Smallfoot (film)

2018 film directed by Karey KirkpatrickTemplate:SHORTDESC:2018 film directed by Karey Kirkpatrick[[Category:Template:Pagetypes with short description]]

### **Box office**

$214 million

***Smallfoot*** is a 2018 American [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Computer-animated computer-animated] [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Musical\_film musical] [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Comedy\_film comedy] [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Adventure\_film adventure film] produced by the [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Warner\_Animation\_Group Warner Animation Group] and distributed by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Warner\_Bros. Warner Bros. Pictures]. Based on the unpublished children's book *Yeti Tracks* by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Sergio\_Pablos Sergio Pablos], the film was co-written and directed by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Karey\_Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick], and stars the voices of [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Channing\_Tatum Channing Tatum], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/James\_Corden James Corden], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Zendaya Zendaya], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Common\_(rapper) Common], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/LeBron\_James LeBron James], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Gina\_Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Danny\_DeVito Danny DeVito], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yara\_Shahidi Yara Shahidi], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Ely\_Henry Ely Henry], and [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy\_Tatro Jimmy Tatro]. The plot follows a group of [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yeti Yeti] who come across a human, with each species thinking the other was just a myth.

*Smallfoot* was theatrically released in the United States on September 28, 2018. It received a moderately positive reception from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $214 million worldwide. *Smallfoot* was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/10th\_Movie\_Land\_Fun\_and\_Excitement\_Awards 10th Movie Land Fun and Excitement Awards], alongside *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Sherlock\_Gnomes Sherlock Gnomes]*, but lost to *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Spider-Man:\_Into\_the\_Spider-Verse Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]*.

## Plot

A village of [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yeti Yetis] lives in isolation on the top of a mountain in the [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Himalayas Himalayas], above the clouds and hidden away from sight. Migo is a yeti who abides by the law of the ancient stones held by the Stonekeeper, the yetis' leader. Migo's father, Dorgle, projects himself through the air each morning to hit a gong with his head, as the yetis believe this allows the sun to rise. While learning how to ring the gong, Migo is distracted by the Stonekeeper's daughter, Meechee, whom he has a crush on, and misses the gong, landing outside the village. There, Migo witnesses a plane crash and finds a "smallfoot" (human), whom the yetis believe is mythical. Migo runs back to inform the villagers, but because he lacks proof, Stonekeeper claims he is lying and banishes him from the village. Migo is suddenly visited by rejected yetis Gwangi, Kolka, and Fleem who bring him to the Smallfoot Evidentiary Society, which is led by Meechee. She convinces Migo to travel below the clouds despite the stones telling them that there is nothing underneath. After some hesitation, Migo agrees to go, but his rope snaps and Migo falls, where he discovers land.

Percy Patterson is a British human filmmaker of wildlife documentaries who has lost most of his viewership. He meets the pilot who saw Migo, and in an attempt to regain his fame, tries unsuccessfully to convince his assistant, Brenda, to dress up as a yeti for filming. Migo arrives and unknowingly scares Percy when trying to communicate with him. Migo takes Percy with him and they stop in a cave to wait out a blizzard. Percy films and uploads a video of Migo narrating that the Yeti plans to eat him, before attempting to escape. While chasing Percy, Migo's toe becomes caught in a bear trap and Percy takes pity on him by removing the trap and bandaging Migo's wound. Percy agrees to go with Migo and they head back up the mountain, where they reunite with the S.E.S.

The villagers are confused by Percy's appearance, but happily accept him and learn about his culture, much to Stonekeeper's dismay. Afterwards, Stonekeeper takes Migo inside the palace and reveals the truth: yetis used to live below the clouds, but were forced into hiding by the humans who attacked them. To keep them safe, they created the stones, and the clouds are actually steam made by the yetis' daily tasks to keep them hidden. In order to protect the village, Migo agrees to continue the lie by telling the yetis that Percy, who is experiencing [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/High\_altitude\_sickness high altitude sickness], is just a hairless [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Wild\_yak wild yak]. Stonekeeper takes Percy and locks him in a box, so Percy will be unable to alert other humans of the yetis' whereabouts. Migo later discovers that Meechee took Percy away to return him home, and jumps down the mountain with Gwangi and Kolka following suit.

Percy recovers and discovers that his video of Migo has generated public excitement, but then notices that Meechee has become distracted by the wonders in [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Kathmandu Kathmandu] and accidentally causes a disruption. Meechee is attacked by the police, but is rescued by Gwangi, Kolka and Migo. The yetis try to make it back to the mountain, but are chased by a SWAT helicopter that Stonekeeper takes down using his stones. Migo attempts to divert the police away from the other yetis, when Percy arrives on his snowmobile and shoots Migo with a tranquilizer gun to save him. The police chase and capture Percy in his yeti suit, and arrest him for public disturbance and fraud.

Back at the village, inside the palace, Migo and Stonekeeper explain the truth to the yetis while Migo apologizes for lying to them. Migo tells the others that even though humans may still be scared of the yetis, they should try to communicate with them. The yetis leave the village, and when Percy and Brenda notice them, they emerge from the crowd and stand up for the yetis. The rest of the humans slowly welcome the yetis and accept them into their lives.

## Voice cast

* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Channing\_Tatum Channing Tatum] as Migo, a young male [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yeti yeti] who is determined to prove the existence of the Smallfoot.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/James\_Corden James Corden] as Percy Patterson, a British [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Human human] [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Filmmaker filmmaker] of wildlife documentaries trying to get back in the spotlight, who becomes Migo's Smallfoot-best friend.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Zendaya Zendaya] as Meechee, a young female yeti, the Stonekeeper's daughter, Thorp's younger sister, the leader of S.E.S., and Migo's love interest.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Common\_(rapper) Common] as Stonekeeper, the condescending yeti [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Tribal\_chief chief] and father of Thorp and Meechee.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/LeBron\_James LeBron James] as Gwangi, a large purple male yeti who is part of the S.E.S.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Gina\_Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez] as Kolka, a female yeti who is part of the S.E.S.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Danny\_DeVito Danny DeVito] as Dorgle, a short male yeti who is the village gong ringer and Migo's widowed father.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yara\_Shahidi Yara Shahidi] as Brenda, Percy's co-worker for his show and his morally conscious assistant, who doesn't believe in yetis until the end of the movie.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Ely\_Henry Ely Henry] as Fleem, a small male yeti who is part of the S.E.S.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy\_Tatro Jimmy Tatro] as Thorp, a slow-witted male yeti who's the Stonekeeper's son and Meechee's older brother.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia\_Heaton Patricia Heaton] as Mama Bear, a [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Himalayan\_brown\_bear himalayan brown bear] that Migo and Percy encounter in a cave while waiting out a blizzard. In the UK release, the part of Mama Bear was performed by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Emma\_Bunton Emma Bunton].
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Justin\_Roiland Justin Roiland] as Garry, a paranoid male yeti.
* [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Jack\_Quaid Jack Quaid] as Pilot, a human airplane pilot who crashes on the mountain and who Migo first meets.

## Production

   Writers [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Glenn\_Ficarra Glenn Ficarra] and [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Requa John Requa] conceived of *Smallfoot*, interested in a story about [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Yeti Yeti] or [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Bigfoot Bigfoot]; they drew inspiration from an original idea by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Sergio\_Pablos Sergio Pablos].
The concept for *Smallfoot* was in development before director [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Karey\_Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick] joined the project in July 2016; he viewed an [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Animatic animatic] in which Percy was a "ski bum type". Kirkpatrick also said Meechee was undeveloped, and she was made head of the S.E.S. in rewrites. Observing [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Brexit Brexit] and a rise in nationalism, Kirkpatrick also drew inspiration:

> Truth was under attack ... certainly phrases like alternative facts were being thrown around. So, it became an age of misinformation fueled by agendas that are often fueled by fear. And like, 'I want this result, and so I am skewing the truth.' That is just in the zeitgeist.
>
>

On May 11, 2017, it was announced that the film was in-production with [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Channing\_Tatum Channing Tatum], [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Zendaya Zendaya], and [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Gina\_Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez] providing the lead voice roles. [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Ely\_Henry Ely Henry] was originally hired as a [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Scratch\_vocal scratch vocal] for the film four years before its release, however was later invited to join the cast and subsequently voiced Fleem in the final product. The film was animated by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Sony\_Pictures\_Imageworks Sony Pictures Imageworks], who had also provided animation for the [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Warner\_Animation\_Group Warner Animation Group]'s *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Storks\_(film) Storks]*, and utilized [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Autodesk\_Maya Autodesk Maya] for the animation process. Ryan O'Loughlin, a [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/DreamWorks\_Animation DreamWorks Animation] veteran, was originally the film's director, but was replaced by Kirkpatrick.

### Music

The score for the film was composed by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Heitor\_Pereira Heitor Pereira]. The songs were written by Karey and [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Wayne\_Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick]. The film originally had no songs until six months into production when the suggestion of making the film a musical came from [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Toby\_Emmerich Toby Emmerich], who was recently elected as chairman of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group at the time.

The songs include "Perfection" by Channing Tatum, "Wonderful Life" by Zendaya, "Percy's Pressure" by James Corden (music from the song "[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Under\_Pressure Under Pressure]", additional lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick), "Wonderful Questions" by Tatum & Zendaya, "Let It Lie" by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Common\_(rapper) Common], "Moment of Truth" by CYN, and "Finally Free" by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Niall\_Horan Niall Horan].

## Release

The film was released on September 28, 2018.

### Marketing

The first teaser trailer was released on November 22, 2017. The first official trailer was released on April 24, 2018. The final trailer was released on July 27, 2018.

In late summer 2018, American pizza chain [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Chuck\_E.\_Cheese's Chuck E. Cheese's] announced that they will be the official partner of the film. Marketing materials for the film, in particular a series of posters in [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Los\_Angeles Los Angeles] advertising the cast of the film with phrases such as "[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Zendaya Zendaya] is Meechee", turned into a minor [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Internet\_meme Internet meme] (in a short song by Gabriel Gundacker).

### Home media

*Smallfoot* was released on Digital on iTunes, Movies Anywhere, Microsoft Store, Vudu, and Amazon Prime on December 4, 2018, and on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-Ray 3D,, and Digital Copy on December 11, 2018. The releases also included a short film, titled *Super Soozie*.

## Reception

### Box office

*Smallfoot* grossed $83.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $130.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $214.1 million.

In the United States and Canada, *Smallfoot* was released alongside *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Night\_School\_(2018\_film) Night School]*, *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Little\_Women\_(2018\_film) Little Women]* and *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Hell\_Fest Hell Fest]*, and was projected to gross $25–30 million from 4,131 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $6.5 million on its first day, including $850,000 from Thursday night previews, more than the Warner Animation Group's previous September release *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Storks\_(film) Storks]* ($435,000 in 2016). It went on to debut to $23 million, finishing second at the box office behind *Night School*. It made $14.3 million in its second weekend and $9.1 million in its third, dropping 37% each time and finishing third and fifth, respectively.

### Critical response

On [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Review\_aggregator review aggregator] [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Rotten\_Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes], the film holds an approval rating of 76% based on 122 reviews, with an [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Weighted\_arithmetic\_mean average rating] of 6.26/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "*Smallfoot* offers a colorful distraction that should keep younger viewers entertained - and a story whose message might even resonate with older audiences." On [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Metacritic Metacritic], the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/CinemaScore CinemaScore] gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/PostTrak PostTrak] reported filmgoers gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

## Possible sequel

Writers [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Glenn\_Ficarra Glenn Ficarra] and [./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Requa John Requa] have expressed hope for a sequel, with Requa stating that they "could make a whole other movie just on that shtick that we came up with". Ficarra added "Hopefully, we are lucky enough to be in that position. But you have to wait for the world to digest it to a certain extent... We have a myriad of ideas. Just in the discarded notions that we have entertained over the last 6 years."

## See also

* *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Son\_of\_Bigfoot The Son of Bigfoot]*
* *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Missing\_Link\_(2019\_film) Missing Link]*
* *[./https://the-jh-movie-collection-official.fandom.com/wiki/Abominable\_(2019\_film) Abominable]*

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