Monster Trucks (film)

Monster Trucks
A purple tentacle-limbed monster squeezed inside a blue truck on a dirt road is in the foreground, while a collage of human characters in front of a yellow traffic sign is in the background.
Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney
Directed byChris Wedge
Screenplay byDerek Connolly
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byConrad Buff IV
Music byDave Sardy
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21) (France)
  • January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125 million[2]
Box office$64.5 million[3]

Monster Trucks is a 2016 American live action/animated monster comedy film co-produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and Disruption Entertainment for Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Chris Wedge, in both his live-action directorial debut and first directorial effort outside of his own company Blue Sky Studios, and written by Derek Connolly, from a story by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger and Matthew Robinson.[4] The film stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, Thomas Lennon, and Holt McCallany, and follows Tripp Coley, a young junkyard employee who finds a subterranean creature living in his truck.

The film was first released on December 21, 2016 in France, then on January 13, 2017 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $64.5 million worldwide against a $125 million budget.[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ David Lieberman (September 21, 2016). "'Monster Trucks' Drove Viacom's $115M Charge Even Before Its Release". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Monster Trucks (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference live-action was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Faughnder, Ryan (January 13, 2017). "2017's first big flop? How Paramount's 'Monster Trucks' went awry". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "Box Office: Ben Affleck, Martin Scorsese, And 'Monster Trucks' Flop Over MLK Weekend". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  7. ^ Lang, Brent (January 12, 2017). "Box Office: 'Hidden Figures,' 'Patriot's Day' in Tight Race, 'Monster Trucks,' 'Live by Night' Brace to Flop". Variety.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.