[22] 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. 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. Five months later on June 12, 2009, Paramount Pictures released Nickelodeon Movies' Imagine That, a comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Martin Sheen, Marin Hinkle, and Yara Shahidi. Brodesser, Claude; Dunkley, Cathy (August 12, 2001). This marks the first film from Nickelodeon to be distributed outside of Paramount Pictures. Nickelodeon Movies is the theatrical motion picture production arm of the Nickelodeon TV channel. However, it is still distributed under Paramount. The Wild Thornberrys Movie was released on December 20, 2002, starring the show's original cast members, Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Jodi Carlisle, Danielle Harris, Michael "Flea" Balzary, and Tom Kane. It grossed $8,117,961 in the United States and $9,079,042 worldwide. ", 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. The success of Rango led Paramount to create its own animation studio, Paramount Animation. Mednick Productions It grossed $11.4 million, and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies. 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. The studio released a Halloween comedy film, Fun Size, which opened on October 26, 2012, starring Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, and Thomas Mann. John Williams, the composer for the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of the studio's parent company Viacom, told sources:[25], 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. On January 16, 2009, 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. They would also co-produce all of Paramount Animation's films. It is the first sequel to The Rugrats Movie and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide. [7], Rugrats Go Wild was later released on June 13, 2003. The Rodent would also wear an underwater suit. This film was released on December 17, 2004, a month after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released. Parent WingNut Films Matt Kaplan will be producing. 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. The film grossed almost $163 million in the United States and $323.4 million worldwide, making it the fourth-most successful film produced by the studio. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a limited theatrical release. On August 9, 2019, the studio released the first film based on a Nick Jr. series Dora the Explorer, titled Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The success of film spawned it into a TV series, The Alpha Squad, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2007. Mavrocine. [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. The success of the film led to two sequels. Nickelodeon Movies is the theatrical motion picture production arm of the Nickelodeon TV channel. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a limited theatrical release. [12] Various directors, including Terry Gilliam and Roman Polanski, were interested in making the film. [20] 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. 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. This logo made its debut on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, which was released early in Canada that summer, before its worldwide release in 2021, and will be featured in future Nickelodeon theatrical films. Paramount Pictures, the owner of Nickelodeon Movies, agreed to co-finance, along with Scott Rudin. 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. Founded in 1995, the company released its first film Harriet the Spy in 1996. On June 28, 2002, Nickelodeon Movies released Hey Arnold! On October 23, 2017, Paramount Pictures announced a live-action film adaptation of the Nick Jr. series Dora the Explorer, titled Dora and the Lost City of Gold.