Crystal: Coming of Darkness

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## Crystal: Coming of Darkness

### Screenplay by

Mike Minchin
David Lindsay-Abaire
Joel Cohen
Alec Sokolow

### Starring

Selena Gomez
Jesse Eisenberg
Jonah Hill
Whoopi Goldberg
Sam Elliott
John Cleese
Emily Blunt
Scarlett Johansson
Josh Brolin
Jane Lynch
Gary Oldman
Alfred Molina

### Music by

**Songs:**
Alan Menken
Marc Shaiman
**Score:**
Alan Menken

### Release date

October 30, 2011
(Hollywood)
November 4, 2011
(United States)

### Preceded by

*Crystal*
*Rio*

### Followed by

*Little Lily*
*Crystal: The Lost Realms*

***Crystal: Coming of Darkness*** (also known as ***Crystal 2***) is a 2011 American computer-animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The sequel to *Crystal* (2011) and the second installment in the *Crystal* franchise, it was written and directed by Mike Minchin from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow with a story by Minchin, and stars the reprised voices of Selena Gomez, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonah Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sam Elliott, along with new additions to the cast including Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin, John Cleese, Emily Blunt, Jane Lynch, Gary Oldman, and Alfred Molina.

The film premiered on October 30, 2011 in Hollywood, California, and was released in the United States on November 4, 2011 in RealD 3D and select IMAX theaters. Like its predecessor, *Crystal: Coming of Darkness* received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its animation, voice acting, songs, musical score, and character development and grossed $657 million worldwide against its $109 million budget. The film was the second highest-grossing animated feature film of the year (behind *Kung Fu Panda 2* which also starred Gary Oldman) and was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards.

A sequel, titled *Crystal: The Lost Realms*, and directed by Kevin Lima, was released on May 29, 2015. A fourth and final film was released on September 13, 2019.

## Voice cast

* Selena Gomez as Crystal
* Jesse Eisenberg as Jake Turner
* Jonah Hill as Stan

*More coming soon!*

### Additional Voices

* Isabella Acres
* Matt Adler
* Newell Alexander
* Rosemary Alexander
* Steve Alterman
* Stephen Apostolina
* Kirk Baily
* Kate Carlin
* June Christopher
* David Cowgill
* Holly Dorff
* Jeff Fischer
* Elisa Gabrielli
* Jackie Gonneau
* Nicholas Guest
* Emily Hahn
* Bridget Hoffman
* Richard Horvitz
* Rif Hutton
* Hope Levy
* Caitlin McKenna
* Scott Menville
* Juan Pope
* Michelle Ruff
* Justin Shenkarow
* Marcelo Tubert
* Dave Zyler

## Production

After the original *Crystal* was released in November 2008, 20th Century Fox Animation planned a second film under the working title of *Crystal 2*.

*More coming soon!*

## Release

In the United States, it premiered on October 30, 2011, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, in Hollywood, California. The film was widely released in the United States on November 4, 2011, in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2011, and in Australia on January 12, 2012. It was also released in IMAX 3D theaters.

A short animated film based on the *Puppet Pals* franchise titled *Camp Toby* accompanied *Crystal: Coming of Darkness* during its theatrical release.

### Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 6, 2012, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. *Crystal: Coming of Darkness* was released on 4K Blu-ray on September 3, 2019.

## Marketing

Fox has partnered with McDonald's, Best Buy, Kraft, General Mills (cereals), Sun-Maid (raisins), and Airheads (candy).

The film's teaser trailer was released on March 3, 2011, and was attached into *Rango* in theaters. The film's official trailer was released on June 22, 2011, and was attached into *Cars 2* in theaters, followed by the final trailer on September 20, 2011 and was attached into *Dolphin Tale* in theaters.

Merchandise was also produced for the film: Fisher-Price (toys), Activision (video games), Hallmark (cards), and Jem Sportswear (apparel). Dalmatian Press and Ape Entertainment released books tied to the film.

## Reception

### Critical response

On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 164 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

### Box office

*Crystal: Coming of Darkness* grossed $223.3 million in the United States and Canada and $434.6 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $657.9 million worldwide.

## Transcripts

### Main

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.

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