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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated adventure comedy 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.
Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Writers: Peter Ackerman (screenplay), Michael Berg (screenplay),
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary
Storyline
After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently
Details
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Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 1 July 2009 (USA)
Also Known As: Ice Age 3
Cast
Main article: List of Ice Age characters
Ray Romano as Manny
Queen Latifah as Ellie
Denis Leary as Diego
John Leguizamo as Sid
Seann William Scott as Crash
Josh Peck as Eddie
Simon Pegg as Buck
Chris Wedge as Scrat
Karen Disher as Scratte
Bill Hader as Gazelle
Joey King as Beaver Girl
Jane Lynch as Diatryma Mom
Kristen Wiig as Pudgy Beaver Mom
Carlos Saldanha as Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird
Eunice Cho as Madison (Diatryma Girl)
Maile Flanagan as Aardvark Mom
Clea Lewis as Start Mom
Devika Parikh (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 Kong 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.[3]
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,[4] which led to a number of exhibitors threatening to only show the film in standard 2D projection.[5]
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".
Reception
Critical response
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of June 27, 2011, Rotten Tomatoes reported that 45% of critics gave positive reviews based on 157 reviews with an average score of 5.4/10.[6] 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.[7] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film an average score of 50 based on 25 reviews.[8]
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." [9] 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." [10] 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." [11] 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." [12]
Box-office performance
The film earned $196,573,705 in North America and $690,113,112 in other counties, which gives it a worldwide gross of $886,686,817. Worldwide, it is the third highest-grossing film of 2009, the 24th highest grossing film of all time and the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all time.[13] It is also the highest-grossing animated film of 2009 worldwide.[14] It set a worldwide opening weekend record for an animated feature ($218.4 million), previously held by The Simpsons Movie ($170.9 million). It marks the highest grossing film of the franchise,[15] 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.[16]
North America
The film made $13,791,157 on its opening day in 4,099 theaters.[1] It reached $41,690,382 on its first weekend, marking the least-grossing first weekend for the franchise, although it had a Wednesday release and therefore burned off attendance until the weekend.[15][17] The film became 20th Century Fox's third largest 2009 release in North America behind Avatar and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. It is the third-highest-grossing animated feature of 2009. It hardly out-grossed its predecessor, Ice Age: The Meltdown which earned $195,330,621 three years before,[15] to become the highest-grossing movie in the franchise, but it was way behind the two first Ice Age movies in estimated attendance.[18]
Outside North America
On its opening weekend it earned $151.7 million, which is the biggest opening for an animated feature[19] and the 13th largest of all time.[20] Oustide North America, it is the seventh highest-grossing film of all time[21] and the highest-grossing animated movie of all time (out-grossing Finding Nemo).[22] Its highest-grossing market after North America was Germany ($82.2 million), followed by France and the Maghreb region ($69.2 million), and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($56.9 million).[23] It was the highest-grossing animated film of the year in all major countries, except Spain[24] and Australia.[25][18]
As of March 2012 it is the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Hungary,[26] Slovakia,[27] the Czech Republic,[28] Romania,[29] Bulgaria, where the film holds the opening-weekend record,[30] Finland,[31] Norway,[32] Denmark,[33] Estonia,[34] Latvia,[35] Lithuania,[36] Italy,[37] Greece,[38] Serbia and Montenegro,[39] Slovenia,[40] Croatia,[41] France and the Maghreb region,[42] the Netherlands,[43] Germany,[44] Austria,[45] Brazil,[46] Peru,[47] Uruguay[48] and Venezuela.[49]
Home media
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was released on high-definition 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.
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 3D on July 13, 2012.[50] Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Chris Wedge are expected to reprise their roles as Manny, Ellie, Sid, Diego and Scrat.[51]
Video game
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
North American boxart, Wii version
Developer(s) Eurocom
Publisher(s) Activision
Platform(s) Games for Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360
Release date(s)
NA June 30, 2009[52]
Genre(s) Platform game
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s)
ESRB: E10+
Media/distribution Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Wii Optical Disc
The Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs video game from Activision 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.[53] 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.
Box Office
Budget: $90,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $41,690,382 (USA) (5 July 2009) (4099 Screens)
Gross: $886,686,817 (Worldwide) (10 December 2011)
Company Credits
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Blue Sky Studios See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime: 94 min
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
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