Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)

2007 live-action animated film by Tim Hill

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Tim Hill
Screenplay by|

* Jon Vitti
* Will McRobb
Chris Viscardi

Story by| Jon Vitti
Based on| Alvin and the Chipmunks
by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
Produced by|

* Janice Karman
* Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

Starring|

* Jason Lee
* David Cross
* Cameron Richardson
* Justin Long
* Matthew Gray Gubler
* Jesse McCartney

Cinematography| Peter Lyons Collister
Edited by| Peter E. Berger
Music by| Christopher Lennertz

Production
companies

* Fox 2000 Pictures[1]
* Regency Enterprises[1]
* Dune Entertainment[2]
* Bagdasarian Productions[2]

Distributed by| 20th Century Fox[1]

Release date

* December 14, 2007 (2007-12-14)

Running time

| 92 minutes[1]
Country| United States[1]
Language| English
Budget| $60 million[3]
Box office| $361.3 million[3]

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action/animated jukebox musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill from a screenplay by Jon Vitti and the writing team of Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. It is the first installment in the live-action film series of Alvin and the Chipmunks. The plot follows chipmunks Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, who move in with struggling songwriter Dave Seville after losing their home. When Dave discovers their singing talent, he introduces them to JETT Records executive Ian Hawke, whose plans threaten the chipmunks' newfound family dynamic. The cast includes Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson, with voices by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney.[4][5]

Development began in 1997 when Ross Bagdasarian Jr. expressed interest in creating a live-action film. The project saw multiple changes before it was officially announced in September 2004 as a collaboration between Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox Animation, and Bagdasarian Productions. The animation for the film was handled by Rhythm & Hues Studios, which studied real chipmunks and previous versions of the characters to design CGI models that retained the original essence. The integration of CGI with live-action footage required match-moving techniques and advanced visual effects software.[6] The music was composed by Christopher Lennertz. The film is dedicated in the memory of Ross Bagdasarian, creator of the Chipmunks.

Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in the United States on December 14, 2007, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the film's humor and "rehashed kids' movie formula", while Cross' performance as the villain received general praise.[7] It grossed $361.3 million worldwide against a $60 million budget[8][3] and was the third best-selling DVD of 2008 in the United States.[9] The film was followed by three sequels: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015).[10]

## Plot

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Talking chipmunk brothers Alvin, Simon, and Theodore reside in a fir tree, which is cut down and driven to Los Angeles after record label JETT Records purchases it as a Christmas tree. Meanwhile, struggling songwriter Dave Seville has his latest demo rejected by their chief executive Ian Hawke, who suggests that Dave should quit writing songs. Dave steals a muffin basket from one of Ian's subordinates and heads home; the Chipmunks, finding themselves in the same building, leave the tree and hop into the basket.

Finding the Chipmunks in his home, a shocked Dave initially forces them to leave. When he hears them sing "Only You (And You Alone)" and "Funkytown", Dave makes a deal with the Chipmunks to sing his songs in exchange for food and shelter. That night, Dave writes a song for them. The next day, Dave plays his piano and the Chipmunks practice Dave's song, "Christmas Don't Be Late". However, when Dave tries to present the Chipmunks to Ian, the Chipmunks fail to sing because of stage fright. The day worsens as Dave is fired from his marketing job due to the Chipmunks having unknowingly ruined his presentation boards. While hosting dinner with former girlfriend Claire, Dave struggles to hide the Chipmunks after Alvin attempts to create a romantic atmosphere, causing an uncomfortable Claire to leave. To make amends, the Chipmunks sing Dave's song in Ian's lavish mansion, prompting Ian to sign a record deal and restore the songwriting career of Dave, now the Chipmunks' manager.

The Chipmunks quickly become an international sensation, further solidified after a successful performance of "Witch Doctor". Dave, concerned for their wellbeing, insists the Chipmunks are too young to handle fame, but Ian convinces them Dave reduces their success. After a misunderstanding and reading an old letter Dave wrote, the Chipmunks decide to live with Ian, who exploits their naivety by overworking them constantly. When Ian's plan to take the Chipmunks on a twelve-month international tour is revealed on the news, Dave decides to infiltrate their concert at the Orpheum Theatre to retrieve them.

Before their concert, a veterinarian explains to Ian that the Chipmunks' voices have been worn out due to exhaustion and suggests that they take a long rest. Unwilling to cancel the concert and issue refunds, Ian advises the Chipmunks to lip sync. Dave sneaks into the theatre with Claire's help. The Chipmunks hear Dave calling and realize that Ian has tricked them; they decide to sabotage the show by causing chaos onstage. Dave is stopped by security as Ian locks the Chipmunks in a cage, preparing for their concert in Paris. Ian escapes in his limousine with Dave pursuing after him. Despite losing Ian, Dave finds the Chipmunks in his car. As Dave and the Chipmunks reconcile, Ian discovers their escape, which ultimately results in the collapse of his career and financial ruin.

## Cast

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(L to R) Jason Lee (pictured in 2015), David Cross (2019), and Cameron Richardson (2018)

* Justin Long as Alvin (speaking voice)
* Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin (singing voice)
* Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon (speaking voice)
* Steve Vining as Simon (singing voice)[11]
* Jesse McCartney as Theodore (speaking voice)
* Janice Karman as Theodore (singing voice)
* Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville, a struggling songwriter and adoptive father figure to Alvin, Simon and Theodore
* David Cross as Ian Hawke, the CEO of JETT Records
* Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson, a photographer and Dave's ex-girlfriend[12]
* Jane Lynch as Gail, an advertising executive and Dave's ex-boss

## Production

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### Origin and development

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Ross Bagdasarian in 1972

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian (using the pseudonym David Seville) experimented with speed-altered vocals to create "Witch Doctor", a novelty song about asking for love advice from a witch doctor.[13] Its success, which included topping the Billboard charts,[13] inspired Bagdasarian to apply the recording technique to create The Chipmunks: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.[14][15] Their debut song "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" sold over 4 million copies and won multiple Grammy Awards.[16][17] This popularity led to the first animated show, The Alvin Show, airing in 1961. After Bagdasarian's death, his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. revived the Chipmunks with a successful Christmas special in 1981.[14]

Ross Bagdasarian Jr. dreamed of making a live-action film since 1997 "and the dream has had many nightmare moments".[18] In June 1997, Robert Zemeckis was assigned to direct a live action adaptation with Steven Spielberg producing with Universal Pictures,[19] but the project was put on hold after the estate of Ross Bagdasarian Sr. filed a lawsuit against Universal in September 2000, claiming the studio had failed to properly license products featuring Alvin and his singing companions.[20] In September 2004, Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox Animation and Bagdasarian Productions announced they would collaborate to create a live-action computer-generated film starring Alvin and the Chipmunks.[21] In April 2005, Jon Vitti, writer of The Simpsons, was revealed to be writing the screenplay.[22] In January 2007, it was announced Tim Hill, former writer of Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants, was in talks with Fox to direct the film, having previously directed Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.[23]

### Pre-production

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Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, John Travolta, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Bill Murray were originally considered for the role of David Seville.[24][25][26] In March 2007, Jason Lee joined the project to play David Seville,[27] and Cameron Richardson joining that month to play Claire.[28] Patton Oswalt, Tom Cruise and Brian Posehn were approached to play Ian Hawke but all declined.[29] Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney voiced the Chipmunks, replacing Bagdasarian Jr. and his wife Janice Karman, who had voiced the chipmunks since they revived the franchise.[30] For recording, the chipmunk voice actors spoke their lines slowly to be sped up to normal speed in post-production; McCartney described it as a "tedious process", where "it could take 40 takes for one line." He owned the album Chipmunk Punk (1980) and studied 1980s Alvin cartoons for his role in the film.[31]

### Filming

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Dave Seville's house was built on Sunset Gower Studios (pictured).

Principal photography began on March 28, 2007,[32][33] with filming taking place primarily in areas of Los Angeles.[34] Seville's house was built on Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, and contains references to Bagdasarian Sr.'s life. The set pieces included an upright piano he used to write his songs and a flower visual he painted; the house's address number includes 1958, the year he created the chipmunk characters; and the house design is based on a cottage built in 1919, the year Bagdasarian Sr. was born.[35]

In shots where human characters interacted with the chipmunks, the actors rehearsed with small stuffed animals indicating where the chipmunks would be; the animals were then removed when it was time to shoot, and the actors used their memory of where the animals were.[6] In the mid-credits scene where Ian tries to get squirrels to sing, the actor and the animals were filmed separately. Using nuts, a trainer would bait squirrels in order to get them to turn their heads in different directions.[36]

### Visual effects and animation

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The Chipmunks were animated by visual effects company Rhythm & Hues Studios,[37] who previously animated creatures for projects such as Babe (1995), Mouse Hunt (1997), Scooby-Doo (2002), The Cat in the Hat (2003), and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), the lattermost of which garnered Rhythm & Hues an Academy Award.[6] As with past projects, Rhythm & Hues used its own software for animating Alvin and the Chipmunks. Programs Voodoo and Icy were used for placing the CGI into live-action shots,[6] with Autodesk programs like Flame and Maya used as well.[38][39]

Real-life chipmunks were studied and integrated into Ross Bagdasarian Sr.'s characters.

According to Bagdasarian Jr., getting the look of the chipmunks suited for a live-action setting while maintaining the essence of the cartoon designs was challenging, and it took until September 2006 for the artists to get it right.[40] Hill instructed the artists to make the chipmunks look realistic, but not entirely like chipmunks.[6] In addition to observing real chipmunks offered by Universal Studios Inc., Rhythm & Hues studied all versions of the chipmunk characters from past Alvin media for conceiving, fur-texturing, and animating designs for the film.[6] Human dancers were referenced for animating the dance movements of the chipmunks, and YouTube videos of famous guitarists playing the guitar influenced how Alvin's guitar-playing was animated.[6] High-dynamic-range images of sets were also used for lighting the chipmunks to fit the live-action shots.[6] The most difficult part of integrating the chipmunks in the shots was match moving for instances when they climb on Seville's head.[6] For scenes where the chipmunks interacted with props, some were live-action props while others, such as a paper airplane, were produced and animated.[6]

## Music

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Main article: Alvin and the Chipmunks (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was released in November 2007, featuring songs such as "Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (as made famous by David Seville and the Chipmunks), cover versions of songs such as "Bad Day" (as made famous by Daniel Powter) and "Funkytown" (as made famous by Lipps Inc.), and original songs such as "Coast 2 Coast", "Get You Goin'" and "Get Munk'd".[41][42] Four songs from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100.[43] The album has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million copies, thereby becoming the Chipmunks' third Platinum album, sixth RIAA-certified album and the first since Chipmunks in Low Places (which also went Platinum).[44] The film's original score was composed and conducted by Christopher Lennertz.[45] La-La Land Records released a limited edition album in September 2008.[46]

## Release

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### Predictions and marketing

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Interior of a video shop in Berlin with an Alvin film poster (bottom left)

Months before its release, film bloggers anticipated that Alvin and the Chipmunks would be a failure due to the involvement of the director of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006),[47][48] the writers of Snow Day (2000), the Ice Age films, Robots (2005), Big Momma's House 2 (2006),[48] and the poor quality of previous live-action adaptations of old cartoons.[47][49] In an August 2007 survey of 750 American teens ran by eCRUSH and OTX, Alvin and the Chipmunks was one of the most anticipated films of the 2007 fall and winter seasons in the group.[50] A video game adaptation was developed by Sensory Sweep Studios for Brash Entertainment and released on December 4, 2007.[51]

### Home media

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The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 1, 2008.[52] This release sold 7.5 million DVD units ($127.6 million) in total becoming the third-best-selling DVD of 2008 in the United States, behind only The Dark Knight and Iron Man.[9]

### Box office

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Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in the United States and Canada on December 14, 2007. The film grossed $44.3 million in 3,475 theaters its opening weekend averaging to about $12,750 per venue, placing second at the box office behind I Am Legend.[53][54] Its second weekend was $28.2 million. On its third weekend, it surpassed I Am Legend for number 2 at the box office, but ranked behind National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The film closed on Thursday June 5, 2008, making $217.3 million in the US and $144 million overseas for a total of $361.3 million worldwide.[54] The sustained box-office success surprised the studio; Elizabeth Gabler of Fox 2000 told the Los Angeles Times, "I look at the numbers every day, and we just laugh". Alvin was more profitable than either I Am Legend or National Treasure: Book of Secrets.[55] According to MTV, it became the highest-grossing talking animal/cartoon adaptation until its sequel.[8] It is 20th Century Fox's second-highest-grossing film that was released in 2007, behind only Live Free or Die Hard.[56]

### Response towards Cross

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Further information: David Cross § Alvin and the Chipmunks

David Cross received backlash for his role in the film. In December 2007, comedian Patton Oswalt made a blog joke that he and Brian Posehn were offered the role of Ian but rejected it, adding, "We both threw the script across the room in disgust. David Cross caught it."[57] In response, Cross said he had rejected the role initially but reconsidered.[58][59][60]

## Reception

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### Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 28% of 107 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Though cutely rendered, Alvin and the Chipmunks suffers from bland potty humor and a rehashed kids' movie formula."[61][62] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 39 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[63] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it grade A, on a scale of A+ to F.[64]

David Cross in 2007. Several film reviewers praised his performance as the villain.[65][66]

Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said, "the script leans heavily on the pranks and big-eyed cuteness of the li'l guys and leaves the live actors with unfunny dialogue and nothing to do."[67] According to The New York Times, "its animated protagonists are egregiously eclipsed by the live-action characters."[66] Chicago Reader criticized the "cardboard" characters of David Seville and Ian Hawke.[68] The most common censure was the film's satire on commercialism, which was hypocritical due to being bombarded with popular brands, including the chipmunks themselves.[a] Burr explained the film's message "is torn between the glitz that sells and the homilies that endure."[67]

Some critics disliked Lee's under-acting, particularly his underwhelming yelling of the word "Alvin!".[b] Andrew Grant of Première found, "Jason Lee makes for a sympathetic Dave, yet there's an almost somnambulistic quality to his performance,"[77] and Vice wrote that Lee's "rather 'cartoony' acting style here leaves a lot to be desired."[74] However, Lee's acting did have some supporters for working as a likable protagonist,[73][78] such as Time Out, a source that thought his "wry approach lends an edge to some of the script's wittier moments."[70]

Some reviewers praised Cross' performance,[c] such as Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic who said, "Cross is hilarious in everything he does, but he's surprisingly effective in a kids comedy."[81] New York Times described Cross as "delightfully despicable, movie-stealing".[66] However, one reviewer, Tim Robey, admitted to being annoyed by Cross in the film.[72] Andrew Grant called Richardson "sufficiently adorable and winsome, though the film's purity makes it difficult to imagine any sort of romantic entanglement."[77] Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com wrote: "Jason Lee and David Cross manfully play roles that require them, as actors, to relate with empty space that would later be filled with CGI."[82]

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "the values and the CGI are good."[83] Some critics praised the chipmunk protagonists;[68] with Vice writing they were "integrated pretty well into the live-action elements."[74] The A.V. Club wrote, "the manic Chipmunks wear out their welcome pretty quickly."[84] The Globe and Mail commented: "you've got regulation-height dancers and musicians backing a singing group the size of kids' mittens."[85] Some reviewers, including Ebert, also panned the lack of distinction between the chipmunks.[82][83] However, Variety thought there was a "persuasive interaction of human and digital co-stars."[80]

### Accolades

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Fox submitted Alvin and the Chipmunks to the Academy Awards for a Best Animated Feature before the film had a theatrical run required for the award; it was not nominated.[86] While the Movieguide Awards named Alvin and the Chipmunks the third best family film of 2007,[87] PopMatters called it the second worst film of the year.[88] It was also named one of 2007's worst pictures by science fiction writer John Varley.[89] In 2011, Entertainment Weekly ranked Alvin and the Chipmunks the third worst live-action/animation hybrid film of all time.[90] Complex and Screen Rant named it eleventh worst talking animal film of all time.[91][92] In 2013, it was ranked by GamesRadar as the 48th worst Christmas movie ever.[93] In 2016, Box Office Prophets ranked it the fifth worst live-action film based on a cartoon.[94] The film also won the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie,[95] a BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music,[96] and was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical).[97]

## Sequels

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Main article: Alvin and the Chipmunks in film § Theatrical live-action films

A sequel titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, was released on December 23, 2009.[98] Zachary Levi joined the cast for The Squeakquel, and the main cast members reprised their roles for the sequel; the film introduced the Chipettes in the live-action film series. A third film, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, was released on December 16, 2011.[99] A fourth and final film, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, was released on December 18, 2015.[100]

## Notes

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1. ^ Attributed to multiple references:[69][70][71][72][73]
2. ^ [74][75][65][76]
3. ^ [65][66][79][69][80]

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## External links

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* Alvin and the Chipmunks at IMDb
* Alvin and the Chipmunks at the TCM Movie Database
* Alvin and the Chipmunks at Box Office Mojo

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Alvin and the Chipmunks

Characters|

* Alvin and the Chipmunks
* David Seville
* The Chipettes
* Clyde Crashcup

Music|

| Singles|

* "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
* "Alvin's Harmonica"
* "Alvin's Orchestra"
* "Alvin for President"

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Albums|

* Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks
* Sing Again with The Chipmunks
* Around the World with The Chipmunks
* The Alvin Show
* The Chipmunk Songbook
* Christmas with The Chipmunks
* The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits
* The Chipmunks Sing with Children
* Chipmunks à Go-Go
* The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle
* The Chipmunks Go to the Movies
* The Very Best of The Chipmunks
* Chipmunk Punk
* Urban Chipmunk
* A Chipmunk Christmas
* Chipmunk Rock
* The Chipmunks Go Hollywood
* Songs from Our TV Shows
* 'Munk Rock
* Solid Gold Chipmunks
* The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock
* The Chipmunks Rock the House
* Chipmunks in Low Places
* Greatest Hits
* Here's Looking at Me!
* A Very Merry Chipmunk
* When You Wish Upon a Chipmunk
* Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes
* The A-Files: Alien Songs
* Greatest Hits: Still Squeaky After All These Years
* Undeniable

Soundtracks|

* Alvin and the Chipmunks
* The Chipmunk Adventure (soundtrack)
* The Squeakquel
* Chipwrecked
* Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks (soundtrack)
* We're the Chipmunks (Music from the TV Show)

Television series|

* The Alvin Show (1961–1962)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–1990)
* episodes
* Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks (2015–2023)
* episodes

Specials and
home video|

* A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
* A Chipmunk Reunion (1985)
* Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990; guest appearance)
* Rockin' Through the Decades (1991)

Feature films|

| Animated|

* The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)

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Live-action|

* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
* The Squeakquel (2009)
* Chipwrecked (2011)
* The Road Chip (2015)

Direct-to-video|

* Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
* Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks (2003)

Video games|

* Alvin and the Chipmunks
* Nickelodeon Super Brawl

People|

* Ross Bagdasarian
* Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
* Janice Karman

Related|

* "Witch Doctor"
* Bagdasarian Productions

* Category

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Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie

* Beverly Hills Cop II (1988)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989)
* Look Who's Talking (1990)
* Home Alone (1991)
* The Addams Family (1992)
* Jurassic Park (1994)
* The Lion King (1995)
* Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996)
* Independence Day (1997)
* Titanic (1998)
* The Rugrats Movie (1999)
* Big Daddy (2000)
* How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2001)
* Rush Hour 2 (2002)
* Austin Powers in Goldmember (2003)
* Finding Nemo (2004)
* The Incredibles (2005)
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2006)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2007)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2008)
* High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2009)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2010)
* The Karate Kid (2011)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2012)
* The Hunger Games (2013)
* The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2014)
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2015)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
* Ghostbusters (2017)
* Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2018)
* Avengers: Infinity War (2019)
* Avengers: Endgame (2020)
* Wonder Woman 1984 (2021)
* Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022)
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2023)
* Barbie (2024)

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* e

Tim Hill

Films directed|

* Muppets from Space (1999)
* Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)
* Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
* Hop (2011)
* Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014; also screenwriter)
* The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020; also screenwriter)
* The War with Grandpa (2020)

Written only|

* The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
* Michael Jackson's Halloween (2017; TV special)

Television series developed|

* SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present)
* Kenny the Shark (2003–2006)

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* e

20th Century Animation

A subsidiary of 20th Century Studios.

Feature films|

| Released|

* The Simpsons Movie (2007)
* Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

| Fox Animation
Studios|

* Anastasia (1997)
* Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
* Titan A.E. (2000)

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Blue Sky
Studios|

* Ice Age (2002)
* Robots (2005)
* Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
* Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
* Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
* Rio (2011)
* Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
* Epic (2013)
* Rio 2 (2014)
* The Peanuts Movie (2015)
* Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
* Ferdinand (2017)
* Spies in Disguise (2019)

Walt Disney
Pictures[a]|

* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
* The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
* Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023)

Upcoming|

Ice Age 6 (2026)

Short films|

* Gone Nutty (2002)
* No Time for Nuts (2006)
* Surviving Sid (2008)
* The Longest Daycare (2012)
* The Predator Holiday Special (2018)
* Playdate with Destiny (2020)
* The Force Awakens from Its Nap (2021)
* The Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021)
* The Simpsons | Balenciaga (2021)
* Plusaversary (2021)
* Te Deseo Lo Mejor (2021)
* Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022, TV series)
* When Billie Met Lisa (2022)
* Welcome to the Club (2022)
* The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad" (2022)
* Rogue Not Quite One (2023)
* May the 12th Be with You (2024)
* The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024)

Television specials|

* Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
* Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
* Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)

Associated
productions|

* FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
* Once Upon a Forest (1993)
* The Pagemaster (1994)
* FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
* Monkeybone (2001)
* Garfield: The Movie (2004)
* Fat Albert (2004)
* Everyone's Hero (2006)
* Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006)
* Night at the Museum (2006)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
* Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* Aliens in the Attic (2009)
* Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
* The Croods (2013)
* Turbo (2013)
* Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
* How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
* The Book of Life (2014)
* Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
* Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
* Home (2015)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
* Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
* Trolls (2016)
* The Boss Baby (2017)
* Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
* Isle of Dogs (2018)
* The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

Franchises|

* Anastasia (since 1997)
* Ice Age (since 2002)
* Garfield (2004–2006)
* Night at the Museum (since 2006)
* The Simpsons (since 2007)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007–2015)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (since 2010)
* Rio (since 2011)
* Dragon Ball (2013–2018)
* Bob's Burgers (since 2022)

People|

* Chris Wedge
* Carlos Saldanha
* Don Bluth
* Steve Martino

Related|

* 20th Television
* 20th Television Animation
* Terrytoons
* Fox Animation Studios
* Blue Sky Studios
* Animation on Fox
* Animation Domination
* Walt Disney Animation Studios
* List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films
* unproduced projects

1. ^ Originally in-production at 20th Century Studios, but were switched over to Walt Disney Pictures before completion.

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