Nickelodeon Movies
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| Company type | Production arm of Nickelodeon |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Owner | Viacom |
| Parent | Nickelodeon Paramount Pictures |
| Website | nick |
Nickelodeon Movies is the theatrical motion picture production arm of the American children's cable channel Nickelodeon. Founded in 1995, the company released its first film Harriet the Spy in 1996. It has produced family features and films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are co-produced and/or distributed by Viacom division Paramount Pictures. The studio's highest-grossing films are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), which grossed $493.3 million worldwide, The Adventures of Tintin (2011),[1] which grossed $374 million worldwide, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), which grossed $323.4 million worldwide.
History
Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox Deal (1993-95)
In 1993, Nickelodeon forged a 2-year contract with 20th Century Fox to make feature films. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats and Doug.[2] But 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 Nickelodeon verison of the Doug film would not be made due to the 1996 sale of the show's producing studio to Disney and that show's move to ABC, but would eventually have a theatrical movie through the Walt Disney Pictures banner in 1999. With the creative differences with the creator of Ren & Stimpy and an inability to market that property in a family-friendly manner instead of a "cynical and gross humor" scuttled that film.[3][4] But Paramount & Viacom would go forward and start development on the Rugrats film a year after the acquisition.
Nickelodeon Movies (1995-98)
Nickelodeon Movies was then founded in 1995. On July 10, 1996, the studio released its first film, Harriet the Spy, a spy-comedy-drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name.
On July 25, 1997, the studio then released another film, Good Burger, a comedy film, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. It was based on the Good Burger sketch on Nickelodeon's popular sketch comedy series All That.
On November 20, 1998, the studio released The Rugrats Movie, Nickelodeon Movies' first animated film and the first Nicktoon to be shown in theaters. It received mixed critical reception, but despite this, the movie became a box office success, earning $100,494,675 in the domestic box office and $140,894,675 worldwide.[5] It also became the first non-Disney animated film to gross over $100,000,000 domestically and was the studio's first film to receive a G rating from the MPAA. The success of the film led to two sequels.
2000–02
On February 11, 2000, the studio released Snow Day, a comedy film starring Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Zena Grey, Josh Peck and Emmanuelle Chriqui. This film met negative reviews, yet it grossed $62,464,731 worldwide.
Nine months later, the studio released Rugrats in Paris: The Movie on November 17, 2000. It is the first sequel to The Rugrats Movie, and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide.[6] The movie received favorable reviews, becoming the most critically acclaimed Rugrats film to date.
On December 21, 2001, the studio released its first CGI animated film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It is based on a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It became a critical and box-office success, earning $80,936,232 in the United States and $102,992,536 worldwide. It stars voice actors Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Carolyn Lawrence, Jeffrey Garcia, and Candi Milo, and co-starred Martin Short and Patrick Stewart. On March 24, 2002, this movie was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Shrek.[7] It is the first Nickelodeon film to be nominated for an Academy Award. The success of the film spawned this film into a TV series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2002 to 2006.
On March 29, 2002, the studio released Clockstoppers, a sci-fi action film, starring Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, and French Stewart. This film received negative reviews and was a minor box office success, only earning $36,989,956 in the United States and $38,793,283 worldwide.
2002–04
On June 28, 2002, Nickelodeon Movies released Hey Arnold!: The Movie, starring the series's original cast members and guest starring Paul Sorvino as Scheck, the CEO of a real estate company called Future Tech Industries (FTI). The film received negative reviews and grossed $15.2 million.[8] It was originally going to be a TV film entitled Arnold Saves the Neighborhood, but executives of Paramount Pictures decided to release this film theatrically. It was the first animated film from Nickelodeon to get a PG rating.
In 2002 and 2003, the studio, along with Klasky Csupo, released two films based on popular TV shows, The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Rugrats Go Wild, respectively. 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. This film received positive reviews and was a box office success. It only grossed $40.1 million domestically and $60.7 million worldwide. On March 23, 2003, this film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[9]
Rugrats Go Wild was later released on June 13, 2003. 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. This film is also the only Rugrats film to receive a PG rating.[10]
On November 19, 2004, Nickelodeon released The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, an adventure-comedy film based on the popular Nickelodeon television series, SpongeBob SquarePants. This film grossed $85.4 million in the United States and $140.2 million worldwide.[11] The success of this film led to a sequel,[12] and it was adapted into various media, including its own video game, soundtrack, books, and toy line.
2004–10
With the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Nickelodeon Movies returned to making box-office hits. The studio purchased the film rights of the A Series of Unfortunate Events book series in May 2000.[13] Paramount Pictures, owner of Nickelodeon Movies, agreed to co-finance, along with Scott Rudin.[14] Various directors, including Terry Gilliam and Roman Polanski, were interested in making the film. One of author Daniel Handler's favorite candidates was Guy Maddin. In June 2002, Barry Sonnenfeld was hired to direct. He was chosen because he had previously collaborated with Rudin and because of his black comedy directing style as seen in The Addams Family, Addams Family Values and Get Shorty.[15] Sonnenfeld referred to the Lemony Snicket books as his favorite children's stories.[16] The director hired Handler to write the script[17] with the intention of making Lemony Snicket as a musical, and cast Jim Carrey as Count Olaf in September 2002.[17] Sonnenfeld eventually left over budget concerns in January 2003 and director Brad Silberling took over. This film was released on December 17, 2004, a month after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released. It became a huge box office success, earning $118,634,549 at the United States box office and $209,073,645 worldwide. This film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup in 2005.
In 2005, the studio and Paramount Classics purchased a documentary film, Mad Hot Ballroom, at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a limited theatrical release. It grossed $8,117,961 in the United States and $9,079,042 worldwide. It also was a huge critical success.
Several months later, the studio and Paramount Pictures released their first co-production with both Columbia Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer and released a family comedy film, Yours, Mine and Ours, a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. This film stars Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. 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.
On June 16, 2006, Nickelodeon released the wrestling comedy film Nacho Libre. It is very loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta. This film stars Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, and Ana de la Reguera. This film met with mixed critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $80,197,993 in the domestic box office and grossed $99,255,460 worldwide. A sequel to this film is being considered.[18][19]
Two months later, the studio released another CGI film, Barnyard: The Original Party Animals, starring the voices of Kevin James, as Otis, a carefree bull who loves throwing parties, David Koechner as Dag, a red coyote, Sam Elliott as Ben, Otis' father and the leader of the barnyard, and voice actors Jeff Garcia, S. Scott Bullock, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, and Rob Paulsen. This film met with negative critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $72,637,803 at the United States box office and grossed $116,476,887 worldwide. Like Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, the film's success has spawned into a TV show, Back at the Barnyard, which ran from 2007 to 2011 on Nickelodeon, longer than The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Chris Hardwick replaced Kevin James as the role for Otis.
On December 15, 2006, the studio released Charlotte's Web, a family drama film based on E. B. White's popular book of the same name, starring Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Beau Bridges, and the voices of Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, and Cedric the Entertainer. This film became a critical and box office success, earning $82,985,708 in the United States and $144,877,632 worldwide. 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. Dakota Fanning won a Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.
2 years later on February 14, 2008, the studio released The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy drama film based on the bestselling book of the same name, starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Short, Nick Nolte, and Seth Rogen. This film was released in both regular and IMAX theaters and received favorable reviews and was a box office success, earning $71,195,053 in the United States and $162,839,667 outside of the United States.[20]
On July 28, 2008, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies released a coming-of-age comedy film, Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging, based on two bestselling British novels by Louise Rennison, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers. This film met with positive reviews and was a box office success, however, it was released in theaters in the United Kingdom, earning £8,647,770 and grossed £13,835,569 worldwide. To date, it has a direct-to-DVD release in the United States and has made its U.S. premiere on Nick at Nite on March 12, 2009. It is also the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to receive a PG-13 rating.
On January 16, 2009, Hotel for Dogs was released, starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin. It is based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. This film received mixed reviews from film critics, but was a box office success, earning $73,034,460 in the United States box office and grossed $117,000,198 worldwide. It is distributed by DreamWorks. This marks the first film from Nickelodeon to be distributed outside of Paramount Pictures. However, it is still distributed under Paramount.
5 months later on June 12, 2009, Paramount Pictures reunited with Nickelodeon Movies and released Imagine That, a comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Martin Sheen, Marin Hinkle, and Yara Shahidi. This film received mixed reviews, mainly criticizing Murphy's performance, and earned him a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor in 2010, only to lose to The Jonas Brothers' performances in Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience as themselves. It was also a box office failure, only earning $16,123,323 at the domestic box office and grossed only $22,985,194 worldwide.
2010–present
On January 8, 2007, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies announced that they had signed M. Night Shyamalan to write, direct and produce a trilogy of live-action films based on the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the first of which would encompass the main characters' adventures in Book One.[21] This film was later released in theaters in 3D on July 1, 2010 and was universally panned by critics, fans, and even from audiences that weren't familiar with the TV series and is often considered one of the worst movies ever made. 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.[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.
On March 4, 2011, Nickelodeon Movies released Rango, a CGI-animated western comedy film, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant and Ned Beatty. The film was produced by Gore Verbinski's production company Blind Wink, and Graham King's GK Films. The CGI animation was created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), marking its first full-length animated feature. ILM usually does visual effects for live-action films.[23] It is also the first animated film for Verbinski. During voice recording, the actors received costumes and sets to "give them the feel of the Wild West"; star Johnny Depp had 20 days in which to voice Rango and the filmmakers scheduled the supporting actors to interact with him.[24] Verbinski said his attempt with Rango was to do a "small" film after the large-scale Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, but that he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animated filmmaking is.[23][24] This film has met universal acclaim from critics and general audiences alike and won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The success of Rango led Paramount to create its own animation studio, Paramount Animation.
9 months later, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies partnered with Columbia Pictures once again and released The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, a performance-captured animated 3D film, directed by director Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, based on three of the comic book series of the same name by Hergé, The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). This film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters, as well normal "2D" theaters, and earned $77,591,831 in North America and $296,402,120 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $373,993,951.[1] It also was studio's first animated film to be shown in 3D. John Williams, the composer for the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. This film became the first non-Pixar film to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, beating Cars 2, and is the first Nickelodeon film to do so.
On February 28, 2012, a sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie titled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was announced to be in production, and was scheduled to be released in 2015.[needs update] Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of the studio's parent company Viacom, told sources:[25]
"We will be releasing a SpongeBob movie at the end of 2014, which will serve to start off or be one of our films that starts off our new animation effort."
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. Thanks to modern technology, the films still look "great" despite the lower cost, he said. He also lauded his studio team for winning an animation Oscar for Rango, the studio's first fully owned CGI effort. "We're very proud of that," he said.[25][26]
The sequel was directed by Paul Tibbitt, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Mary Parent, and executive-produced by the series' creator, Stephen Hillenburg.[27] The series' cast members reprised their roles from the first film.[28] The sequel was animated using the same animation style (traditional animation) as the TV show was.[29]
In 2012, following the news of the Viacom buyout of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, it was announced that Nickelodeon would produce a new film through Paramount Pictures with an expected release date sometime in 2012.[30] In late May 2011, it was announced that Paramount and Nickelodeon had brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce the next film that would reboot the film series.[31] Bay, Fuller, and Form would produce alongside Walker and Mednick. For the script, the studio originally hired Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to write the film for close to a million dollars. A year later the studio turned to writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to rewrite the script.[31][32] In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman was brought into negotiations to direct the film. It was released on August 8, 2014.
The studio released a Halloween comedy film, Fun Size, which opened on October 26, 2012, starring Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, and Thomas Mann. This film met with negative reviews, and was a box office failure. It grossed $11.4 million, and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies.
A reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opened on August 8, 2014. 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. It has since become Nickelodeon Movies's highest-grossing movie domestically (in North America) and worldwide, with over $191 million domestically and a total of $493.3 million worldwide.[citation needed]
On February 6, 2015, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the second film based on SpongeBob SquarePants, was released. The film grossed almost $163 million in the United States and $323.4 million worldwide, making it the third-most successful film produced by the studio.
On June 3, 2016, the studio released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. This met mixed reviews, but grossed $240.6 million worldwide.
Nickelodeon Movies was also involved in the film Monster Trucks, though merely as a label partner as Paramount vacillated several times about including the Nickelodeon Movies vanity card within the film. It was released on January 13, 2017 as a critical and box-office disappointment.
Upcoming projects
An original feature with a production from Ilion Animation Studios, titled Wonder Park,[33] is expected to be released on March 15, 2019. The same year, a television series based on it will also debut on Nickelodeon.[34]
On October 23, 2017, Paramount Pictures announced a live-action film adaptation of the former Nick Jr. series, Dora the Explorer. Produced by Paramount Players, it is expected to be released on August 2, 2019.[35] This will mark the first film to be based on a Nick Jr. series.
On November 13, 2017, it was announced that a film adaptation and reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark? was in the works at Paramount Players, with a release date set for October 11, 2019. It writer Gary Dauberman will be writing the screenplay, and Matt Kaplan will be producing.[36]
A sequel to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, titled The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, will be released on July 17, 2020, with former writer Tim Hill directing.[37][38]
On July 16, 2018, Nickelodeon Movies announced a reboot of the Rugrats film series, in which it will be a live-action/CGI hybrid film. Produced by Paramount Players and written by David A. Goodman, it is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2020.[39]
Cancelled or inactive projects
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Movies from the Nick/Fox Deal | In May 1993, when Nickelodeon Movies and 20th Century Fox made a film deal, they mentioned the possibility of making films based on Doug, The Ren and Stimpy Show, and Rugrats, plus the addition of making new materials. However, these projects were soon scrapped by Nickelodeon when the contract expired in 1995.[40][4] However, after Paramount Pictures was acquired by Viacom, The Rugrats Movie became under development, and was later released in late 1998. Also, after Disney acquired the rights to Doug, a film based on it was released in 1999. |
| Bone | In the late 1990s, an attempt was made through Nickelodeon Movies to produce a film version based on the Bone comics. Jeff Smith said in a 2003 interview that Nickelodeon had insisted on the Bone cousins being voiced by child actors, and wanted the film's soundtrack to include pop songs by the likes of N'Sync. Smith's response was that one would never insert pop songs in the middle of The Lord of the Rings or The Empire Strikes Back, and therefore pop songs should not be placed in Bone either.[41] The film is now in development at Warner Bros. Pictures under their Warner Animation Group banner. |
| Prometheus and Bob | A live-action Prometheus and Bob film was announced in 1998 as an adaptation of the KaBlam! series.[42] The film was planned to be produced by Amy Heckerling and directed by Harald Zwart, but later fell through due to lack of interest. |
| Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | In 1998, Nickelodeon offered Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett a chance to develop two feature-length films based on the series: one as a TV movie or direct-to-video and another slated for a theatrical release. Nickelodeon asked Bartlett to do "the biggest idea he could think of" for the theatrical film. Albie Hecht, who was president of Nickelodeon at the time, suggested to Bartlett about making the theatrical feature as a spiritual sequel/follow-up to the episode "Parents Day", and have Arnold try to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents. Though after successful test screenings of the made-for-TV movie titled Arnold Saves the Neighborhood, it was decided that it would instead be given a theatrical release in 2002, under the title of Hey Arnold!: The Movie to attract the attention of the public. Around this time, Hecht also asked Bartlett to produce a special one-hour 'prequel' episode titled "The Journal" that would serve as a lead-in to the second movie. The episode debuted on November 11, 2002. But due to the disappointing box office results of the first film, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie was cancelled and ended up leaving the original series with an unresolved cliffhanger ending. The project was later revived as a two-hour TV movie that debuted on November 24, 2017. |
| Jimmy Neutron 2: The Search for Carl | On June 20, 2002, The Hollywood Reporter reported the writer Kate Boutilier had signed a writing deal with the studio to write a sequel for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, entitled Jimmy Neutron 2: The Search for Carl, but the plans for the sequel were never materialized. However, the sequel's plot was used later in the Game Boy Advance version of the video game Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron. |
| Sequels to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, and Nickelodeon Movies hoped Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events would become a franchise like the Harry Potter film series.[15] Jim Carrey thought his character would be good as the basis for a film franchise since it would allow him to dive into a new role. "I don't have a deal [for a sequel], but it's one that I wouldn't mind doing again because there are so many characters," the actor explained in December 2004. "I mean, it's just so much fun. It's so much fun being a bad actor playing a character."[43] In May 2005, producer Laurie MacDonald said, "Lemony Snicket is still something Paramount is interested in pursuing and we're going to be talking with them more."[44] In October 2008, Daniel Handler said that "a sequel does seem to be in the works. Paramount has had quite a few corporate shakeups, which has led to many a delay. Of course, many, many plans in Hollywood come to naught, but I'm assured that another film will be made. Someday. Perhaps."[45] In June 2009, Silberling confirmed he still talked about the project with Handler, and suggested the sequel be a stop motion film, with each film being in a new medium, due to the young lead actors having grown too old to continue their roles. "In an odd way, the best thing you could do is actually have Lemony Snicket say to the audience, 'Okay, we pawned the first film off as a mere dramatization with actors. Now, I'm afraid I’m going to have to show you the real thing.'"[46] As of 2018, the franchise lives on as a successful live-action web series airing on Netflix. |
| The Anybodies film adaptation | On December 8, 2004, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies acquired the film rights from the book series of the same name.[47][48][49] It was originally set to be released sometime in 2006.[50] But it has not been released since then. It is unknown if the film will be released. |
| The Fairly OddParents animated film | In 2005 or 2006, Hartman had considered making a theatrical adaptation of The Fairly OddParents after the show's initial cancellation, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures. The film would be animated like the series, but was scrapped due to management changes at Paramount. However, Hartman had expressed interest in releasing the movie for DVD someday, and stated that the script could serve for another TV movie of the show. However, Hartman had departed Nickelodeon for former network executive Albie Hecht's new company PocketWatch at the end of 2017, seemingly ending chances of that happening.[51] |
| The Smurfs | In 2006, Paramount obtained the film rights to The Smurfs and were planning to make a movie with Nickelodeon. It was described to be an epic-comedic fantasy, like The Lord of the Rings meets The Princess Bride. The film never came to be until Sony bought the rights, making it the 2011 film of the same name. |
| Sequels to The Last Airbender | The Last Airbender, released in 2010, was originally intended to be the first film in a live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender film trilogy. However, due to poor reception of the film, Nickelodeon scrapped any plans for the sequels. |
| Mighty Mouse | As early as 2004, Omation Animation Studios and Nickelodeon announced their intention to bring Mighty Mouse (a property held by CBS Corporation) back to the big screen with a CGI Mighty Mouse feature film that was tentatively scheduled to be released sometime in 2013.[52] However, this never happened, and the project's fate is either unknown or unlikely. |
| The Loud House | In March 2017, Paramount's motion picture president Marc Evans announced a movie based on the series was set for release on February 7, 2020. But it was announced that the movie had been postponed.[53] |
Films
| Release date | Film | Director(s) | Story by | Screenwriter(s) | Co-production with | Budget | Gross (millions) | RT | MC | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | ||||||||||
| July 10, 1996 | Harriet the Spy | Bronwen Hughes | Greg Taylor and Julie Talen | Douglas Petrie and Theresa Rebeck | Rastar | $12,000,000 | $26.6 | 48% | — | B+ |
| July 25, 1997 | Good Burger | Brian Robbins | Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert | Tollin/Robbins Productions | $8,500,000 | $23.7 | 32% | — | — | |
| November 20, 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Norton Virgien and Igor Kovalyov | David N. Weiss and J. David Stem | Klasky Csupo | $24,000,000 | $140.9 | 59% | — | A− | |
| 2000s | ||||||||||
| February 11, 2000 | Snow Day | Chris Koch | Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi | C.O.R.E. | $13,000,000 | $62.5 | 28% | 34 | B− | |
| November 17, 2000 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Stig Bergqvist and Paul Demeyer | J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jill Gorey, Barbara Herndon and Kate Boutilier | Klasky Csupo | $30,000,000 | $103.3 | 75% | 62 | A− | |
| December 21, 2001 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | John A. Davis and Steve Oedekerk | John A. Davis, Steve Oedekerk, J. David Stern and David N. Weiss | O Entertainment DNA Productions |
$30,000,000 | $103 | 75% | 65 | A− |
| March 29, 2002 | Clockstoppers | Jonathan Frakes | Rob Hedden, Andy Hedden, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss | Rob Hedden, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss | Valhalla Motion Pictures | $26,000,000 | $38.8 | 29% | 40 | B+ |
| June 28, 2002 | Hey Arnold!: The Movie | Tuck Tucker | Craig Bartlett and Steve Viksten | Snee-Oosh, Inc. | $3,000,000 | $15.2 | 29% | 47 | B+ | |
| December 20, 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Cathy Malkasian and Jeff McGrath | Kate Boutilier | Klasky Csupo | $25,000,000 | $60.7 | 80% | 69 | A | |
| June 13, 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Norton Vergien and John Eng | $25,000,000 | $55.4 | 41% | 38 | A− | |||
| November 19, 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Stephen Hillenburg | Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt | United Plankton Pictures | $30,000,000 | $140.2 | 68% | 66 | B+ | |
| December 17, 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Brad Silberling | Robert Gordon | Lemony Snicket | Parkes/MacDonald Productions | $140,000,000 | $209.1 | 72% | 62 | B+ |
| May 13, 2005 | Mad Hot Ballroom | Marilyn Argrelo | Amy Sewell | Just One Production | $500,000 | $9.1 | 84% | — | — | |
| November 23, 2005 | Yours, Mine & Ours | Raja Gosnell | Madelyn Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. | Bob Hilgenberg, Rob Muir, Ron Burch and David Kidd | Robert Simonds Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
$45,000,000 | $72 | 6% | 38 | A− |
| June 16, 2006 | Nacho Libre | Jared Hess | Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess and Mike White | HH Films | $35,000,000 | $99.3 | 40% | — | B+ | |
| August 4, 2006 | Barnyard | Steve Oedekerk | O Entertainment | $51,000,000 | $116.5 | 22% | 42 | B+ | ||
| December 15, 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Gary Winick | Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick | The Kerner Entertainment Company Walden Media |
$85,000,000 | $144.9 | 78% | — | A | |
| February 14, 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mark Waters | Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum and John Sayles | The Kennedy/Marshall Company Atmosphere Pictures |
$90,000,000 | $162.8 | 80% | 62 | A− | |
| July 25, 2008 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Gurinder Chadha | Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi | — | $997,955 | $14.9 | 71% | — | — | |
| January 16, 2009 | Hotel for Dogs | Thor Freudenthal | Jeff Lowell, Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley | DreamWorks Pictures Cold Spring Pictures The Montecito Picture Company The Donners' Company Mavrocine |
$35,000,000 | $117 | 45% | — | A− | |
| June 12, 2009 | Imagine That | Karey Kirkpatrick | Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson | Di Bonaventura Pictures Goldcrest Pictures Internationale Filmproduktion Stella-del-Sud III GmbH Ko. |
$55,000,000 | $23 | 40% | 54 | A− | |
| 2010s | ||||||||||
| June 30, 2010 | The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan | Blinding Edge Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
$150,000,000 | $319.7 | 6% | 20 | C | ||
| March 4, 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Ward Byrkit | John Logan | Blind Wink Productions GK Films Industrial Light & Magic |
$135,000,000 | $245.7 | 87% | 75 | C+ |
| December 21, 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg | Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish | Columbia Pictures Amblin Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company WingNut Films Hemisphere Media Capital |
$135,000,000 | $374 | 75% | 68 | A− | |
| October 26, 2012 | Fun Size | Josh Schwartz | Max Werner | Anonymous Content Fake Empire Productions |
$14,000,000 | $11.4 | 25% | — | B | |
| August 8, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jonathan Liebesman | Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty | Platinum Dunes Gama Entertainment Mednick Productions Heavy Metal |
$125,000,000 | $493.3 | 22% | 31 | B | |
| February 6, 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Paul Tibbitt | Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt | Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger | United Plankton Productions Paramount Animation |
$74,000,000 | $323.4 | 80% | 62 | B+ |
| June 3, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Dave Green | Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec | Platinum Dunes Alibaba Pictures China Movie Media Group Gama Entertainment Mednick Productions Smithrowe Entertainment |
$135,000,000 | $245.6 | 38% | 40 | A− | |
| January 13, 2017 | Monster Trucks | Chris Wedge | Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger and Matthew Robinson | Derek Connolly | Paramount Animation Disruption Entertainment |
$125,000,000 | $64.5 | 32% | 41 | A |
| Upcoming films | ||||||||||
| March 15, 2019 | Wonder Park | David Feiss[54][55] | Robert Gordon, Josh Appelbaum, and André Nemec | Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec | Ilion Animation Studios Paramount Animation |
$100,000,000 [56] | Post-Production | |||
| August 2, 2019 | Dora the Explorer[36] | James Bobin | Nicholas Stoller and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel[57] | Paramount Players Walden Media[58] |
Production | |||||
| October 11, 2019 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Gary Dauberman | Paramount Players | |||||||
| July 17, 2020[37] | The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge | Tim Hill[59] | United Plankton Pictures Paramount Animation |
Development | ||||||
| November 13, 2020 | Untitled Rugrats live-action/CGI hybrid film[60] | David Goodman | Paramount Players Klasky Csupo |
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Franchises
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Rugrats | 1998–present |
| The Wild Thornberrys | 2002–2003 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | 2004–present |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014–present |
Notable awards and nominations received by Nickelodeon Movies
Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Winner/nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Animated Feature | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius[61] | Steve Oedekerk John A. Davis |
Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Song | The Wild Thornberrys Movie[62] | Paul Simon ("Father and Daughter") | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Makeup | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events[63] | Valli O'Reilly Bill Corso |
Won |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominated | ||
| Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs Cheryl Carasik |
Nominated | ||
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Best Animated Feature | Rango[64][65][66][67] | Gore Verbinski | Won |
| Best Original Score | The Adventures of Tintin[68] | John Williams | Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Winner/nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Best Original Song – Motion Picture | The Wild Thornberrys Movie[69] | Paul Simon ("Father and Daughter") | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Animated Feature Film | Rango | Gore Verbinski | Nominated |
| The Adventures of Tintin[70] | Steven Spielberg | Won |
Golden Raspberry Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Winner/nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Worst Actor | Imagine That | Eddie Murphy[71][72] | Nominated |
| Worst Actor of the Decade | Won | |||
| 2011 | Worst Picture | The Last Airbender[73] | N/A | Won |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Jackson Rathbone | Won | ||
| Dev Patel | Nominated | |||
| Worst Supporting Actress | Nicola Peltz | Nominated | ||
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast | Nominated | ||
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | N/A | Nominated | ||
| Worst Director | M. Night Shyamalan | Won | ||
| Worst Screenplay | Won | |||
| Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D | N/A | Won | ||
| 2015 | Worst Picture | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[74] | N/A | Nominated |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | N/A | Nominated | ||
| Worst Director | Jonathan Liebesman | Nominated | ||
| Worst Screenplay | Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty | Nominated | ||
| Worst Supporting Actress | Megan Fox | Won |
Kids' Choice Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Winner/nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Favorite Movie Actress | Harriet the Spy | Rosie O'Donnell | Nominated |
| 1999 | Favorite Movie | The Rugrats Movie | N/A | Won |
| 2001 | Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Susan Sarandon | Won |
| 2004 | Rugrats Go Wild | Bruce Willis | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Favorite Movie Actor | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Jim Carrey | Nominated |
| 2007 | Nacho Libre | Jack Black | Nominated | |
| Favorite Movie Actress | Charlotte's Web | Dakota Fanning | Won | |
| 2012 | Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Rango | Johnny Depp | Nominated |
| 2015[75] | Favorite Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | N/A | Nominated |
| Favorite Movie Actor | Will Arnett (also for The Lego Movie) | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Movie Actress | Megan Fox | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Animated Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | N/A | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Favorite Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | N/A | Nominated |
| Favorite Movie Actor | Will Arnett | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Movie Actress | Megan Fox | Nominated | ||
| #Squad | Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson | Nominated |
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