Hotel Transylvania (film)

"Hotel Transylvania 1" redirects here. For the franchise, see Hotel Transylvania.

Hotel Transylvania
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGenndy Tartakovsky[1]
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced byMichelle Murdocca
Starring
Edited byCatherine Apple
Music byMark Mothersbaugh[4]
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[2]
Release dates
  • September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) (TIFF)
  • September 28, 2012 (2012-09-28) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes[6]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$85 million[7]
Box office$358.4 million[7]

Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 American animated monster comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The first installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, it was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (in his theatrical feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Peter Baynham and Robert Smigel, and a story by Todd Durham, Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, based on an original concept created by Durham. The film stars the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and CeeLo Green.

The film tells the story of Count Dracula, the famed vampire who is also the owner of the titular Hotel Transylvania where the world's monsters can take a rest from human civilization. Dracula invites some of the most famous monsters to celebrate the 118th birthday of his beloved daughter Mavis. But when the "human-free hotel" is unexpectedly visited by a human traveler named Jonathan, Drac must do everything in his power to prevent Mavis and the other guests from finding out that a human has found their safe place, which may jeopardize the hotel's future and his career.

Hotel Transylvania premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 28. It received mixed reviews from critics but earned a total of $358.4 million worldwide at the box office against a budget of $85 million and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The financial success of Hotel Transylvania launched a multimedia franchise and a series of three sequels, starting with Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015).

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Hotel Transylvania (2012)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Columbia Pictures Press Kit - Hotel Transylvania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "Mark Mothersbaugh to score 'Hotel Transylvania'". Film Music Reporter. January 27, 2011. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "Hotel Transylvania". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Hotel Transylvania". TIFF. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Hotel Transylvania". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 4, 2021.