There is certainly no shortage of flicks this summer geared towards the family audience, including five animated features competing for dollars.
The top two earning animated pics are likely to be sequels that were already covered in a previous post, Monsters University and Despicable Me 2. There’s also the computer animated Smurfs sequel.
Kiddos will have three other animated features to choose from as well. Epic (May 24) comes from 2oth Century Fox and features the voices of Colin Farrell, Beyonce, Josh Hutcherson, and Christoph Waltz. Animated features set in forests have a checkered history… remember 1992’s Ferngully? No?
Still, Epic has the advantage of being out of the gate first and could do respectable business while nowhere near the numbers of Monsters or Despicable.
Turbo (July 17) comes from Dreamworks in a tale about a snail who wishes to become the fastest snail in the world. Featuring the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Michael Pena, Maya Rudolph, Paul Giamatti, and Snoop Lion (not used to that yet), Turbo will not be the fastest earning feature this summer, but good word-of-mouth could propel it to respectable grosses.
Lastly, Planes (August 9) is from Disney Toons and is a spin-off of the successful Cars franchise. It was originally intended for direct-to-DVD release before the studio changed their mind. Disney will make most of its dough with the Monsters Inc. sequel this summer, but moving Planes to theaters will probably be a profitable venture. The flick features the voices of Dane Cook, Brad Garrett, and Cedric the Entertainer.
The 2012 Summer Movie Preview will continue soon with horror flicks. Stay tuned!
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