List of Warner Animation Group films
This is a list of films produced by the Warner Animation Group, an American animation studio based in Burbank, California, United States. As of 2019, Warner Animation Group has released 7 feature films, which were all released under the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. The company produced its first feature-length film, The Lego Movie, in 2014. Their second production, Storks, was released in 2016, followed by their first spin-off, The Lego Batman Movie, in 2017. Warner Animation Group had two releases in a single year once: The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie in 2017. In 2018, they released Smallfoot and followed in 2019, they released The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
Warner Animation Group's latest film was Scoob!, which was released in May 2020, and their upcoming slate of films includes Tom & Jerry and Space Jam: A New Legacy[1] (both 2021),[2][3] DC Super Pets[4][5] (2022)[6] and Coyote vs. Acme[7][8] (2023).[9]
Films
Released
# | Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Editor(s) | Composer(s) | |
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Story | Screenplay | |||||||
1 | The Lego Movie | February 7, 2014 | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Dan and Kevin Hageman, Lord, & Miller | Lord & Miller | Dan Lin & Roy Lee | David Burrows & Chris McKay | Mark Mothersbaugh |
2 | Storks | September 23, 2016 | Nicholas Stoller & Doug Sweetland | Stoller | Brad Lewis & Stoller | John Venzon | Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna | |
3 | The Lego Batman Movie | February 10, 2017 | Chris McKay | Seth Grahame-Smith | Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, & John Whittington | Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Roy Lee | David Burrows, Matt Villa & John Venzon | Lorne Balfe[10] |
4 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | September 22, 2017 | Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, & Bob Logan | Hilary Winston, Logan, Fisher, William and Tom Wheeler, Dan & Kevin Hageman | Logan, Fisher, W. and T. Wheeler, Jared Stern, & John Whittington | Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Chris McKay, Maryann Garger, & Roy Lee | Julie Rogers, Garret Elkins, Ryan Folsey, John Venzon, David Burrows | Mark Mothersbaugh[11] |
5 | Smallfoot | September 28, 2018 | Karey Kirkpatrick | Story by : John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, & Kirkpatrick Original story by : Sergio Pablos |
Kirkpatrick, & Clare Sera | Bonne Radford, Ficarra, & Requa | Peter Ettinger | Heitor Pereira (score) K. and Wayne Kirkpatrick (songs) |
6 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | February 8, 2019 | Mike Mitchell | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Matthew Fogel | Lord & Miller | Dan Lin, Lord, Miller, Roy Lee, & Jinko Gotoh | Clare Knight | Mark Mothersbaugh |
7 | Scoob! | May 15, 2020[nb 1] | Tony Cervone | Matt Lieberman, Eyal Podell & Jonathon E. Stewart | Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott & Lieberman | Pam Coats & Allison Abbate | Ryan Folsey & Vanara Taing | Tom Holkenborg |
- Released on Premium VOD in the United States and Canada on this date,[12] and later released in theaters in select countries with relaxed COVID-19 restrictions beginning July 8, 2020.[13][14]
Upcoming
# | Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Editor(s) | Composer(s) | |
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Story | Screenplay | |||||||
8 | Tom & Jerry | February 26, 2021[15] | Tim Story | Kevin Costello | Christopher DeFaria | Peter S. Elliot | Christopher Lennertz | |
9 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | July 16, 2021 | Malcolm D. Lee | Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler & Terence Nance | Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter & Duncan Henderson | Bob Ducsay | Hans Zimmer & Kris Bowers | |
10 | DC Super Pets | May 20, 2022 | Jared Stern | John Walker | Chris Lebenzon | Henry Jackman | ||
11 | Coyote vs. Acme | July 21, 2023[16] | Dave Green | Sammy Burch, Jon & Josh Silberman, Jeremy Slater, and James Gunn[16] | Chris DeFaria and Gunn[16] | TBA |
Reception
Critical and public reception
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | Critics' Choice |
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The Lego Movie | 96% | 83/100 | A | 91/100 |
Storks | 66% | 56/100 | A- | 69/100 |
The Lego Batman Movie | 90% | 75/100 | A- | 85/100 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | 56% | 55/100 | B+ | 64/100 |
Smallfoot | 76% | 60/100 | A- | 72/100 |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | 84% | 65/100 | A- | 76/100 |
Scoob! | 48% | 43/100 | 67/100 |
Box office performance
Film | Budget | North America | Overseas
gross |
Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref(s) | |
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Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
The Lego Movie | $60–65 million | $69 million | $257.7 million | $211.4 million | $469.1 million | [17] |
Storks | $70 million | $21.3 million | $72.6 million | $110.7 million | $183.3 million | [18] |
The Lego Batman Movie | $80 million | $53 million | $175.7 million | $136.2 million | $311.9 million | [19] |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | $70 million | $20.4 million | $59.2 million | $63.8 million | $123.1 million | [20] |
Smallfoot | $80 million | $23 million | $83.2 million | $130.9 million | $214.1 million | [21] |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | $99 million | $34.1 million | $105.7 million | $86.5 million | $192.3 million | [22] |
Scoob! | $90 million[23] | N/A | $24.9 million | $24.9 million | [24] |
Academy Award wins and nominations
Film | Best Picture |
Animated Feature | Original Screenplay | Original Score | Original Song | Sound Editing | Sound Mixing | Other |
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The Lego Movie | Nominated |
See also
- List of computer-animated films
- List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated features
References
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