Box Office History for Ice Age Movies

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Jan 28, 2022The Ice Age Adventures Of B…
Jul 22, 2016Ice Age: Collision Course $105,000,000$21,373,064$64,063,008$402,156,682
Mar 21, 2016Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Jul 13, 2012Ice Age: Continental Drift $95,000,000$46,629,259$161,321,843$879,765,137
Nov 26, 2011Ice Age: A Mammoth Christma…
Jul 1, 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $90,000,000$41,690,382$196,573,705$886,686,817
Mar 31, 2006Ice Age: The Meltdown $75,000,000$68,033,544$195,330,621$651,899,282
Mar 15, 2002Ice Age $65,000,000$46,312,454$176,387,405$386,116,343
 
Averages $86,000,000$44,807,741$158,735,316$641,324,852
Totals 8 $430,000,000$793,676,582$3,206,624,261

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Nov 26, 2002Ice Age $21,460,786 iTunes Google
Nov 21, 2006Ice Age / Ice Age 2: The Meltdown 2-Pack $12,244,096  
Nov 21, 2006Ice Age: The Meltdown $137,843,809 Disney+ iTunes
Oct 27, 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $120,540,370 Disney+ Hulu iTunes Google Vudu
Nov 26, 2011Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special $6,068,253  
Dec 11, 2012Ice Age: Continental Drift $64,367,188 Amazon iTunes Google
Mar 21, 2016Ice Age The Great Eggscapade   Amazon
Sep 30, 2016Ice Age: Collision Course $17,842,123 Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Feb 7, 2017Ice Age Collection    
Jan 28, 2022The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E1—Nuts About You   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E2—Lofi Scrat Bea…   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E3—X’s and Uh-O’s…   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E4—Nutty Reflecti…   Disney+
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E5—Teeter Toddler    
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, S1 E6—Nut the End    
Apr 13, 2022Ice Age: Scrat Tales, Season 1   Disney+
 
 Totals$380,366,625

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Weekend projections: Kung Fu Panda leads great weekend in theaters

March 10th, 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

This weekend’s new releases are more than living up to their “Po-tential,” led by a fantastic $58.3-million opening for Kung Fu Panda 4—for certain, the second-best debut for a film in the franchise, with an outside chance of topping the original Kung Fu Panda’s $60.2 million if it does really, really well on Sunday. While that will rightfully be garnering the most attention, Imaginary and Cabrini are also doing better than anticipated, and Dune: Part Two will have a great hold in its second weekend. More...

Home Market Releases for October 11th, 2016

October 11th, 2016

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is the biggest release of the week and the best first run release. Combined with its fully-loaded Blu-ray (extended edition), it is a Pick of the Week contender. There’s not much competition. The main competition is a new Collector's Edition Blu-ray for The Thing, but this is at least a double-dip, which hurts its value. There are a couple of smaller releases as well. In the end it was a literal coin toss to decide the Pick of the Week and Ghostbusters won. More...

International Box Office: Squad Scores $132 million Opening

August 10th, 2016

Suicide Squad

As expected, Suicide Squad easily won the international box office race pulling in $132 million in 57 markets. However, its results in individual markets were mixed when compared to its domestic opening, as well as when compared to Batman v Superman. For example, the film earned first place in Russia with $11.42 million over the weekend, while BvS opened with $7.84 million. It is also a little better than its debut here, given the size of the two markets, and the slumping rubles. On the other hand, the film managed $13.9 million in the U.K., compared to BvS’s opening of $20.66 million. Likewise, a $13.9 million opening in the U.K. is equivalent to about $90 million here, which is much less than its debut here. That’s still a huge opening, but not a monster opening. BvS finished with over $500 million internationally; if Suicide Squad finishes with just under $400 million internationally, it will break even, so the studio can’t be too upset. They could yell, “Damn the critics, full speed ahead.” and let the D.C. Extended Universe turn into another Transformers. Hit after hit, but critically reviled. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Jason Bourne Treks to the top of the Chart with $59.22 million

August 2nd, 2016

Jason Bourne

There was no surprise at the top of the weekend box office chart, as Jason Bourne easily won with $59.22 million. This was on the high end of expectations, but not quite as strong as Star Trek Beyond’s opening last weekend. Both of the other two new releases, Bad Moms and Nerve, also did well. In fact, none of the films we talked about before the weekend missed expectations. The overall box office was down a little compared to last weekend, but a 3.1% decline is hardly noteworthy. More importantly, the box office was 30% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016 saw its lead over 2015 nearly double to $260 million or 4.0%. Being ahead $6.84 billion to $6.58 billion at this point of the year is a good position to be in, but it wouldn’t take a major collapse for 2016 to fall behind 2015 by year’s end. More...

International Box Office: Trace is just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to First Place with $47.37 million

July 28th, 2016

Skiptrace

Skiptrace earned first place internationally with $47.37 million over the weekend for a total opening of $63.04 million. The film dominated the box office in its native China with $45.58 million last weekend for a four-day opening of $61.25 million. This is the best opening in Jackie Chan's career, but unfortunately, it is only getting a limited release here. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Star Trek Tops Chart, but still Weakest in Reboot Franchise with $59.25 million

July 26th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

As expected, Star Trek Beyond earned first place on the weekend box office chart and while it didn’t live up to my lofty predictions, it still did very well with $59.25 million. The next two wide releases, Lights Out and Ice Age: Collision Course, had nearly identical openings with $21.69 million and $21.37 million respectively. For Lights Out, this is a breakout opening and means it is practically guaranteed a profit and will likely get a sequel. For Collision Course, it is a sign that they should retire the franchise. Both The Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters earned $20 million, meaning every film in the top five topped that mark, tying with the record most recently set last May. The overall box office was 20% higher than last week at $196 million. This is also 29% higher than the same weekend last year. Since last week, the year-over-year competition got a little closer at $6.55 billion to $6.41 billion. 2016 is still ahead by 2.2%, but this is less than the ticket price inflation. More...

Weekend Estimates: Star Trek Falls Short of $60 Million

July 24th, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond will fall just short of $60 million at the box office this weekend, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount. The studio has the film coming in at $59.6 million over three days, which is substantially short of the $79.2 million earned on debut by Star Trek (the reboot) in 2009, and the $70.2 million made by Star Trek Into Darkness. The so-so start comes in spite of excellent reviews, which are now running at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the franchise seems to have trouble reaching beyond its core audience. More...

Friday Estimates: Star Trek Soars with $22.5 million

July 23rd, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

As expected, Star Trek Beyond led the way on the Friday box office chart, earning $22.5 million. This is in line with the average among analysts, but lower than my prediction. I did warn you about irrational exuberance. Given the film’s reviews and its A CinemaScore, it should have a relatively good internal multiplier. Look for an opening weekend of close to $57 million, which is significantly better than Ghostbusters’ opening with last week and not that much worse than what X-Men: Apocalypse opened with in May. I assume Paramount is happy with this result, but the film will need good legs and a strong international run to justify another sequel. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Star Trek’s Previews are in the Stratosphere at $5.5 million

July 22nd, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond got off to a fast start with $5.5 million during its midnight previews. This is $2 million more than Ghostbusters made last weekend, plus it has better reviews. On the other hand, it is a sequel, so the comparison isn’t perfect. We could compare it to the previous installment in the franchise, but that film opened on a Wednesday. X-Men: Apocalypse earned $8.4 million in its previews, but that film earned weaker reviews and is a comic book movie, which tend to be more front-loaded. I was a little more bullish than most with my prediction, but this result make me feel a lot better. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Star Trek go Above and Beyond the Competition?

July 21st, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond leads a pack of three wide releases this weekend and there are some who think it will have the best live-action release since Captain America: Civil War. That would be great news for the overall box office. Ice Age: Collision Course has to deal with direct competition and terrible reviews, but it should still do relatively well thanks to goodwill its franchise has built up. The final new release of the week is Lights Out. This low-budget horror film won’t need to earn $20 million over the weekend to break even, but there’s a slim chance it will. In fact, The Secret Life of Pets should easily add another $20 million to its running tally, and Ghostbusters has a good shot at doing the same. So we could have five films earning $20 million over the weekend for the first time in a year. We should have three films earning more than $25 million. Meanwhile this weekend last year, there were no films that earned more than $25 million. Hopefully 2016 will win the year-over-year competition with ease. More...

International Box Office: Ice Age Collides with Top Spot Earning $53.5 million

July 21st, 2016

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course rose to first place with $53.5 million in 51 markets for an early international total of $127.0 million. The film’s biggest new market was France, where it earned first place with $7.07 million on 873 screens. That’s a pretty good opening for that market, but the previous film opened with $12.76 million in that market, so that’s a sizable drop-off. The film also earned first place in Russia with $5.85 million on 1,236, compared to $16.97 million the earlier film opened with. That’s really troubling. Meanwhile, the film had to settle for second place in the U.K. with $4.99 million in 570 theaters. (We can’t really compare openings here. The numbers we get for the U.K. are actually for the U.K., Ireland, and Malta. It’s similar to the domestic market being Canada and the States. In almost all cases this doesn’t matter, because films open in all three countries at the same time. However, Continental Drift opened in Ireland first, before expanding into the U.K., so there’s no easy way to compare the two results.) At this pace, it looks like Collision Course isn’t going to match its predecessor at the box office. However, it could fail to earn half as much worldwide and still break even on the home market. This might be the last installment in the franchise, on the other hand. More...

International Box Office: Cold War has Hot Opening with $44 million

July 13th, 2016

Cold War 2

Cold War 2 opened in first place with $44.25 million in four markets over the weekend. Nearly all of its opening came from China, where it made $44.08 million over the weekend and $44.78 million, including previews. It also opened in the U.K. earning $128,000 in 14 theaters, which is great for a limited release there. More...

2016 Preview: July

July 1st, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

It's July 1st, which is Canada Day. To celebrate, I wanted to give a gift to my American readers down south, so here's a bunch of "u"s. U, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u. Now you can spell words like "colour" and "neighbour" correctly. As for the July preview... June wasn't a good month, despite Finding Dory being on pace to become the biggest hit of the year so far. Most other films failed to match expectations and as a result, 2016's lead over 2015 has nearly evaporated. In fact, ticket sales are below last year's pace. So how does July look in comparison? Well, last July, there were five films that earned more than $100 million, led by Minions, which earned more than $300 million. This July, there are five films that should earn more than $100 million, led by The Secret Life of Pets, which should earned around $250 million. I don't think July 2016 will live up to July 2015, but it should be close. Maybe if one of the expected midlevel hits is a surprise $100 million hit, or if two more of the $100 million hits crack $200 million, then the month will look great. Or one of the expected $100 million hits could flop and 2016 will actually fall behind 2015, even without taking into account ticket price inflation. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Croods

October 16th, 2013

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Featured DVD / Blu-ray Review: Ice Age: Continental Drift

December 9th, 2012

I've seen all of the Ice Age films. I thought the first film was great and the second film was good, but I thought the third film was only average for a kids film. Will the franchise bounce back with Ice Age: Continental Drift? Or will the fourth film continue the decline? More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Ray Romano 5 Manny $3,206,624,261 $3,281,243,719 97.7%
John Leguizamo 5 Sid $3,206,624,261 $6,562,699,564 48.9%
Denis Leary 5 Diego $3,206,624,261 $4,240,433,607 75.6%
Josh Peck 5 Eddie $3,206,624,261 $4,540,679,818 70.6%
Queen Latifah 4 Ellie $2,820,507,918 $5,207,026,300 54.2%
Seann William Scott 4 Crash $2,820,507,918 $5,087,692,138 55.4%
Chris Wedge 4 Scrat $2,804,467,579 $2,804,467,579 100.0%
Simon Pegg 3 Buck $1,288,843,499 $10,922,316,261 11.8%
Alan Tudyk 3 Saber-Toothed Tiger $1,917,780,762 $15,319,110,637 12.5%
Keke Palmer 2 Peaches $1,281,921,819 $2,043,731,420 62.7%
Wanda Sykes 2 Sid's Ganny $1,281,921,819 $2,814,605,340 45.5%
Stephen Root 2 Rhino $1,038,015,625 $5,867,154,320 17.7%
Jason Fricchione 2 Molehog Grandpa/Shovelmouth Male $1,531,664,419 $1,531,664,419 100.0%
George Jacobs 2 Beaver Dad $1,531,664,419 $1,531,664,419 100.0%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Carlos Saldanha 5 Director (2)
Executive Producer (2)
Co-Director (1)
$3,206,624,261 $4,755,147,691 67.4%
Lori Forte 4 Producer (4)
Story Creator (1)
$2,319,937,444 $2,890,223,530 80.3%
Chris Wedge 4 Executive Producer (3)
Director (1)
$2,319,937,444 $4,657,468,110 49.8%
Randy Thom 4 Sound Designer (4)
Re-recording Mixer (3)
Supervising Sound Editor (3)
$2,820,507,918 $20,147,013,701 14.0%
Christian Kaplan 4 Casting Director (4) $2,820,507,918 $5,392,278,418 52.3%
Michael Berg 3 Screenwriter (3)
Story Creator (1)
$1,668,038,162 $1,997,541,567 83.5%
Michael Thurmeier 3 Director (1)
Co-Director (1)
Lead Animator (1)
$2,152,568,297 $2,413,204,568 89.2%
John Powell 3 Composer (3) $2,418,351,236 $14,955,958,979 16.2%
Peter De Seve 3 Character Designer (3) $2,152,568,297 $2,488,861,779 86.5%
Lora Hirschberg 3 Re-recording Mixer (3) $1,933,821,101 $14,622,631,410 13.2%
John C. Donkin 2 Producer (1)
Director (1)
$879,765,137 $2,120,764,940 41.5%
Peter Ackerman 2 Screenwriter (2) $1,272,803,160 $1,425,058,348 89.3%
Michael J. Wilson 2 Screenwriter (2) $788,273,025 $1,160,014,148 68.0%
Yoni Brenner 2 Screenwriter (2) $1,288,843,499 $1,781,689,790 72.3%
Christopher Meledandri 2 Executive Producer (2) $1,038,015,625 $12,053,155,165 8.6%
Harry Hitner 2 3D Editor (2) $1,538,586,099 $2,861,170,367 53.8%
James M. Palumbo 2 Editor (2) $1,281,921,819 $1,281,921,819 100.0%
Michael Knapp 2 Art Director (2) $1,288,843,499 $1,716,762,033 75.1%
James Bresnahan 2 Lead Animator (1)
Supervising Animator (1)
$788,273,025 $1,841,233,473 42.8%
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle 2 Supervising Sound Editor (2) $1,538,586,099 $13,051,880,101 11.8%
Michael Silvers 2 Supervising Sound Editor (2) $1,281,921,819 $5,536,577,599 23.2%
Tom Carlson 2 Music Editor (2) $1,531,664,419 $3,274,653,613 46.8%