| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | |
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| Directed by | David Soren |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Stoller |
| Based on | Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey |
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| Edited by | Matthew Landon |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 90 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $38 million[4] |
| Box office | $125.4 million[5] |
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American animated superhero comedy film based on Dav Pilkey's children's novel series, titled Captain Underpants, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It was directed by David Soren from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, and stars the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele, and Kristen Schaal. The film was released during the 20th anniversary of the Captain Underpants series. In the film, fourth-grade pranksters, named George and Harold, hypnotize their humorless principal, named Mr. Krupp, into thinking he is a superhero, named Captain Underpants. The movie loosely adapts the first, the second, the fourth, and the eleventh Captain Underpants books.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie first premiered at the Regency Village Theatre, in Los Angeles, California, on May 21, 2017, and was first released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 2017, in both the 2-D and the 3-D formats. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the animation, humor, faithfulness, and references to its source material, and voice acting, particularly from Helms. It grossed $125 million worldwide against a budget of $38 million, the lowest budget for a film from DreamWorks Animation until 2021 with Spirit Untamed, which had a budget of $30 million.[6]
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie was the last film from DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, following the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by NBCUniversal in 2016, Universal Pictures began to be distributing films from DreamWorks Animation, beginning from 2019 with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
A spin-off television series, titled The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, premiered on Netflix on July 13, 2018, while a spin-off film, titled Dog Man, is slated to be released by Universal Pictures on January 31, 2025.[7]
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- ^ Grobar, Matt (January 29, 2024). "'Dog Man' Movie Based On Books From 'Captain Underpants' Creator Set For 2025 Release From Universal And DWA". Deadline. Retrieved January 29, 2024.