The Nut Job

This article is about the 2014 animated film. For other uses, see Nut job.

The Nut Job
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Lepeniotis
Screenplay by
  • Lorne Cameron
  • Peter Lepeniotis
Story by
  • Daniel Woo
  • Peter Lepeniotis
Based onSurly Squirrel
by Peter Lepeniotis
Produced by
  • Woo-Kyung Jung
  • Graham Moloy
Starring
Edited byPaul Hunter
Music byPaul Intson
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 11, 2014 (2014-01-11) (Los Angeles)
  • January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17) (United States and Canada)
  • January 29, 2014 (2014-01-29) (South Korea)
Running time
86 minutes[4][5]
CountriesCanada
South Korea[6][7]
United States[8]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[9][10]
Box office$120.9 million[2]

The Nut Job is a 2014 animated heist comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesias, and Sarah Gadon. The film is loosely based on Lepeniotis' 2005 short animated film Surly Squirrel.[11] Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and ToonBox Entertainment,[12] it was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, by Open Road Films.[13] The film received negative reviews. It grossed $120.9 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.

A sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, was released on August 11, 2017.

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