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.[20]. [23][24] This film has met universal acclaim from critics and general audiences alike and won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. | [31][32] In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman was brought into negotiations to direct the film. Directors: Adventure, Comedy, Family. In December 2004, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon acquired the film rights from the book series of the same name. He was chosen because he had previously collaborated with Rudin and because of his black comedy directing style as seen in The Addams Family, Addams Family Values and Get Shorty. | Hergé died that week, but his widow decided to give them the rights. | Gross: Jamiyka Jones, [9] The footage was transmitted to Weta Digital,[35] who produced a twenty-minute test reel that demonstrated a photorealistic depiction of the characters. Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion, recalled Hergé "thought Spielberg was the only person who could ever do Tintin justice". Director: On its first weekend it topped the overseas box office with $56.2 million from 21 countries. [42] Paramount Pictures (DreamWorks' distributor) had hoped to partner with Universal on the project, having spent $30 million on pre-production.

[134], In June 2015, Jamie Bell stated that the sequel was titled Tintin and the Temple of the Sun and that he hoped shooting would begin in early 2016 for a possible release by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Peter Jackson announced that he would direct the sequel once he had finished The Hobbit trilogy. Jackson took the hands-on approach to directing Weta Digital during post-production, which Spielberg supervised through video conferencing. [128], In the months following the release of The Secret of the Unicorn, Spielberg revealed that a story outline for the sequel had been completed and that it was based on two books. 26,380

Sir Francis' treasure-laden ship was attacked by a pirate ship, led by the masked Red Rackham (Daniel Craig), and, after a fierce battle and eventual surrender, Sir Francis chose to sink the Unicorn, and most of the treasure, rather than allow it to fall into Rackham's hands. [16] The director hired Handler to write the script[17] with the intention of making Lemony Snicket as a musical, and cast Jim Carrey as Count Olaf in September 2002. $26.54M, PG 231,724 $123.48M, PG As it breaks, a parchment scroll slips out of the ship's mast. $82.99M, PG Based on 228 reviews collected by review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.98/10. After two drafts of the script, Wright left in order to begin filming Scott Pilgrim vs the World., with Cornish staying on to finish the script under the guidance of Spielberg and Jackson. Spielberg has been an avid fan of The Adventures of Tintin comic book series since 1981, when a review compared Raiders of the Lost Ark to Tintin. 213,605 87 min On June 16, 2006, Nickelodeon released the wrestling comedy film Nacho Libre. [65][66][67] In four weeks, it became the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the country with ₹25.4 crore (US$3.6 million).[68].

| It grossed $11.4 million, and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies.

$80.20M, PG Thomas Lennon, Dargis noted that Tintin's appearance in the film "resembled Hergé's creation, yet was eerily different as if, like Pinocchio, his transformation into human form had been prematurely interrupted". 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.

| Gross: Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. Tintin and Haddock (and Snowy) eventually escape from the Karaboudjan in a lifeboat. Dakota Fanning, When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his nemesis Plankton must team up in order to get it back. As it takes two years of animation work on the film, for you, I would not expect to see it for about three years. [2] None of the movies were produced due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, and they would distribute the movies instead. It is also the first animated film Spielberg ever directed in his entire career.