20th Century Animation

This article is about the feature animation production arm of 20th Century Studios. For the television animation division of 20th Century Studios, see 20th Television Animation.

20th Century Animation, Inc.
Formerly
Company typeDivision
Industry
Predecessors
FoundedFebruary 1994; 30 years ago (1994-02)
Headquarters
Century City, Los Angeles, California
,
U.S.
Key people
ProductsAnimated films
Parent20th Century Studios
Footnotes / references
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20th Century Animation, Inc.[3] (previously known as Fox Family Films, Fox Animation Studios, and 20th Century Fox Animation and sometimes referred to as Fox Animation) is an American animation studio located in Century City, Los Angeles. Formed in 1994, it is organized as a division and label of 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox), a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios, and is tasked with producing animated feature-length films.[4] At one point, 20th Century Animation had two subsidiaries: Fox Animation Studios, which was shut down on June 26, 2000, and Blue Sky Studios (the latter became the primary unit of 20th Century Animation), which was closed on April 10, 2021. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes the films produced by 20th Century Animation in home media under the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner.[5]

The studio has produced a total of 30 feature films (six films as Fox Family Films, three films from Fox Animation Studios, thirteen feature films from Blue Sky Studios, and eight original films), most of them being distributed by 20th Century Studios. Their first film was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and their first animated film was Anastasia, with the most recent release being Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever; its next film will be Ice Age 6, slated for release in 2026.

Anastasia (1997–1999), Ice Age (2002–present) and Rio (2011–present) are the studio's most commercially successful franchises, while Robots (2005), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Horton Hears a Who! (2008), The Book of Life (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Spies in Disguise (2019), and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) are among its most critically praised films.

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