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Trunk Train: The Movie  is a 2005 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Trunk Train. The film was directed by Nick Park, Adam Shaheen and Ze Brandão.
The film stars the regular television cast of Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Kate Higgins, Bob Buchholz and Doug Erholtz. In this film, Formikhan hypnotizes Queen and Captain and kidnaps him, so Gajah, Duda and Junior go out on a journey of twists and turns to get back Captain and Queen.
Trunk Train: The Movie premiered at the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles on October 25, 2005, and was released in the United States on November 18, 2005. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Bob's, Mattel, Walmart, and Burger King, which perched selected stores with 9-foot Gajah inflatables. The film received very positive reviews from critics and fans, who praised its humor, writing, and story, and was a box office success, grossing over $216 million worldwide against its $60 million budget, making it the TBA highest-grossing animated film of 2005. A sequel, Trunk Train: The Lost Jungle, was released in theaters on September 3, 2021.
== Plot ==
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== Voice cast ==
* Tom Kenny as Gajah, an yellow elephant
* Tara Strong as Duda, an vegetarian anteteer
* Kate Higgins as Queen, TBA
* Bob Buchholz as Captain, TBA
* Doug Erholtz as Junior, TBA
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* Carolyn Lawrence as Ant Queen's daughter, TBA
== Production ==
=== Development ===
Paris Filmes had offered to produce a feature film adaptation of Trunk Train as early as 2003, when the series' ratings went well into its second season. The three principal writers for the series: Steven Banks, Mitch Watson, and Robert Lamoreaux initially declined the studio's offer.
In September 2003, Nick Park, Adam Shaheen and Ze Brandão met with Paramount executives to reconsider the possibility of a Trunk Train film. Since they had completed other projects that were in development when Paramount and Paris Filmes had first proposed the idea, they decided they were ready to produce a Trunk Train movie, feeling that the series had achieved enough popularity.
=== Writing ===
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=== Casting ===
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=== Animation ===
Animation for the film took place from August to December 2004.
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=== Post-production ===
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== Music ==
The film's soundtrack album was released on November 15, 2005 by Interscope Records, and features songs by artists such as Puffy AmiYumi.
== Marketing ==
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== Release ==
Trunk Train: The Movie opened in theaters on November 18, 2005; its pink-carpet world premiere was at Man Village Theatre in Hollywood on October 12, 2005. Sarah Michelle Gellar from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and comedian Jim Gaffigan, were among those in attendance. Also in attendance was America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon, former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber, fashion photographer Nigel Barker, and fitness guru Tracy Anderson.
=== Home media ===
The film was released on DVD on February 28, 2006, in wide and full-screen editions, by Paramount and Paris Filmes. The DVD release also includes an audio commentary track recorded by Register, as well as the behind-the-scenes featurette "How We Made Trunk Train". As a tie-in to the film's DVD release, 7-Eleven served a limited-edition Butterfinger in February 2006. On August 16, 2011, the film was re-released on DVD and on Blu-ray
== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
In the United States, Trunk Train: The Movie grossed over $44.8 million from 2,301 theaters on its opening weekend, leaving it #2 during the weekend, behind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The film closed on February 26, 2006, having earned over $104.1 million in North America and over $112.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $216.2 million. It became the TBA highest-grossing animated film of 2005 overall.
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=== Critical reception ===
Trunk Train: The Movie received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 74% approval rating based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10; the site's consensus reads, "Trunk Train survives the dreaded TV-to-movie process by carrying over the humor and charm that made the series great in the first place." On Metacritic, it holds a score of 69 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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