Illumination is the smartest animation studio in the game.
JannTosh70 on
How? It looks so good and filled with celebrity voice actors?
Comfortable-Pie56 on
In case anybody wonders why this movie is so much cheaper than a Pixar movie, the answer is that Pixar does everything in-house while Illumination outsources a lot.
Pixar has 1200 employees, while Illumination only has 100-200 in their core studio and the rest are contractors or in their Paris studio.
mizumi_heiwa on
Illumination’s most expensive film to date, and $10M more than the first movie.
But it will still break even in like 5 days.
mobpiecedunchaindan on
Illumination’s most expensive film to date and it’ll still be beyond profitable. This studio never misses (in terms of profitability)
Late_Sheepherder_599 on
Profitable on opening weekend
Arusly on
How do dreamworks and illumination make great animation quality and yet cost less than you think while Disney and pixar spend 150-200m?
KingMario05 on
Just $10 million more? *Damn*, Illumination continue to be the kings of smart fiscal spending. Given all the extra ***stuff,*** I was ready for a number closer to $150 million.
Quasimodo27 on
Easy money!
PayneTrain181999 on
Every $100M they get a 1-Up
Block-Busted on
Man, I’m no Illumination fan, but I do wish that this was presented in expanded IMAX aspect ratio even if it’s just 1.90:1.
Shellyman_Studios on
Lmao, guaranteed profit after Easter weekend 😂
HotOne9364 on
$110m? That’s like a billion in Illumination terms!
Never-Give-Up100 on
It’s gonna make so much moneyÂ
jnighy on
Man, this movie will bring easily 4x, 5x back
Scared-Engineer-6218 on
Must be paying peanuts to them animators if we look at the cast.
UltimateArtist829 on
All the people clamoring Illumination for knowing how to “budget their movie”, but didn’t take into consideration about the animation being outsourced in France and probably some other animation sweatshop in Asia. Do you guys even care for the animators’ having livable wage or just want movies to be done as cheaply as possible and maximize profit?
gamesofduty on
This is definitely going to be 2026’s first billion-dollar film, and it will be the highest-grossing film of 2026 until Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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Gonna be the most profitable movie of the year once again
Dang, Illumination sure knows how to budget their films. Their films look so good for how much they cost.
Once again, Illumination invested little money and reaped huge profits.
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2026’s first billion dollar movie.
Illumination is the smartest animation studio in the game.
How? It looks so good and filled with celebrity voice actors?
In case anybody wonders why this movie is so much cheaper than a Pixar movie, the answer is that Pixar does everything in-house while Illumination outsources a lot.
Pixar has 1200 employees, while Illumination only has 100-200 in their core studio and the rest are contractors or in their Paris studio.
Illumination’s most expensive film to date, and $10M more than the first movie.
But it will still break even in like 5 days.
Illumination’s most expensive film to date and it’ll still be beyond profitable. This studio never misses (in terms of profitability)
Profitable on opening weekend
How do dreamworks and illumination make great animation quality and yet cost less than you think while Disney and pixar spend 150-200m?
Just $10 million more? *Damn*, Illumination continue to be the kings of smart fiscal spending. Given all the extra ***stuff,*** I was ready for a number closer to $150 million.
Easy money!
Every $100M they get a 1-Up
Man, I’m no Illumination fan, but I do wish that this was presented in expanded IMAX aspect ratio even if it’s just 1.90:1.
Lmao, guaranteed profit after Easter weekend 😂
$110m? That’s like a billion in Illumination terms!
It’s gonna make so much moneyÂ
Man, this movie will bring easily 4x, 5x back
Must be paying peanuts to them animators if we look at the cast.
All the people clamoring Illumination for knowing how to “budget their movie”, but didn’t take into consideration about the animation being outsourced in France and probably some other animation sweatshop in Asia. Do you guys even care for the animators’ having livable wage or just want movies to be done as cheaply as possible and maximize profit?
This is definitely going to be 2026’s first billion-dollar film, and it will be the highest-grossing film of 2026 until Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Without that voice cast it would cost like 40M