Evergreen: Fully Charged

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***Evergreen: Fully Charged*** is a 2019 animated action fantasy film based on the animated television series *Evergreen*, produced by VRVA Motion Pictures with assistance from Brightlight, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The sequel to 2018's *Evergreen: The Adventure Begins* and the second installment in the *Evergreen* film trilogy, the film is directed by Yoshi Himura and Michael Aleksanyan, written for the screen by the latter and Grahame Holland (returning from the first film), and features a story written by Himura and Isaiah Natwick. The show's regular voice cast reprise their roles from the first film, with new characters voiced by James Cromwell, Gina Rodriguez, Paul Nakauchi, and Elijah Wood.

*Fully Charged* is a combined retelling of the television series’ fifth and eighth seasons. In the film, set one year after *The Adventure Begins*, Kennett and the other members of the Evergreen Defense Troop soon begin to gain amplified mystic powers when interplanetary crystals land on Earth. Eventually, they must use these powers for the greater good when a new dark entity comes to the Republic.

*Evergreen: Fully Charged* first premiered at the New York City Entertainment Expo on May 3, 2019, and was released worldwide on May 10, 2019. The film was met with positive critical reviews; particular praise went towards the film's story direction, sense of action, and the performances of the cast. It has also broken numerous box office records and has grossed over $820 million worldwide, surpassing *The Adventure Begins*' entire theatrical run and becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 2019, the third highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the highest-grossing film adapted from an animated TV series.

## Reception

### **Box office**

*Evergreen: Fully Charged* grossed $373.1 million in the United States and Canada, plus $454.5 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $827.6 million. It is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2019, the highest-ever grossing film adapted from a North American animated series (surpassing its predecessor), the 16th highest-grossing animated film, the second-highest-grossing 2D animated film (behind *The Lion King*), and the fifth highest-grossing film released by Paramount Pictures.

#### **Domestic gross**

In the United States and Canada, *Evergreen: Fully Charged* was released alongside *Pokémon: Detective Pikachu*, *Tolkien*, *Poms*, and *The Hustle*, and was projected to gross $60–75 million from 4,050 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made a record $9.6 million from Thursday night previews, topping its predecessor as the second-largest ever for an animated movie. It went on to make $29.2 million on its first day and $62.9 million during its opening weekend, finishing #2 at the box office and ranking as the fifth-highest opening weekend for a film that did not debut number one at the box office. In its second weekend, the film grossed $54.8 million, coming in second place to newcomer *John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum*, and later remained in the position during the four-day Memorial Day weekend, grossing $43.7 million behind newcomer *Aladdin*. In its fourth weekend, the film fell to third place with a gross $39.2 million, and soon fell to fourth in its fifth weekend, grossing $22.1 million.