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Charlotte's Web (Illumination Entertainment film) (2014)

Charlotte's Web is a 2014 American animated musical comedy fantasy film based on the 1952 novel by E. B. White. Directed by Craig Wright, written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, and produced by Chris Meledandri, it is the third film adaptation of E. B. White's book, the CGI animated reboot of Paramount's 1973 animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the 2006 live-action/CGI remake produced by Nickelodeon Movies. The film stars an ensemble voice cast that includes Natasha Lyonne, Madeleine Curry, Iain Armitage, Robin Williams (in his final animated feature), Rosie O'Donnell, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Samuel E. Wright, Rachel Bloom, Bill Hader, and Rowan Atkinson as the narrator. Bruce Broughton composed the film's score. Produced by Illumination Entertainment, the film premiered in Australia on July 7, 2014 and was released theatrically by Universal Pictures on July 25, 2014 in the United States. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, yet was only modestly commercially successful. It grossed $83 million at the US box office and $61 million elsewhere for a worldwide total of $144 million against an $85 million budget, as well as grossing an additional $95.2 million in home media sales.

Calvin and Hobbes (2018) (Blue Sky Studios)

Calvin and Hobbes is a 2018 American animated comedy film based on Bill Watterson's 1985-1995 comic strip of the same name, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno from a story written by Cindy Davis and a screenplay by Brad Copeland and Lloyd Taylor. The film stars Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Keegan-Michael Key as the voices of the title characters, alongside Kevin Kline, Melanie Griffith, Nhev Scharrel, Patrick Warburton, Aziz Ansari, Michelle Pfeiffer, Idris Elba, John Goodman and Angela Lansbury. Calvin and Hobbes premiered in New York City on July 30, 2018, and was released in the United States five days later on August 17. It grossed $246 million worldwide against a $99 million budget to become the 7th highest-grossing animated film of 2018. The film was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation, voice acting, and faithfulness to the source material, but received minor criticism for its lack of ambition. It received nominations for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature and was the first Blue Sky Studios film to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost to Incredibles 2.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (DreamWorks Animation x Nintendo) (2015)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2015 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise.

Watership Down (2020) (Blue Sky Studios film)

In Lapine language mythology, the world was created by the god Frith. All animals were grass eaters, living harmoniously. The rabbits multiplied, and their appetite led to a food shortage. Frith ordered the rabbit prince, El-Ahrairah, to control his people, but was scoffed at. In retaliation, Frith gave special gifts to every animal, making some into predators to hunt the rabbits. Satisfied that El-Ahrairah had learned his lesson, Frith gave rabbits the gifts of speed and cunning.

Alvin's Big Forest Movie (2000)

Alvin's Big Forest Movie is a 2000 American animated comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox. It is the first CGI feature-length film. The film was directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton, co-directed by Rob Minkoff, and produced by Clint Goldman and Beau Flynn, from a screenplay written by Walon Green, John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Thom Enriquez, and Ralph Zondag, and a story conceived by John Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft. It stars the voices of Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Kristen Bone, Angela Lansbury, and James Woods. In the film, a misfit chipmunk named Alvin, looks for "tough warriors" to save his animal colony from a protection racket run by a gang of evil animals. However, the "warriors" he brings back were a troupe of Circus Animals. The film's plot was initially inspired by Aesop's fable, "The Ant and the Grasshopper."