| Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thor Freudenthal Jimmy Hayward |
| Produced by | Tatiana Wells Brian Larky |
| Screenplay by | John Norton |
| Story by | Cindy Davis John Norton Bob Tzudiker Noni White |
| Starring | Sarah Silverman Malea Tjandrawidjaja Robert Downey Jr. Shah Rukh Khan Carrie-Anne Moss Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Cory Rocco Florimonte |
| Edited by | John K. Carr |
| Production company |
Dice Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Release date | August 23, 2023 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
| Box office | $480 million |
Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World is a 2023 American computer-animated musical adventure film produced by Dice Productions and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to 2022's Vanellope & Friends: Basketball and the ninth installment in the Vanellope & Friends film series, the film was directed by Thor Freudenthal and Jimmy Hayward from a screenplay by John Norton. The film features the voices of Sarah Silverman, Malea Tjandrawidjaja, Robert Downey Jr., Shah Rukh Khan, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the film, Vanellope von Schweetz and a timid junior paleontologist discover A Dinosaur's World, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs, where they team up with a fear-defying Quetzalcoatlus to protect all the dinosaurs from a zealous Rhamphorhynchus who plots to wipe it out with an asteroid he can reign supreme.
Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World was released in the United States on August 23, 2023. The film received positive reviews from critics and earned $480 million worldwide on a $100 million budget. A sequel, Vanellope & Friends: Halloween, was released on October 18, 2024.
Cast[]
- Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz
- Malea Tjandrawidjaja as Molly Knight, a paranoid junior paleontologist rookie at the Anythingville Natural History Museum.
- Robert Downey Jr. as Otto, a adventure-spirited Quetzalcoatlus who was once the leader of a team. He is often accompanied by Ground, Around, and Brown, three silent Oryctodromeus brothers who are his sidekicks.
- Shah Rukh Khan as Ryker, a Rhamphorhynchus who wants to dispose of A Dinosaur's World to reign supreme and dominance.
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Onyx, a Pteranodon who was once a part of Otto's team.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Emperor Rex, a cynical Tyrannosaurus Rex and the ruler of A Dinosaur's World who accompanies the group.
Reception[]
Box office[]
The film opened in theaters on August 23, 2023 in the United States and was projected to gross $200 million in its opening weekend. It grossed over $180 million in North America, and $300 million internationally, for a total of $480 million worldwide. It was one of the lowest-grossing Vanellope & Friends films, but was still a box office success since it beat its $100 million production budget.
Critical response[]
Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World received mixed-to-positive reviews upon release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 61% approval rating based on 301 reviews. The consensus reads, "Although Vanellope & Friends: A Dinosaur's World''s writing isn't as mighty as a T. Rex roar due to a formulaic narrative, but its animation makes up for a visual spectacle for the eyes (in particular, the dinosaurs are awesomely-realized)". On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, it has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.