Earth To Luna: The Movie

Earth To Luna: The Movie is a 2020 animated family film directed and produced by Célia Catunda, Kiko Mistrorigo and Matt Stone. It was released on October 16, 2020.

## Plot

While getting ready for school, Luna sings a musical number about how she thinks it's going to be a great day since she's having show and tell at school. Jupiter claims that doing a musical number before school is quite loud. On the school bus, Luna is introduced to a new kid named Omar Fallon. He shows Luna that he brought his account to RTÉ player for show and tell. After Luna gives her presentation on what she brought, her phone suddenly rings and she asks the teacher for a bathroom pass.

Jupiter calls Luna claiming he can't find his mother or father in the house. Before Luna attempts to escape school, she alerts her teacher that she actually needs to see the nurse. Luna's escape turns out to be a success after she notices that the security cameras were off the whole time. While walking down the streets, Luna begins questioning Jupiter how mom and dad disappeared. After hearing Clyde speak, Luna and Jupiter are quite shocked because the only time they hear him talk is during their imaginations.

Clyde claims that he got tickets to Niagara Falls, New York. He also says that he booked a hotel room next to a man named Kevin Aegir. After packing their stuff, Luna, Jupiter and Clyde begin boarding a taxi to the airport. The main 3 find the taxi very cool since one part of the vehicle has a stash of food. When the kids and Clyde arrive at the airport, they are confronted by an airport security worker claiming that Clyde needs to be in a cage.

During an X-Ray scan, Jupiter is seen to have brought a corkscrew along. A female airport security worker tells them that the next time it happens, they'll be on the no flight list forever. Before flight, Luna feels a bit disappointed given they were able to get on the plane without an adult. Luna notices that Jupiter is not beside her. Meanwhile, Jupiter is at the cockpit being shown how the plane works. Luna finds Jupiter and tells him to meet her back at her seat when he's finished.

As the plane takes off, Jupiter asks Luna if Niagara Falls is a bootleg version of Niagara Falls. Luna claims she isn't sure if that's accurate or not. Back at school, Luna's teacher Lauren goes to Principal Knox's office saying Luna hasn't returned in a few hours. During their discussion, Hillary Knox gets a phone call saying that Jupiter isn't at his bus stop. Hillary decides to start a police investigation across the city. Back on the plane, Luna is still taking her nap as she dreams about a world of cake. Her dream is interrupted by a monster saying she is no longer welcome before proceeding to stomp on her.

After waking up from her dream, Luna notices that Jupiter's gone missing again. She eventually finds him in a playroom and forbids him to go somewhere on the plane without her for the rest of the flight. Luna, Jupiter and Clyde arrive in Niagara Falls and are given a ride to Embassy Suites. When they arrive, they notice a bunch of slot machines and a bartender. Luna, baffled by this, thinks that she and Jupiter are too young to be in a casino before an employee claims that it's definitely family friendly.

The next morning, Luna, Jupiter and Clyde are escorted to their hotel room. While Luna takes a bath, Kevin Aegir walks into the room thinking that he has unwanted visitors. Kevin walks into the bathroom to talk to Luna. He is then asked to step out of the room so Luna can change. Meanwhile, Jupiter asks Kevin what he does when he's in a hotel room. During their conversation, Kevin introduces Jupiter to his favorite TV show Tank Yankers. As they enjoy the show, Luna comes out of the bathroom and joins Kevin, Jupiter and Clyde for the show.

After a little while, Kevin changes the channel to the news and finds out that Luna and Jupiter are actually 2 missing children. He tells the 2 kids that they need to go back to their hometown. Frightened by this, Luna and Jupiter beg him not to tell the police. Understanding their fears, Kevin tells them that he will keep them away from their home for a few days by announcing a cross country road trip. The kids soon learn that Kevin has a garage built in the hotel.

In a montage, Luna, Jupiter, Kevin and Clyde are at a pizza place eating delicious pizza and then they go to a big mall and discover stores like a music store, book store, and pet store. On their way to a hiking site, Luna tells Kevin that he should be their next uncle. When Kevin mentions that he used to have a family, Luna begins questioning what happened. Kevin is a little bit sad by that and asks Luna if they could talk about it another time. The main 4 arrive at a hiking site and begin walking down a path. While walking, Luna begins to yodel the theme song to Indiana Jones, which makes Jupiter, Kevin and Clyde join in.

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## Why It Rocks

1. The film is 100% faithful to the original television show as it uses the traditional 2D animation and the show's theme song.
2. Helena Zengel does a very good job at voicing Luna. Her career as Luna also had her star in other movies like News of The World.
3. The idea of 2 kids and a ferret going on a quest to find their parents with the help of another person is very creative.
4. The soundtrack by Paul Thomson and Hans Zimmer is very awesome, especially when they do the music as a duo.
5. Luna and plenty other characters can be likable.
6. The scene where Kevin Aegir tells the sad story of what happened to his parents is somewhat emotional.
7. It has very impressive visual effects for 2020 standards.
8. The scene where Luna, Jupiter and Kevin do a parody of Thrift Shop is funny.
9. The song that plays during the first half of the credits, Shooting Star by Owl City is awesome to listen to.
10. This is the first time that the TV series Earth To Luna introduced a villain. His name is Arkillio Parker and Michael Fassbender does a very good role of him.
11. The way the movie sometimes parodies Beavis & Butt-Head Do America is super funny like the scene where Luna, Jupiter, Clyde and Kevin fall out of a school bus during a road trip causing a huge traffic course.

## Bad Qualities

1. There are some potentially unacceptable jokes such as when Kevin Aegir mentions chinese people. This angered chinese people in China when the film was released, it also ended up being a box office bomb in that country.
2. **False Advertising**: One of the posters show Luna on a star in space, however, the solar system is not mentioned in this movie.
3. The backstory scene may have been too much for people.
4. The film can be a bit unnecessary mostly because in the modern seasons of Earth To Luna, Luna and her family go across the country on a road trip.

## Box Office

As of June 17, 2022, Earth To Luna: The Movie has grossed $155.8 million in the United States and Canada and $75 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $233.8 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Honest Thief, 2 Hearts and All The Way Home, and was projected to gross $6 million during it's opening weekend. After grossing $10 million on it's first day (Including $435,000 from Thursday night previews), estimates were raised to $18 million. It ended up breaking multiple projections and went on to debut to $27 million, finishing first at the box office. Variety reported that the big performance was attributed to families looking for a movie for their kids to watch and the #ReviveCinema trend started by YouTube user Odette Quintanilla. The film continued to perform well during it's second and third weekend grossing $17 million and $15 million respectively.