead of the acorn until the end of the film, when he tires of her finicky nature and reverts to his old ways. The ensuing fight between the couple leads to a volcanic explosion (caused by Scratte, due to slamming the acorn into the ground like Scrat had done before, though he tried to warn her of what would happen if she did) that hurls Scrat and the acorn back to the surface, leaving Scratte trapped underground. However, as Scrat is about to enjoy his acorn, a stray piece of ice falls on him and knocks the acorn back into Scratte's hands. He screams in frustration, having lost both his acorn and Scratte.
Cast
- Ray RomanoRay RomanoRaymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...
as Manny - Queen LatifahQueen LatifahDana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
as Ellie - Denis LearyDenis LearyDenis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
as Diego - John LeguizamoJohn LeguizamoJonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
as Sid - Seann William ScottSeann William ScottSeann William Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series...
as Crash - Josh PeckJosh PeckJoshua Michael "Josh" Peck is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor best known for playing Josh Nichols in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Drake & Josh. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on...
as Eddie - Simon PeggSimon PeggSimon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and stared in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film...
as Buck - Chris WedgeChris WedgeChris Wedge is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.-Early life and career:Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975...
as Scrat - Karen Disher as Scratte
- Bill HaderBill HaderWilliam "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...
as Gazelle - Joey KingJoey KingJoey Lynn King is an American child actress and singer who is known for her starring role as Ramona Quimby in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary's well-known book series with the same title.- Personal life :...
as Beaver Girl - Jane LynchJane LynchJane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...
as Diatryma Mom - Kristen WiigKristen WiigKristen Carroll Wiig is an American film and television actress who currently appears as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Wiig was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings, and has appeared in several films and television series, including Bridesmaids, MacGruber, Flight of...
as Pudgy Beaver Mom - Carlos SaldanhaCarlos SaldanhaCarlos Saldanha is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Rio , and the co-director of Ice Age and Robots...
as Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird - Eunice ChoEunice ChoEunice Cho is a Korean-American actress. Her best-known role was Robin in the Cartoon Network live action/animated TV movie, Re-Animated. She also voiced Kiku in Little Bill from 2000-2002.-External...
as Madison (Diatryma Girl) - Maile FlanaganMaile FlanaganMaile Flanagan is an American actress known for her role as the protagonist ninja Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto, Geri O'Flanagan in 3Way, and Janet in Yes Man.-Personal life:...
as Aardvark Mom - Clea LewisClea LewisClea Lewis is an American actress, best known for her television role as Ellen's annoying friend Audrey Penney in Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom Ellen.- Other notable roles :...
as Start Mom - Devika ParikhDevika ParikhDevika Parikh ], USA) is a black-Indian American actress, whose name means "little goddess" in Sanskrit. Born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, in 1966 she holds a degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University....
(additional voices)
Production
Blue Sky decided to do "more of a what-if adventure" in the third Ice Age installment, titled Ice Age: A New Beginning, "like finding the giant ape in King KongKing Kong
King Kong is a fictional character, a giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933. These include the groundbreaking 1933 movie, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, as well as various sequels of the first two films...
or a Shangri-la
Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains...
in the middle of snow," and added the dinosaurs to the story. Character designer Peter de Sève welcomed the new plot addition, since he could not think of any other giant mammal to put into the story. The "lost world" approach led to colorful dinosaurs, because "the dinosaurs didn't have to be just brown, and you can take liberties because no one knows what color they were", according to de Sève. Rudy's design was inspired by the Baryonyx
Baryonyx
Baryonyx is a genus of carnivorous saurischian dinosaur first discovered in clay pits just south of Dorking, England, and later reported from fossils found in northern Spain and Portugal. It is known to contain only one species, Baryonyx walkeri...
because of his crocodile-like look, which de Sève considered even more menacing than the T. rex.
The film was released in RealD Cinema where available. The release sparked some controversy when Fox announced that it would no longer pay to supply 3D glasses to theaters, which led to a number of exhibitors threatening to only show the film in standard 2D projection.
The film's original trailer debuted with the film Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (film)
Horton Hears a Who!, also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI-animated comedy feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It is the fourth feature film from Blue Sky Studios, and the third feature film based on a Dr. Seuss book, following How the Grinch...
on March 14, 2008, then online on April 7, 2008. There are three others that have been released, with the third and fourth (which shows Buck) being the most closely resembling each other. Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
recorded a cover of the song "Walk the Dinosaur
Walk the Dinosaur
"Walk the Dinosaur" is a hit single recorded and released by the band Was in 1987, later featured on their hit 1988 album, What Up, Dog?-Song info:...
".
Critical response
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of December 21, 2010, Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
reported that 45% of critics gave positive reviews based on 152 reviews with an average score of 5.4/10. Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 37% based on 27 reviews. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film an average score of 51% based on 23 reviews.
However, Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
gave the film three and a half stars out of four claiming that " Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the best of the three films about our friends in the inter-species herd of plucky prehistoric heroes. And it involves some of the best use of 3-D I've seen in an animated feature." Lou Lumenik of the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
awarded the film 3 stars stating that the film is "much more of an emphasis on action in this nicely crafted, fast-paced sequel." Keith Phipps of the A.V. Club graded the film a C+ claiming the sequel "throws its commitment to the era away with movie number three, a ploy sure to anger Ice Age purists everywhere." Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer enjoyed the "film's animation art is Seuss-imaginative", but panned "the flatness of the story and indifferent voicework all the more obvious."
Box-office performance
It stands at $196,573,705 in the U.S.A. and CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and $690,113,112 overseas, which gives it a worldwide gross of $886,686,817. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide behind Avatar and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman and David Barron...
, the 23rd highest grossing film of all time worldwide and has the fourth-highest gross for an animation movie, behind Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
($1,063.2 million), Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
($919.8 million) and The Lion King
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
($889.3 million). In overseas earnings, the film overtook Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American comi-drama animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin who, along with a regal tang called Dory , searches for his abducted son Nemo...
to become the highest-grossing animated movie overseas. It also became the highest-grossing animated film worldwide in 2009. The film currently holds the seventh highest overseas gross of all time after Avatar ($2,021.8 million), Titanic
Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...
($1,242.4 million), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($937.0 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 adventure fantasy film and the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series...
($798.5 million), Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($762.2 million), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
($742.1 million). It set a worldwide opening weekend record for an animated feature ($218.4 million), a record previously held by The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
($170.9 million). It marks the second highest-grossing film of 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
for 2009 after Avatar and stands as the studio's third largest film of all time behind the latter and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms...
($924.3 million).
It currently holds many records in countries around the world.
United States of America and Canada
The film made $13,791,157 on its opening day in 4,099 theaters. It reached $41,690,382 on its first weekend, marking the least-grossing first weekend for the Ice Age franchiseIce Age (film series)
Ice Age is a series of animated films produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. Three films have been released in the series thus far, Ice Age in 2002, Ice Age: The Meltdown in 2006, and Ice...
, although it had a Wednesday release and therefore burned off attendance until the weekend. Studio estimates showed it tying the previous week's champion Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction-action film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to the 2007 film Transformers and the second installment in the live-action Transformers series...
, but the actual grosses showed Transformers as the victor for that weekend. The film was a box-office success becoming 20th Century Fox's third best 2009 release in the U.S.A. and Canada behind Avatar and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Betty Thomas. The film stars Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, and the voices of Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, and Anna Faris...
. It is the third-highest-grossing animated feature of 2009 in North America where Up
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
($293,004,164) and Monsters Vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
($198,351,526) predominated. It hardly out-grossed its predecessor, Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 sequel to the 2002 computer-animated film Ice Age. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and premiered in Belgium on March 1, 2006...
which earned $195,330,621 three years before, but was way behind the two first Ice Age movies in estimated attendance.
Europe (divided into regions according to the United Nations geoscheme for Europe)
- Eastern Europe
In Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
, it had an opening weekend of $16,399,670, marking the sixth largest of all time behind Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides's $26,753,256, Avatar's $19,732,998, Shrek Forever After
Shrek Forever After
Shrek Forever After, taglined as The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series, produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, and on May 21 in the United...
's $19,655,930, Transformers 3's $16,945,064 and Samiy luchshiy film
The Best Movie
The Best Movie is a 2008 Russian comedy film from TNT and Comedy Club Russia, spoofing such famous Russian films as Night Watch and Day Watch, The 9th Company, Heat and TV series: My Fair Nanny, Dalnoboyshchiki and Brigada. The movie includes numerous cameos by Russian celebrities, some of them...
's $16,484,460. It ultimately earned $44,572,301 also to become the sixth highest-grossing film of all time behind Avatar ($112,964,113), On Stranger Tides ($63,411,665), Shrek 4 ($51,362,770), Transformers 3 ($44,911,501) and Ironiya sudby Prodolzhenie ($50,009,796) and the second-highest-grossing animated film behind Shrek 4. In Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, it has grossed $4,101,370 being the highest-grossing animated movie and the third-highest-grossing film on the all-time chart. In Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, it had a $2,033,761 start during its first weekend and grossed $13,316,123 in total. It is the third best animated movie behind Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007...
($18,014,551) and Shrek Forever After ($17,262,308) and the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar ($26,135,805), Lejdis ($18,484,522), the second and third Shrek sequels and Titanic ($14,078,241). In Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, it earned $2,352,170 landing on the second place of the all-time chart behind Avatar ($2,916,247). In the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, it grossed $5,322,866 becoming the highest-grossing animated picture of all time, the second-highest-grossing film of 2009 behind Avatar, and the fifth highest-grossing movie on the all-time chart. In Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, it opened at $473,049 and ended with $2,318,561 becoming the highest-grossing animated picture in the country and the second highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar. In Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, the film had the largest opening weekend ever ($494,393) and became the second-biggest all-time box-office hit with $1,911,760 behind Avatar ($3,406,100).
- Northern Europe
In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
, it earned $12,474,502 in its opening weekend and ended with £34,872,218 ($56,859,040) to become the 3rd highest-grossing film of 2009 and the highest-grossing animation movie of 2009, edging out Up
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
($55,413,275). In Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, it earned $4,971,898 to become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time and it ranks sixth on the all-time chart for all movies. In Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, it is the highest grossing animated film with $12,597,388 and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. In Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, it made $7,908,996 in total. It is the highest-grossing animation movie of 2009, the third-highest of all time behind Ratatouille
Ratatouille (film)
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
($8,372,846) and Tangled ($8,136,288), while among all 2009 releases it ranks sixth. In Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, it edged past the $7 million mark to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the seventh highest-grossing movie of 2009. In Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, it stands as the highest-grossing film of all time with $1,178,779 and it was the first film to surpass the $1 million mark. In Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, it is the second-highest-grossing picture ever (with $820,586) behind Avatar. In Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, it is the highest-grossing animated picture with $1,322,100 and the second-highest-grossing film behind Avatar ($1,391,066). It is the first film that crossed the $1 million mark in this country.
- Southern Europe
In Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, it had a $7,563,283 opening and finished its box-office run with $32,142,485. It fell to third place among 2009 releases behind Avatar ($93,868,373) and Up ($37,052,520). It ranks fourth on the list of modern animation movies, after record-breaking Up, Shrek 2 ($34,952,797) and Toy Story 3 ($33,154,762). Also, on the all time chart of this country it ranks tenth. Spain was the only European country where Up out-grossed Ice Age 3. In Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, its earnings reached $5,655,751 making it the second biggest animated picture behind Shrek 4, which made $6,323,776, and the fourth biggest film of all time behind the latter, Avatar ($9,294,777) and Titanic ($5,814,394). In Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, it earned $43,860,019 to become the best animated picture and the third highest-grossing film of all time behind Avatar ($82,166,713), Titanic ($67,953,353) and Che Bella Giornata
What a Beautiful Day (film)
What a Beautiful Day is a 2011 Italian film directed by Gennaro Nunziante starring Checco Zalone.-Plot:Checco, a guy who works as a bouncer at a nightclub in Brianza, dreams of becoming a policeman, like his uncle Joseph Capobianco, but for a series of funny circumstances, is rejected at the...
($62,595,481). In Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, it is currently the highest-grossing animated film having grossed $4,705,076. In Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, it grossed $484,944 ranking first among animation films on the all-time chart and it is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time. In Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, it earned $1,268,299 to become the third-highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar and Titanic and the highest-grossing animated film. In Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, it earned $726,552 to become the highest-grossing animated film ever in the country and the fourth highest-grossing picture of 2009 behind Avatar ($1,646,183), Fly Me to the Moon ($1,004,708) and Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...
($800,872).
- Western Europe
In France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and the Maghreb
Maghreb
The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...
region, it opened with $14,835,220 and to ultimately gross $69,240,468. It is therefore the second-highest-grossing of 2009 behind Avatar, the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time in the territory and the highest-grossing animated film of all time. In Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
, it opened with $1,599,339 and became the 8th highest-grossing film in the region with $9,755,324 and the largest animated movie. In the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, it earned $1,380,911 in its first weekend and finished with $13,453,093, becoming the highest-grossing animation film ever. In Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, its highest-grossing market after the U.S.A. and Canada, Ice Age 3 earned $16,228,605 in its opening weekend and finished with $82,199,367 trailing only Avatar ($142,184,361), Titanic ($129,974,110) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($87,481,674) on the all-time chart. It is also the highest-grossing animated film in the country. In Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, it opened at $2,585,519 marking one of the largest opening weekends and eventually became the highest-grossing animated film and the second-highest-grossing movie of all time behind Avatar.
South America
In BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Ice Age 3 grossed $4,557,572 on its opening weekend and reached $45,373,371 by the end of its run. It is the largest animated box-office hit ever and the fourth highest-grossing film on the all time list, behind Titanic ($70,460,123), Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro ($62,927,562) and Avatar ($58,218,829). In Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, it made $8,069,767 and standing as the 7th highest-grossing animated movie ever, behind Toy Story 3, Shrek 4, Cars 2
Cars 2
Cars 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated action film produced by Pixar, and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars. In the film, race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix, but Mater becomes sidetracked with international espionage...
, Rio
Rio (film)
Rio, often promoted as Rio: The Movie, is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, in which the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne...
, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Tangled. In Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Ice Age 3 ($7,125,445) was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until Toy Story 3 surpassed it with a $8,755,357 total. In Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, as in Chile, it had the highest gross for an animated movie ever ($8,337,569) but was overtaken by Toy Story 3 ($10,637,930). On the all-time chart it is third behind the latter and Avatar ($13,620,596). In Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, it is also the second-biggest animated film (with $2,448,394) behind Toy Story 3 ($2,463,422) and the third highest-grossing film of all time after the latter and Avatar ($2,688,596). In Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, it is the highest-grossing animated movie with $4,812,886 and ranks second on the all-time list of highest-grossing movies behind Avatar ($5,236,550). In Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, it is the highest-grossing animation film of all time with $1,001,818 and the third-highest-grossing movie ever behind Titanic ($2,137,938) and Avatar ($1,195,413). In Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, it earned $11,644,527 becoming the only movie that ever grossed more than $10 million in the country and therefore the highest-grossing movie of all time.
Asia
In Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, it opened with $1,889,597 marking the second-largest opening weekend for an animated feature behind Toy Story 3's $3,239,287 and it eventually grossed $4,191,440 which represents the fourth highest gross for an animated film after Toy Story 3 ($11,502,322), The Incredibles
The Incredibles
The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated action-comedy superhero film about a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons, and was produced by Pixar and distributed by...
($4,327,596) and Up ($4,325,709).
Oceania
In AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, it earned $24,725,499 and fell behind Up
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
(which grossed $25,296,200) to rank second among 2009 animation movies and tenth among all-time animated releases. In New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, it grossed $4,024,380 ranking first among 2009 animated films and fourth on the all-time animated-movie-list behind the first and second Shrek sequels and Toy Story 3. Among all 2009 pictures, it ranked fifth.
Home media
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was released on high-definitionHigh-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
and standard DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
on October 27, 2009 and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on November 23, 2009. Two versions of the DVD exist: a single-disc DVD, and a "Scrat Pack" Double DVD Pack with three Scrat games.
The 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack includes a Blu-ray, the single-disc DVD, and a Digital Copy, as well as an Ice Age digital story book maker, commentary by director Carlos Saldanha
Carlos Saldanha
Carlos Saldanha is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Rio , and the co-director of Ice Age and Robots...
, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, two Scrat shorts, and a how-to-draw Scrat tutorial with the filmmakers.
On September 21, 2010, a 3D DVD was released as a two-disc set, with the first disc being the TrioScopics 3D version and the second disc being the 2D version.
Sequel
A fourth film was announced by Twentieth Century Fox on May 5, 2010 with the tentative title Ice Age: Continental Drift. It is scheduled to be released in 3D3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
on July 13, 2012. Ray Romano
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...
, Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
, John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
, Denis Leary
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
and Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge
Chris Wedge is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.-Early life and career:Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975...
are expected to reprise their roles as Manny, Ellie, Sid, Diego and Scrat.
Video game
The Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs video game from ActivisionActivision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
was released on the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Games for Windows
Games for Windows
Games for Windows is a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2006 to coincide with the release of Windows Vista. The brand represents a standardized technical certification program and online service for Windows games, bringing a measure of regulation to the PC game market in much the same way...
, and Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
on June 30, 2009. A demo was made available in the Xbox Live Marketplace
Xbox Live Marketplace
The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content...
on June 15, 2009.
The game allows the player to take control of Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, Scratte and Buck as they take on or run away from dangerous dinosaurs, roll eggs to safety, chase for their beloved acorn, and explore caves and jungles.