Guy in the Jellyland (film)

Guy in the Jellyland is 2018 computer-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Goanimate Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the book of the same name created by Mike Nawrocki. It was directed by Guy Richard and Steve Martino from the screenplay by Tommy Swerdlow, based on the story by Jill Culton and Mike Nawrocki. It features Jacob Tremblay and Amy Poehler as Max Milo and Princess Pippa Giggleton, respectively, alongside Zac Efron, Charles Fleischer, Adam Devine, Jason Sudeikis, Brad Garrett, Emma Berman, Jamie Waston and Jim Carrey.

John Powell, the composer of the Rio films from Blue Sky Studios, and Thomas Newman, the composers of the Pixar films like *Finding Nemo*, *Wall-E*, *Finding Dory* and *Elemental*, composed the film's musical score soundtrack.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from the critics, that praised the characters, story, animation, visuals, musical songs, the humor, its G-rating and romantic scenes with Max Milo and Princess Pippa Giggelton, but criticizes the screenplay and the character development, *Guy in the Jellyland* was a box office success, grossing $670.5 million worldwide, on a production budget of $85-90 million.

*Guy In The Jellyland* is the first Goanimate Animation movie to have a G-rating, but it is the last Goanimate Animation movie to be animated with their old and not updated animation system, Dinoronette, before being replaced by Blender and/or Autodesk Maya in 2019 for future Goanimate Animation feature movies.

## Production

### Development

In July 2013, Paramount Pictures announced on the press release that the CGI-animated film of *Guy in the Jellyland* is in the works, with Guy Richard and Steve Martino as the directors. In August 2014, the film went into the production and it was planned for the theatrical release on September 22, 2017.

### Casting

In September 2015, Jacob Tremblay, Zac Efron, Amy Poehler, Ed Asner, Carol Burnett, Adam Devine, Jason Sudeikis, Brad Garrett, Charles Fleischer and Jim Carrey were confirmed as the part of the cast.

### Animation

The animation was created by Goanimate Mac Guff in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Release

### Theatrical

The film was originally scheduled to be released on September 22, 2017, however, it was moved by three months to December 20, 2017, and then in March 2017 during the Paramount Direct livestream, Paramount Pictures pushed back the release date to July 13, 2018, citing the need for more time for the team at Goanimate Animation and Goanimate Mac Guff to optimize the film. It was then moved by a week to July 20, 2018 to avoid the competition with *Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation*.

### Home media

*Guy in the Jellyland* were released on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K-Ultra HD Blu-Ray on December 11, 2018 in the US by Paramount Home Entertainment and a day later on December 12, 2018 in the UK and on January 23, 2019 in Netherlands, Waterland and Italy by Warner Bros Home Entertainment.

## Reception

### Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, The film received a tomatometer rating of 62% of 137 reviews were positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "Although it doesn't feature enough source material from Mike Nawrocki's bestselling storybook of the same name from 2010, *Guy in the Jellyland* delivers hilarious comedic humor and lovable characters that can delight parents and kids on the big screen with the heartwarming and whimsical jelly-and-wobbly adventure."

### Box office

#### North America

##### Original 2018 theatrical run

During its opening weekend, the film grossed $94.1 million from 4,325 theaters, reaching No. 1 at the box office and beating *Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* from 1st to 2nd place, and beated the two newcomers on the same day, *Mammia Mia! Here We Go Again* and *The Equalizer 2*, to third and fourth place. *Guy in the Jellyland* completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on January 22, 2019 and have $298.5 million in the United States and Canada and $305.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $603.6 million, against a production budget of $85–90 million.

##### 2023 5th Anniversary re-release

Paramount Pictures re-released *Guy in the Jellyland* in 4DX and IMAX on July 21, 2023 to celebrate its 5th anniversary. For the opening weekend of its 5th anniversary re-release in North America, *Guy in the Jellyland* grossed $22.7 million, debuting at the No. 2 spot behind *Barbie.* The film earned $35.7 million in North America and $31.2 million internationally, for a combined total of $66.9 million, and a cumulative worldwide total of $670.5 million.

## Franchise

### Sequels

Main articles: *Guy in the Jellyland: Gelatin into the Ice* and *Guy in the Jellyland: Stick Together*