| Early Man | |
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| Directed by | Nick Park |
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| Cinematography | Dave Alex Riddett |
| Edited by | Sim Evan-Jones |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
| Countries | United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million[2] |
| Box office | $54.6 million[3] |
Early Man is a 2018 animated sports comedy film directed by Nick Park, the creator of Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, written by Mark Burton and James Higginson, and starring the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall. The film follows a tribe of primitive Stone Age valley dwellers who have to defend their land from bronze-equipped invaders in a football match. The film premiered on 20 January 2018 at the BFI Southbank cinema.
Released theatrically on 26 January 2018 (in the UK), the film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the visuals and humor, although it was considered inferior to previous Aardman works.[4] However, it was a box-office bomb, grossing just $54 million against a budget of $50 million, making it the lowest-grossing Aardman film since Flushed Away. It was also the final Aardman film to be released theatrically in the United States, as Netflix acquired streaming rights to further Aardman films in late 2019.
- ^ "Early Man (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Jaafar, Ali (6 May 2015). "Studiocanal Doubles Down On Family Fare: Reteams With Nick Park And Gilles De Maistre For New Pics – Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Early Man". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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