JellyFishing

JellyFishing is an American computer animated Slapstick-Comedy-Ocean/Fantasy film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation And Released By Columbia Pictures And Sony Pictures In 16 June, 2023. 
== Premise ==
Matt Is A Very-Well Worker On The Public Aquarium Of California, But, One Day, With The Purpose Of Getting Fishes To The Aquarium Swimming, He Accidentally Swallow A Simpatic Jellyfish Named Otto That Go To His Brain And Now The Two, Have To Stop An UnderWater Empire That Plans Take The World And Transform It Into A Just Water Planet.
== Voice Cast ==
* Henry Cavil - Matthew/Matt
* Tara Strong - Otto/Ottomio
* Anthony Starr - Brother Water (Reference To Brother Blood Of Teen Titans)
* Cameron Diaz - Amy
* Antonio Banderas - Worker #1, Worker#2, Worker#3, Worker#4 And Manager
* Mike Myers - Swampy John
* Rebbeca Sugar (Robotic Tone) - Robots, Clone Machine
* Aron Warner - Xylophone Dude
* Randy Newman - Chicken Nugget Palace Worker
* James Gunn - Otto's Dad
* Ariana Grande - Otto's Mom
* Justin TimberLake (Robotic Tone) - Mama Mia, Papa Pia, Baby Got DIAARHEAA Robot
* Conrad Vernon - Psycho Ballon
* Greg Tiernan - Twins
* Julie Andrews - Chainsaw Lady
* Jack Black - Donut Palace Giant
* Andrew Adamson - Michael Fighter
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack for JellyFishing was composed solely by The Living Tombstone. The soundtrack reached 1st on the US Soundtracks. It also features two versions of the 1980s Michael Jackson's hit "Thriller".
== Development ==
Development began in the end 2022, and following disagreements with producers, the first film's screenwriters Will Arnet and Ryan Reynolds were replaced with Pete Docter And Lee Unkrich. The story was inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), and new animation tools were utilized to improve the visual appearance of each character, particularly the Brain. The lead actors also received a significant bump in salary to $100 million, which at the time was among the highest contracts in their respective careers. JellyFishing was also used to study people about jellyfish and various features references to American popular culture like a room of washington.
Jellyfishing premiered at the Dolby Theatre, where it competed for the El Capitán, and it was released in theaters on June 16, 2023 along with Elemental Of Disney-Pixar. Met with highly favorable reviews, the film grossed US$100.100.01,000 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2023 worldwide. JellyFishing is also Sony Pictures Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Middle, Half And Full surpassed it in 2025. The film received four Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and its associated soundtrack charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard 200. A Netflix series to the film, The Jellyfishing Show!, was released in May 2024.
== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
The film opened at No. 1 with a Friday-to-Sunday total of $108 million, and $12.90 million since its Wednesday launch, from a then-record 4,163 theaters, for an average of $25,952 per theater over the weekend. At the time JellyFishing's Friday-to-Sunday total was the second-highest opening weekend, only trailing Elemental. In addition, Saturday alone managed to obtain $440.856 million, making it the highest single-day gross at the time, beating Elemental's first Saturday gross of $43.6 million. The film remained at No. 1 in its second weekend, expanding to 4,223 theaters, and grossing another $95.6 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. It spent ten weeks in the weekly Top 10, remaining there until July 29, and stayed in theaters for 230 days, closing almost October. The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2023, and topped the country's box office for the next two weekends..
The film grossed $700.20,99 million domestically (US and Canada) and $487.5 million in foreign markets for a total of $928.7 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of both 2023. This also puts the film at 14th on the all-time domestic box office list and 42nd on the worldwide box office list. The film sold an estimated 71,050,900 tickets in the US.
The film also took away the highest worldwide gross made by an animated feature, which was before held by Electro Swing (2022), although the latter still had a higher overseas-only gross. With DVD sales and JellyFishing merchandise estimated to total almost $800 million, the film which was produced with a budget of $150 million is Sony Pictures' most profitable film to date.
JellyFishing remained the highest-grossing animated film worldwide until the release of Middle, Half And Full (2025), and held the record for the highest-grossing animated film at the North American box office until the release of Great Yesterday (2027) as well as the highest-grossing non-Illumination animated film at this box office.
=== Critical response ===
JellyFishing has an approval rating of 91% based on 236 professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 10/10. Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned Shrek 2 a score of 97 out of 100 based on 70 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.
=== Accolades ===
JellyFishing won five awards at OSCAR, Annie Awards, And Grammy Awards.
Awards 	Awards 	Awards 	Awards
Award 	Category 	Name 	Outcome
Academy Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	Andrew Adamson 	Nominated
Academy Awards 	Best Original Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Won
Annie Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	Andrew Adamson 	Nominated
Annie Awards 	Music in an Animated Feature Production 	The Living Tombstone 	Won
Annie Awards 	Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production 	Conrad Vernon 	Nominated
Annie Awards 	Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production 	Antonio Banderas 	Nominated
Annie Awards 	Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production 	Andrew Adamson, Nick Kroll, Ryan Reynolds And Chris Pratt	Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards 	Best Animated Feature Film 	 	Runner-up
BMI Film & TV Awards 	BMI Film Music Award 	Dave Wasson 	Won
BMI Film & TV Awards 	Most Performed Song from a Film 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 	Best Animated Feature 	 	Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 	Best Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Nominated
OSCAR 	Best Director 	Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon And Will Arnett 	Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 	Best Animated Film 	 	Nominated
Gold Derby Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	 	Nominated
Gold Derby Awards 	Best Original Song 	Otto's Song 	Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards 	Most Overrated Movie of the Year 	 	Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards 	Best Animated Movie of the Year 	 	Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards 	Coolest Character of the Year (for "Otto") 	 	Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards 	Best Animation/Family 	 	Nominated
Grammy Awards 	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album 	Andrew Adamson, The Living Tombstone 	Won
Grammy Awards 	Best Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Won
Hollywood Film Awards 	Animation of the Year 	 	Won
International Film Music Critics Association 	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film 	Heitor Pereira 	Nominated
International Online Cinema Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	 	Nominated
International Online Cinema Awards 	Best Original Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Nominated
Irish Film & Television Academy 	Best International Actress 	Cameron Diaz 	Nominated
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Director 	Andrew Adamson 	Nominated
Italian Online Movie Awards 	Best Animated Feature Film 	 	Won
Italian Online Movie Awards 	Best Original Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Won
Motion Picture Sound Editors 	Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated 	 	Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards 	Best Comedic Performance 	Antonio Banderas 	Won
MTV Movie Awards, Mexico 	Favorite Voice in an Animated Film 	Leandro Hassum as the voice of Otto in Latin America 	Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 	Favorite Movie 	JellyFishing 	Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 	Favorite Animated Film 	JellyFishing 	Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 	Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie 	Mike Myers 	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 	Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie 	Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 	Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 	Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie 	Cameron Diaz 	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association 	Best Animated Picture 	 	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association 	Best Music, Original Song 	 	Won
Online Film Critics Society 	Best Animated Film 	JellyFishing 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Comedy 	JellyFishing 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	 	 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Animated Movie 	JellyFishing 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Animated Movie Star 	Tara Strong 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Villain 	Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 	Won
People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Motion Picture 	 	Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 	Best Original Song 	"JellyFishing Your Life" 	Won
Russian National Movie Awards 	Best Blockbuster Movie 	JellyFishing 	Won
Satellite Awards 	Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media 	 	Won
Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated 	 	Won
Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie – Comedy 	 	Won
Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie of the Summer 	 	Won
Visual Effects Society 	Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture	Antonio Banderas 	Won
World Soundtrack Awards 	Soundtrack Composer of the Year 	 	Won
World Soundtrack Awards 	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year 	 	Won
World Soundtrack Awards 	Best Original Song Written for Film 	Otto's Song 	Won
Young Artist Awards 	Best Family Feature Film – Animation 	 	Won
== Other media ==
=== Video games ===
* JellyFishing (2023 | PS4, PS5, PS6, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 4DS, Nintendo Orb, Nintendo HyperSphere, Xbox Stellar)
* JellyFishing: The Search For The Legendary Ultra-Duper-Mega Slushy Triple Creamy Tropical No-Artificial Flavor Goofy Supreme Standard Egyptian Rare Ancient Sundae (2024 | PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 720, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Sigma)
* JellyFishing: Run, Seek, Smash And Spin (2024 | Mobile, Apple Arcade, IOS, Android, PS4, Nintendo 4DS, Xbox 720)
* JellyFishing Kart (2025 | Plug N'Play, PS4, Game Boy, Nintendo 4DS, Apple Arcade)
* JellyFishing Kart Turbo (2026 | Apple Arcade, Xbox 720, Mobile)
* JellyFishing: Journey To The HollyWood Paradise (2026 | Xbox 360, Nintendo 5DS, Game Boy Extreme!)
* JellyFishing: Bakery ShowDown (2027 | PS4, PS6, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 170, Bandai 3RDX, Nintendo 4DS)
* JellyFishing: Jello Packos (2027 | Mobile, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Orb, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Sigma)
* JellyFishing: Bored-O-Meter (2028 | PSVITA, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Orb, Sega Naomi+, Game Boy Extreme!)
* JellyFishing: Labyrinth Mayhem (2028 | PSVITA, Nintendo Orb, Nintendo HyperSphere, Nintendo Sigma, XBOX One, Xbox Two, Bandai Chaos, XBOX Pocket)
* JellyFishing: Instant Adredaline (2028 | Nintendo Matrix, Bandai Blast, Bandai Extreme, Nintendo Octagon, Nintendo Silver, Windows Arcade, Microsoft WindowsCube, Apple Oasis)
* JellyFishing: CEO, Founder And Owner (2029 | Bandai CD, Bandai RetroN, Bandai SuperPlayer, Spielgeist, Nintendo Fuze, Bandai PocketTurbo)
* JellyFishing: Press The Button (2029 | RenderStomper 3400, Aatao, Aatao 2, Nintendo PlayGold)
=== Novels ===
* JellyFishing: Strawberry Sauce
* JellyFishing: Ayo, The Pizza Here!
* JellyFishing: Jiggle, Wiggle, Fold And Money!
* JellyFishing: The Case Of The Missing Brothers
* JellyFishing: UnderWater Radio
* JellyFishing: Cut Light, Open Dark
* JellyFishing: Minding Business 
* JellyFishing: Bees Are Very Crazy At Late Night