The Dropout Boys (2022 film)

This article is designated for the 2022 animated film. For the 2014 live action film, see The Dropout Boys (2014 film)
The Dropout Boys is a 2022 Marcanese-American adult animated heist black comedy film produced by Anaya Animation for Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, and Point Grey Pictures. The film is directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan, written by Seth Rogen & Megan Ellison, and produced by Matt Stone & Trey Parker. It features the voices of Snoop Dogg, Craig Robinson, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen, Nick Kroll, Salma Hayek, Trey Parker, James Franco, Tyler Perry, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Samuel L. Jackson, Tina Fey, Scott Underwood, and TJ Miller. Serving as a spinoff to the Marco franchise prior to the events of Marco 5: Epilogue, the film tells the story of three high school dropouts who, trying to return their leader's past life of crime, find themselves the targets of a new enigmatic villain bent on taking over the world after a prom night massacre happened. 
Originally intended as a television series for Comedy Central and streaming service Paramount+, The Dropout Boys was redeveloped into a feature-length film, serving as an introduction to the currently developing series of the same name. Despite it being a Marco film, The Dropout Boys is the first Anaya Animation film to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The film's rough cut premiered on July 15, 2022 at South by Southwest, followed by its general theatrical release in the United States on August 12, 2022 by Columbia Pictures & Paramount Pictures.
Like its predecessor, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its humor and screenplay, but criticized its R rating due to the film being a spinoff of the Marco movies, known for their PG rating. It grossed a total of $638.7 million against its $23 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated animated film of all time. 
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=== Critical reception ===
Despite its controversy about the R rating, The Dropout Boys recieved mixed-to-postive reviews from critics, calling it "a raunchy yet surprising approach to the Marco series." However, audiences were not fond of it as one reviewer writes, "It might be a Marco movie... but that doesn't mean it should get the R rating." The film holds a score of 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, with