Remstar Media Partners (through Alliance Films; Canada)
Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[2]
Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
HandMade Films International (International)
Release dates
14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) (Westwood)
20 November 2009 (2009-11-20) (United States/Canada)
27 November 2009 (2009-11-27) (Spain)
4 December 2009 (2009-12-04) (United Kingdom)
Running time
91 minutes[3]
Countries
Spain
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Language
English
Budget
€49 million[4] (US$70 million)[2]
Box office
$105.6 million[2]
Planet 51 is a 2009 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Jorge Blanco and co-directed by Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez, from a script by Joe Stillman, based on an original idea by Abad, Blanco, Martínez, and Ignacio Pérez Dolset. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott and John Cleese, the film follows an astronaut who lands on an alien planet, as one of the aliens helps him return to his ship while evading the military.
An international co-production by Spain, the United Kingdom, and Canada, with the studios Ilion Animation Studios based in Madrid, and HandMade Films in London, the film was originally acquired for North American distribution by New Line Cinema, but then sold to Sony Pictures before completion.[5][6][7][8] Originally titled Planet One,[9] and later named as an allusion to Area 51, the film was completed on a $70 million budget, which, as of 2010, was the most expensive film produced in Spain.[4]
Planet 51 was released on 20 November 2009 in the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Releasing's TriStar Pictures and Remstar Media Partners respectively, on 27 November in Spain by DeAPlaneta Distribución, and 4 December in the United Kingdom by HandMade Films International. The film grossed $105.6 million in the worldwide box office. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but earned the Goya Award for Best Animated Film in Spain.
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