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arm of American children's network
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and the family
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label of
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launched on February 25, 1995 and based in
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,
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. The division has earned numerous accolades including 2
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, a
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, over 13
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nominations and 4 in-house honors via the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Since its launch, and over 40 feature films have been produced for broadcast on Nickelodeon's global channels and
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.


History


Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox deal (1993–95)

In 1993, Nickelodeon agreed to a two-year contract with
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to make feature films. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on ''
The Ren & Stimpy Show ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (also known as ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon, the series aired from August 11, 1991, to Decemb ...
'', ''
Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, a ...
'' and '' Doug''. None of the movies were produced due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company,
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, and they would distribute the movies instead. With the creative differences with
John Kricfalusi Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, voice actor and former animator. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which was ...
, the creator of ''Ren & Stimpy'' and an inability to market that property in a family-friendly manner instead of a "cynical and gross humor" scuttled the film. However, Paramount and Viacom would go forward and start development on ''
The Rugrats Movie ''The Rugrats Movie'' is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series '' Rugrats''. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem. The film int ...
'' a year after the acquisition. The Nickelodeon version of the ''Doug'' film was not made due to the acquisition of the show's production studio,
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, by
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in 1996. With this, the show moved to Disney's
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network and new seasons aired as a part of its programming block ''
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'' as ''Disney's Doug''. In 1999,
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released a film finale to the series, ''
Doug's 1st Movie ''Doug's 1st Movie'' is a 1999 American animated comedy film based on the Disney-produced episodes of the animated television series ''Doug''. The film was directed by Maurice Joyce, and stars the regular television cast of Tom McHugh, Fred New ...
''.


Nickelodeon Movies (1995–98)

Nickelodeon Movies was then founded on February 25, 1995. On July 10, 1996, the studio released its first film, ''
Harriet the Spy ''Harriet the Spy'' is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S., it ranked number 12 in the 50 Best Books fo ...
'', a spy-comedy film based on the 1964 novel of the same name. On July 25, 1997, the studio then released its second film, ''
Good Burger ''Good Burger'' is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Dan Schneider with Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert. Starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, it is based on the comedy sketch of the same name on the Nick ...
'', a comedy film, starring
Kenan Thompson Kenan Thompson (; born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also th ...
,
Kel Mitchell Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was often paired a ...
,
Abe Vigoda Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and Phil Fish in both ''Barney Miller'' (1975–1977, 1982) and '' Fish'' (1977–19 ...
,
Dan Schneider Daniel James Schneider (born January 14, 1966) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. After appearing in mostly supporting roles in a number of 1980s and 1990s films and TV shows, Schneider devoted himself to behind-the-s ...
,
Shar Jackson Sharisse Jackson (born August 31, 1976) is an American actress and singer, best known for playing Niecy Jackson on the UPN sitcom ''Moesha''. She was crowned the winner of MTV reality show ''Celebrity Rap Superstar'' in 2007. Early life Jackson ...
,
Josh Server Joshua Aaron Server (born April 11, 1979) is an American actor best known for being the only ''All That'' cast member to remain through all six original seasons. Acting career Server began on ''All That'' at age 14 to tape the pilot for the sh ...
,
Lori Beth Denberg Lori Beth Denberg (born February 2, 1976) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitco ...
,
Jan Schweiterman Jan Schweiterman is a former American actor who has appeared in several movies, including ''Good Burger'' and '' Warlock III''. Filmography * ''The Haven'' (2000) (as Jan Schwartzman) .... Michael Braga * '' American Intellectuals'' (1999) ...
, Linda Cardellini and Sinbad. It was based on the ''Good Burger'' sketch on Nickelodeon's popular sketch comedy series ''
All That ''All That'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by Brian Robbins and Michael Tollin, Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by ...
''. On November 20, 1998, the studio released ''
The Rugrats Movie ''The Rugrats Movie'' is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series '' Rugrats''. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem. The film int ...
'', which is Nickelodeon Movies' first animated film and the first Nicktoon to be shown in theaters. It received mixed critical reception, but despite this, the movie became a box office success, earning $100,494,675 in the domestic box office and $140,894,675 worldwide. It also became the first non-
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animated film to gross over $100 million domestically. The success of the film led to two sequels.


2000s

On February 11, 2000, the studio released '' Snow Day'', a comedy film starring
Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He became a key cast member in the first season of ''Saturday Night Live'', where his recurring ''Weekend Update'' segment became a staple of the ...
,
Chris Elliott Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He appeared in comedic sketches on '' Late Night with David Letterman'' (1982–1988), created and starred in the comedy series '' Get a Life'' (1990–1992) ...
, Zena Grey,
Josh Peck Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''The Amanda Show'' from 2000 to 2002. Peck ...
, Mark Webber,
Schuyler Fisk Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk (pronounced ) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Early life Fisk was born in Los Angeles, California, to actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk. She has a younger sister named Madison. Fisk b ...
, Jade Yorker and
Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her performance on HBO's '' Entourage'' as Sloan McQuewick, Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'', Dalia in '' You Don't Mess with the Zohan'', Lorelei ...
. This film met negative reviews, yet it grossed $62,464,731 worldwide. Nine months later, the studio released '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' on November 17, 2000. It is the first sequel to ''
The Rugrats Movie ''The Rugrats Movie'' is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series '' Rugrats''. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem. The film int ...
'', and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide. The film received favorable reviews, becoming the most critically acclaimed ''Rugrats'' film to date. On December 21, 2001, the studio released its first CGI animated film, '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''. It is based on a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It became a critical and box-office success, earning $80,936,232 in the United States and $102,992,536 worldwide. It stars voice actors
Debi Derryberry Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games. Biography Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust surviv ...
, Rob Paulsen,
Carolyn Lawrence Carolyn Lawrence (born February 13, 1967), is an American television, film and voice actress. She is known for her voice roles on Nickelodeon animated shows, including Sandy Cheeks on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', Cindy Vortex on '' Jimmy Neutr ...
,
Jeffrey Garcia Jeffrey Garcia (born May 3, 1977) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is best known for voicing Sheen Estevez in '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', and its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neut ...
, and
Candi Milo Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in Januar ...
, and co-starred Martin Short and
Patrick Stewart Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actor ...
. On March 24, 2002, this movie was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to ''
Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenso ...
''. It is the first Nickelodeon film to be nominated for an
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. The success of the film spawned this film into a TV series, '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', which aired on
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
from 2002 to 2006. On March 29, 2002, the studio released ''
Clockstoppers ''Clockstoppers'' is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Jonathan Frakes and produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Julia Pistor. The film stars Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas, a ...
'', a sci-fi action film, starring
Jesse Bradford Jesse Bradford (born May 28, 1979) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor at the age of five and received two Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film nominations for his performances in ''King of the ...
,
Paula Garcés Paula Garcés (born March 20, 1974) is a Colombian and American actress. She is known for her appearance in films such as '' Clockstoppers'', '' Man of the House'' and the ''Harold & Kumar'' series, and on TV shows such as ''CSI: Miami'', '' O ...
, and
French Stewart Milton French-Stewart IV (born February 20, 1964), known professionally as French Stewart, is an American actor, best known for playing Harry Solomon on the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. He also played Marv Murchins in ''Home Alone 4'', In ...
. This film received negative reviews and was a box office disappointment, only earning $36,989,956 in the United States and $38,793,283 worldwide. On June 28, 2002, Nickelodeon Movies released '' Hey Arnold!: The Movie'', starring
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' original cast members and guest starring
Paul Sorvino Paul Anthony Sorvino (, ; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law. Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese cri ...
as Scheck, the CEO of a real estate company called Future Tech Industries (FTI). The film received negative reviews and grossed $15.2 million. It was originally going to be a TV film entitled ''Arnold Saves the Neighborhood'', but executives of
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decided to release this film theatrically. It was the first animated film from Nickelodeon to get a PG rating. In 2002 and 2003, the studio, along with
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, released two films based on popular TV shows, ''
The Wild Thornberrys Movie ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' is a 2002 American animated adventure film based on the television series of the same name. Directed by Cathy Malkasian and Jeff McGrath, the film follows Eliza Thornberry, on her quest to save a cheetah cub named ...
'' and ''
Rugrats Go Wild ''Rugrats Go Wild'' is a 2003 American animated crossover adventure film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''Rugrats'' and ''The Wild Thornberrys''. It is the third and final installment in the ''Rugrats'' film series and the se ...
'', respectively. ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' was released on December 20, 2002, starring the show's original cast members,
Lacey Chabert Lacey Nicole Chabert ( ; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress. One of her first roles was playing Erica Kane's daughter on ''All My Children''. She was the third actress to play Bianca Montgomery, playing the part from 1992 until 1993. ...
,
Tim Curry Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London ...
,
Jodi Carlisle Jodi Carlisle (born August 28, 1960 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American actress who has appeared in 46 television shows, 5 feature films, 6 videogames and 4 television movies as well as a number of stage plays. Carlisle is perhaps best known as on ...
,
Danielle Harris Danielle Andrea Harris (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress and film director. She is known as a " scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the ''Halloween'' franchise ('' Halloween 4'' and '' 5''; 19 ...
, Michael "Flea" Balzary, and
Tom Kane Thomas Kane Roberts (born April 15, 1962) is a retired American voice actor. He is best known for his work in animation and video games, most notably in the '' Star Wars'' franchise. Career Kane began his voice-over career in 1977, at fifteen ye ...
. This film received positive reviews and was a box office success. It only grossed $40.1 million domestically and $60.7 million worldwide. On March 23, 2003, this film was nominated for an
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. ''Rugrats Go Wild'', a crossover of ''
Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, a ...
'' and ''
The Wild Thornberrys ''The Wild Thornberrys'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, and Stephen Sustarsic for Nickelodeon. The series portrays an American family of wildlife documentary ...
'', was released on June 13, 2003. This film met with mixed critical reception and was a minor box office success, unlike previous ''Rugrats'' movies, only earning $39.4 million in the United States and $55.4 million worldwide. This film is also the only ''Rugrats'' film to receive a PG rating. On November 19, 2004, Nickelodeon released ''
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' is a 2004 American live-action/animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. The film was directed, co-written, and produced by series creat ...
'', based on the popular Nickelodeon television series, ''
SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
''. This film received positive reviews and grossed $85.4 million in the United States and $140.2 million worldwide. The success of this film led to a sequel, and it was adapted into various media, including its own video game,
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, books, and toy line. With the release of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', Nickelodeon Movies returned to making box-office hits. The studio purchased the
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of the ''
A Series of Unfortunate Events ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After th ...
'' book series in May 2000.
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, owner of Nickelodeon Movies, agreed to co-finance, along with
Scott Rudin Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an American film, television, and theatre producer. His films include the Academy Award-winning Best Picture ''No Country for Old Men,'' as well as ''Uncut Gems'', '' Lady Bird, Fences, The Girl with the Dragon ...
. Various directors, including
Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...
and
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, were interested in making the film. One of author
Daniel Handler Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970) is an American author, musician, screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is best known for his children's book series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' and ''All the Wrong Questions ...
's, Lemony Snicket's real name, favorite candidates was
Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...
. In June 2002,
Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He originally worked as a cinematographer for the Coen brothers before directing films such as ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and its sequel ''Addams Family Va ...
was hired to direct. He was chosen because he had previously collaborated with Rudin and because of his
black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
directing style as seen in his films ''
The Addams Family ''The Addams Family'' is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in ''The New Yorker'' over ...
'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. Sonnenfeld referred to the ''Unfortunate Events'' books as his favorite children's stories. The director hired Handler to write the script with the intention of making ''Lemony Snicket'' as a musical, and cast
Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist. Known for his energetic slapstick performances, Carrey first gained recognition in 1990, after landing a role in the American sketch comedy te ...
as Count Olaf in September 2002. Sonnenfeld eventually left over budget concerns in January 2003 and director Brad Silberling took over. This film was released on December 17, 2004, a month after ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' was released. It received positive reviews and became a huge box office success, earning $118,634,549 at the United States box office and $209,073,645 worldwide. This film won an
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in 2005. In 2005, the studio and
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purchased a documentary film, ''
Mad Hot Ballroom ''Mad Hot Ballroom'' is a 2005 American documentary film directed and co-produced by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Department of Education, the New York City publ ...
'', at the 2005
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in
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. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a
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. It grossed $8,117,961 in the United States and $9,079,042 worldwide. It also was a huge critical success. Several months later, the studio and Paramount Pictures released their first co-production with both
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and
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
and released a family comedy film, '' Yours, Mine and Ours'', a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. This film stars
Dennis Quaid Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the late 1970s, some of his notable credits include '' Breaking Away'' (1979), '' The ...
and
Rene Russo Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as ''Vogue'' and ''Cosmopolitan''. She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy '' ...
. This film was critically panned, but was a modest box office success, earning $53,412,862 in the United States and $72,028,752 worldwide. On June 16, 2006, Nickelodeon released the wrestling comedy film ''
Nacho Libre ''Nacho Libre'' is a 2006 sports comedy film directed by Jared Hess and written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White. It stars Jack Black as Ignacio, a Catholic friar and lucha libre fan who secretly moonlights as a luchador to earn money fo ...
''. It is very loosely based on the story of
Fray Tormenta Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez (born May 9, 1945) is a Mexican Catholic priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years as a lucha libre wrestler. While performing, he wore a red and yellow mask and used the ring name Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"). ...
. This film stars
Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...
,
Héctor Jiménez Héctor Jiménez (born December 13, 1973) is a Mexican actor and producer. He played Esqueleto in ''Nacho Libre'', Mr. Tumnus in ''Epic Movie'' and the cashier in ''Wild Hogs''. He worked in a theater company in Tijuana for eight years, before ...
, and
Ana de la Reguera Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series ''Eastbound & Down'' and ''Capadocia'', the Amazon television series ''Goliath'', and the 2006 comedy '' ...
. This film met with mixed critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $80,197,993 in the domestic box office and grossed $99,255,460 worldwide. A sequel to this film is being considered. Two months later, the studio released another CGI film, '' Barnyard'', starring the voices of
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, as Otis, a carefree cow who loves throwing parties,
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as Daisy, a kind-hearted cow,
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as Dag, an evil coyote,
Sam Elliott Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Aw ...
as Ben, Otis's father and the leader of the barnyard,
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as Miles, an old mule, and voice actors
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and Rob Paulsen. This film met with negative critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $72,637,803 at the United States box office and grossed $116,476,887 worldwide. Like ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', the film's success has spawned into a TV show, '' Back at the Barnyard'', which ran from 2007 to 2011 on
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, longer than ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''.
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replaced Kevin James as the role for Otis. On December 15, 2006, the studio released '' Charlotte's Web'', a family drama film based on
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's book of the same name, starring
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, Kevin Anderson,
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, and the voices of
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,
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, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Reba McEntire, Kathy Bates, with Thomas Haden Church and Cedric the Entertainer. This film became a critical and box office success, earning $82,985,708 in the United States and $144,877,632 worldwide. This is Nickelodeon's first G-rated film in five years and first live-action film rated G as well as being the studio's highest-grossing film with that rating.
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won a Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards. Two years later on February 14, 2008, the studio released ''The Spiderwick Chronicles (film), The Spiderwick Chronicles'', a fantasy drama film based on the bestselling The Spiderwick Chronicles, book of the same name, starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Short, Nick Nolte, and Seth Rogen. This film was released in both regular and IMAX theaters and received favorable reviews and was a box office success, earning $71,195,053 in the United States and $162,839,667 outside of the United States. On July 28, 2008, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies released a coming-of-age comedy film, ''Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging'', based on two bestselling British novels by Louise Rennison, ''Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging'' and ''It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers''. The film met with positive reviews and was a box office success. It was released in theaters in the United Kingdom, earning £8,647,770 and grossed £13,835,569 worldwide. To date, it has a direct-to-DVD release in the United States and has made its U.S. premiere on Nick at Nite on March 12, 2009. It is also the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to receive a PG-13 rating. On January 16, 2009, ''Hotel for Dogs (film), Hotel for Dogs'' was released, starring Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, with Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle. It is based on the 1971 Hotel for Dogs, novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. This film received mixed reviews from film critics, but was a box office success, earning $73,034,460 in the United States box office and grossed $117,000,198 worldwide. It is distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks. This marks the first film from Nickelodeon to be distributed outside of
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. However, it is still distributed under Paramount. Five months later on June 12, 2009, Paramount Pictures released Nickelodeon Movies' ''Imagine That (film), Imagine That'', a comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Martin Sheen, Marin Hinkle, and Yara Shahidi. The film received negative reviews, mainly criticizing Murphy's performance. It was also a box office failure, only earning $16,123,323 at the domestic box office and grossed only $22,985,194 worldwide.


2010s

On January 8, 2007,
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and Nickelodeon Movies announced that they had signed M. Night Shyamalan to write, direct and produce a trilogy of live-action films based on the ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' series, the first of which would encompass the main characters' adventures in Book One. The Last Airbender (2010 film), The film was later released in theaters in 3D film, 3D on July 1, 2010, and was universally panned by critics, fans, and even from audiences who weren't familiar with the TV series and is nowadays often considered List of films considered the worst, one of the worst movies ever made. A year later, it won five Golden Raspberry Awards, Razzies, including Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay, worst screenplay, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, worst director and Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, worst picture of the year. This was the studio's first feature film released in 3-D. On its opening day in the United States, ''The Last Airbender'' made $16 million, ranking fifth overall for Thursday openings. Despite negative critical reception, the film was a box office success, and grossed $131,601,062 in the United States box office, also grossed $187,340,196 in other countries, making for a total of $318,941,258 worldwide. That planned trilogy was finally scrapped in 2018, to make way for a new, unrelated, live-action series produced by Netflix. On March 4, 2011, Nickelodeon Movies released ''Rango (2011 film), Rango'', a Computer-generated imagery, CGI-animated western comedy film, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant and Ned Beatty. The film was produced by Gore Verbinski's production company Blind Wink, and Graham King's GK Films. The CGI animation was created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), marking its first full-length animated feature. ILM usually does visual effects for live-action films.Moody, Annemarie
"ILM Jumps to Features with Rango"
Animation World Network, September 12, 2008
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It is also the first animated film for Verbinski. During voice recording, the actors received costumes and sets to "give them the feel of the Wild West"; star Johnny Depp had 20 days in which to voice Rango and the filmmakers scheduled the supporting actors to interact with him.Vejvoda, Jim
What Exactly is Rango?"
IGN, June 30, 2010

/ref> Verbinski said his attempt with ''Rango'' was to do a "small" film after the large-scale ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' trilogy, but that he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animated filmmaking is. This film has met universal acclaim from critics and general audiences alike and was the first Nickelodeon film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, ten years on since the category was introduced when ''Jimmy Neutron'' was nominated. The success of ''Rango'' led Paramount to create its own animation studio, Paramount Animation. Nine months later, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies partnered with
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once again and released ''The Adventures of Tintin (film), The Adventures of Tintin'', a performance-captured animated 3D film, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, with the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and based on three from the The Adventures of Tintin, comic book series of the same name by Hergé, ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (1941), ''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (1943), and ''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (1944). This film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters, as well normal "2D" theaters, and earned $77,591,831 in North America and $296,402,120 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $373,993,951. It also was studio's first animated film to be shown in 3D. John Williams, the composer for the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. This film became the first non-Pixar film to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and is the first Nickelodeon film to do so. On February 28, 2012, a sequel to ''
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'' titled ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' was announced to be in production, and was scheduled to be released in 2015. Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of the studio's parent company Viacom (2005–present), Viacom, told sources:
"We will be releasing a ''SpongeBob'' movie at the end of 2014, which will serve to start off or be one of our films that starts off our new animation effort."
Dauman also once again said that the Paramount animation productions will be a new opportunity for his company as they will each cost less than $100 million, and the animation unit will only have 30 to 40 people, allowing for good financial returns and profits. Thanks to modern technology, the films still look "great" despite the lower cost, he said. He also lauded his studio team for winning an animation Oscar for ''Rango'', the studio's first fully owned CGI effort. "We're very proud of that," he said. The sequel was directed by Paul Tibbitt, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Mary Parent, and executive-produced by the series' creator, Stephen Hillenburg. The series' cast members reprised their roles from the first film. The sequel was animated using the same animation style (traditional animation) as SpongeBob SquarePants, the TV show. In 2012, following the news of the Viacom (2005–present), Viacom buyout of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise, it was announced that Nickelodeon would produce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film), a new film through Paramount Pictures with an expected release date sometime in 2012. In late May 2011, it was announced that Paramount and Nickelodeon had brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller (producer), Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce the next film that would reboot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film, film series. Bay, Fuller, and Form would produce alongside Walker and Mednick. For the script, the studio originally hired Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to write the film for close to a million dollars. A year later the studio turned to writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to rewrite the script. In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman was brought into negotiations to direct the film. It was released on August 8, 2014. On October 26, 2012, the studio released a Halloween comedy film, ''Fun Size'', starring Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, and Thomas Mann (actor), Thomas Mann. This film met with negative reviews, and was a box office failure. It grossed $11.4 million, and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies. A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film), reboot of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' opened on August 8, 2014. It was the biggest opening weekend for any movie produced by Nickelodeon Movies, grossing over $65 million in its first three days of release in the United States. It has since become Nickelodeon Movies's highest-grossing movie domestically (in North America) and worldwide, with over $191 million domestically and a total of $493.3 million worldwide. On February 6, 2015, ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', the second SpongeBob SquarePants (film series), film based on ''
SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
'', was released. The film grossed almost $163 million in the United States and $323.4 million worldwide, making it the third-most successful film produced by the studio. On June 3, 2016, the studio released ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (film), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows''. The film was met with mixed reviews and grossed $240.6 million worldwide. Nickelodeon Movies was also involved in the film ''Monster Trucks (film), Monster Trucks'', though merely as a label partner as Paramount vacillated several times about including the Nickelodeon Movies vanity card within the film. It was released on January 13, 2017, as a critical and Box-office bomb, box-office flop. An original animated feature produced by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies in association with Ilion Animation Studios, titled ''Wonder Park'', released on March 15, 2019, with reviews being mixed, praising the animation and voice acting while criticizing the story and tone, and Box-office bomb, performed poorly at the box office, grossing $119 million against a budget of $80–100 million. A television series based on it, which is titled ''Adventures in Wonder Park'', is scheduled to air on Nickelodeon in the near future making it the third animated film from Nickelodeon Movies, after Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Barnyard, to serve as the basis for an animated series on the network. On August 9, 2019, the studio released the first film based on the Nick Jr. animated series ''Dora the Explorer'', titled ''Dora and the Lost City of Gold''. Produced by Paramount Players, it is directed by James Bobin. It received positive reviews and was a box office success. Nickelodeon Movies distributed an original feature called Playing with Fire (2019 film), ''Playing with Fire'', starring John Cena, and directed by Andy Fickman. The film was released on November 8, 2019. It received negative reviews, but was a modest box office success.


2020s–present

A third SpongeBob SquarePants (film series), ''SpongeBob'' film, ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Sponge on the Run'', was released in Canadian theaters on August 14, 2020, and digitally on Netflix in other territories on November 5, 2020, followed by a release via PVOD and on
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, in the United States, on March 4, 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic. The film is directed and co-written by former writer Tim Hill (director), Tim Hill. It is the last ''SpongeBob'' film to involve series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died on November 26, 2018, from ALS. On May 19, 2019, a PAW Patrol: The Movie, film based on ''PAW Patrol''—a Canadian series aired by Nick Jr. (TV programming block), Nick Jr. in the United States—was announced. The film was produced in Canada by Spin Master, Spin Master Entertainment, with Nickelodeon Movies signing on to present the film internationally. Unlike previous films from Nickelodeon Movies, the copyright to ''PAW Patrol: The Movie'' is not owned by Paramount, with Spin Master owning the copyright and Paramount/Nickelodeon only serving as distributors. The film was directed and co-written by Cal Brunker, and it was released in both Canada and the United States on August 20, 2021, and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success. Additionally, the studio also released two direct to streaming movies: ''The Loud House Movie'', a film adaptation based on Nickelodeon's The Loud House, popular Nicktoon of the same name for Netflix that is produced by British Film Institute, which was released on August 20, 2021, the same day as the ''PAW Patrol'' movie. The film received praise for animation, acting and songs though some criticized the plot. The other film, ''The J Team'', a musical comedy starring JoJo Siwa was released on
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on September 3, 2021, as an original film. ''Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank'', directed by Rob Minkoff and Mark Koetsier and starring Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, George Takei, Aasif Mandvi, Gabriel Iglesias, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Kylie Kuioka, and Samuel L. Jackson was released theatrically on July 15, 2022 in the United States and other territories. ''Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie'' was released on Netflix on August 5, 2022. On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that, ''Blue's Big City Adventure,'' a live-action/animated hybrid movie based on ''Blue's Clues & You!'', would be made to mark the 25th anniversary of the franchise. Directed by Matt Stawski and written by Angela Santomero and Liz Maccie, the film began production in summer 2021. The film was released on
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on November 18, 2022.


Upcoming projects

Nickelodeon Movies is teaming up with Point Grey Pictures to make a CG-animated film reboot of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' film series titled ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem'', which is currently in development with Jeff Rowe directing. The film is currently scheduled for release on August 4, 2023. The sequel to ''PAW Patrol: The Movie'', titled ''PAW Patrol: The Movie#Sequel, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie'', is currently in development with Cal Brunker returning as director and Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie and Toni Stevens as producers. The film is scheduled for release on October 13, 2023. Nickelodeon Movies is working with Avatar Studios to make a theatrical CG-animated film, alongside 2 other animated films that will be released by
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, with production set to begin later in 2021. It will serve as the first project from Avatar Studios and is scheduled to be released on October 10, 2025. On March 2, 2021, ''Yokai Samba'', a film previously in development at DreamWorks Animation, had been picked up by the studio. On August 2, 2021,
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announced that a new ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' live-action film was in the works with Colin Jost and Casey Jost penning the script and Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker signing on as producers. An animated musical The Smurfs in film, Smurfs film was announced in February 2022 and is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2025. A fourth theatrical ''SpongeBob SquarePants (film), SpongeBob SquarePants'' film and three spinoff films set for release on
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were announced in February 2022, with the first of the spinoffs scheduled for release in 2023 and the fourth theatrical film scheduled for release on May 23, 2025.


Films

All films listed are produced and/or distributed by
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unless noted otherwise.


Cancelled or inactive projects


Awards and nominations


Academy Awards


Golden Globe Awards


Kids' Choice Awards


Saturn Awards


Notes


References


External links


Nickelodeon Movies website


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