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'''Nickelodeon Movies Inc.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-09-25 |title=NICKELODEON MOVIES INC. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/2545783 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref> is an American [[Filmmaking|film production]] company based in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] and owned by [[Paramount Global]]. Originally founded in 1995, it serves as both the film production arm of the American children's network [[Nickelodeon]] and the family film distribution label of [[Paramount Pictures]], operating under its [[Paramount Players]] division.
{{For|the early 20th century movie theater|Nickelodeon movie theater}}


The division has earned numerous accolades including two [[Academy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], over 13 [[Saturn Awards]] nominations, a [[People's Choice Award]] and four in-house honors via the [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]. Since its launch, over 40 feature films have been produced for theatrical release and starting in October 2021, the studio has been producing films for streaming on [[Paramount+]] and [[Netflix]].
'''Nickelodeon Movies''' is the [[motion picture]] production arm of children's cable channel [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], originally founded in 1996. Its first film was ''[[Harriet the Spy (film)|Harriet the Spy]]''. It has produced films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are released by fellow [[Viacom]] division [[Paramount Pictures]].


==History==
On [[August 21]], [[2006]], Nickelodeon Movies and [[MTV Films]] became full labels of the [[Paramount Motion Pictures Group]].[http://www.viacom.com/view_release.jhtml?inID=20&inReleaseID=227243]


=== 1993–95: Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox deal ===
==Notable films==
In 1993, Nickelodeon agreed to a two-year contract with [[20th Century Fox]] to make feature films. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19930607&id=gldPAAAAIBAJ&pg=2074,1837600&hl=en|title=Toledo Blade – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> None of the movies were produced due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]], and they would distribute the movies instead. With the creative differences with [[John Kricfalusi]], the creator of ''Ren & Stimpy'' and an inability to market that property in a family-friendly manner instead of a "cynical and gross humor" scuttled the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/05/19/nickelodeon-adds-movies-to-its-credits/|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=May 19, 1993|author=Catherine Hinman|title=Nickelodeon Adds Movies To Its Credits|access-date=January 18, 2011|archive-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030004240/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-05-19/business/9305190485_1_beece-production-facilities-nick|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1993">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=May 1993|author=Thomas R King|title=Nickelodeon, Fox Film, chase family viewers}}</ref> However, Paramount and Viacom would go forward and start development on ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' a year after the acquisition.
* ''[[Harriet the Spy (film)|Harriet the Spy]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Good Burger]]'' (1997)
* ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Snow Day (film)|Snow Day]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (film)|Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Clockstoppers]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' (2004) (also with DreamWorks)
* ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]'' (2005) (also with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures)
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life: The Movie]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Mad Hot Ballroom]]'' (2005; distributor only)
* ''[[Nacho Libre]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Barnyard (film)|Barnyard]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]'' (2006) (also with [[Walden Media]] and The Kerner Entertainment Company)
* ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles (film)|The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' (2008)


The Nickelodeon version of the ''Doug'' film was not made due to the acquisition of the show's production studio, [[Jumbo Pictures]], by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1996. With this, the show moved to Disney's [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network and new seasons aired as a part of its programming block ''[[ABC Kids (TV programming block)|Disney's One Saturday Morning]]'' as ''Disney's Doug''. In 1999, [[Walt Disney Pictures]] released a film finale to the series, ''[[Doug's 1st Movie]]''.
==Logo sequences==
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2007}}
[[Image:Nickelodeon Movies Logo.gif|thumb|right|Nickelodeon Movies Logo used from 2000-2007.]]
* ''[[Harriet the Spy (film)|Harriet the Spy]]'': A blue rhino runs in the clouds to the logo shaped as a cloud, but crashes each of the clouds, which reveals to be a movie set and then finally crashes to the camera. The blue rhino hangs on to the Nickelodeon cloud in a black screen, then the cloud turns into a splat-like Nickelodeon logo.
* ''[[Good Burger]]'': Some orange drink is being poured in the cup and the lid closes and the cup goes fast like a race car while Jive Five sings "Ni-Ni, Ni-Ni-Ni-Ni-Ni-Nick, Nick, Nick-Nickelodeon!" and the cup tips over and the soda spills and appeared the Nickelodeon logo.
* ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'': Slap T. Pooch from [[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]] spots a blob of orange goo and tries to catch it, it then gets stuck to his fingers and he struggles to throw it off, it does but multiples and becomes a giant Nickelodeon footprint which stomps on the dog.
* ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'': A man rakes the leaves in his lawn and a dog watches him. The Eiffel Tower can be seen in the background. Suddenly a large Nickelodeon orange ball crashes into the house, destroying it, and then the little blue ball comes up with the logo as the background becomes black. The dog barks at the end along with the man swearing in French. This sequence was later modified for [[Snow Day (film)|Snow Day]].
* ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (film)|Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'': The two orange balls bounce and Goddard comes up. then, his back opens and a lazer appears and makes the blue ball. then, Goddard pants to the audience.
* ''[[Snow Day (film)|Snow Day]]'': The sequence is like the one in ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie|Rugrats in Paris]]'', only the man is English and he is instead shoveling snow when the giant Nickelodeon ball crashes down and destroys his house.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'' and ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'': In space, the audience sees the sun and the earth. Suddenly, the earth sneezes, resulting in the appearance of the Nickelodeon Movies logo, which bounces around for a while before stopping.
* ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'': A dog is sniffing and then, he stops and he whines and he looks at the Nickelodeon Movies logo. then, he licks.
* ''[[The Spongebob Squarepants Movie]]'': We see several [[kalidoscope]]-like patterns fill the screen, and at the end, it becomes the familiar Nickelodeon Movies logo in what appears to be presumbaly the ocean, as the bubbles float around, just like the previous logo. We can briefly see a Nickelodeon Blimp (without the text on the side, but the orange paint still remains).
*''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' and ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]'', ''[[Barnyard (film)]]'' and ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]'': In space, we see the out line of the Nickelodeon font logo which then becomes pasted onto a planet. Two other planet make the small ball in between "Nickelodeon" and "Movies". The camera then pans down from the logo.
*''[[Nacho Libre]]'': The Nickelodeon Movies logo is a ringing bell for a wrestling match.


=== 1995–99: Founding and early years ===
==External links==
Nickelodeon Movies was then founded on February 25, 1995. On July 10, 1996, the studio released its first film, ''[[Harriet the Spy (film)|Harriet the Spy]]'', a spy-comedy film based on the 1964 [[Harriet the Spy|novel of the same name]].
* [http://www.nickelodeonmovies.com/ Nickelodeon Movies website]
* [http://www.nick.com/shows/movies/movies_index.jhtml Nickelodeon Movies at Nick.com]
* {{imdb company|id=0004265|company=Nickelodeon Movies}}


On July 25, 1997, the studio released its second film, ''[[Good Burger]]'', a comedy film, starring [[Kenan Thompson]], [[Kel Mitchell]], [[Abe Vigoda]], [[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]], [[Shar Jackson]], [[Josh Server]], [[Lori Beth Denberg]], Jan Schweiterman, [[Linda Cardellini]] and [[Sinbad (comedian)|Sinbad]]. It was based on the ''Good Burger'' sketch on Nickelodeon's popular sketch comedy series ''[[All That]]''.

On November 20, 1998, the studio released ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'', which was Nickelodeon Movies' first animated film and the first Nicktoon to be shown in theaters. It received mixed critical reception, but despite this, the movie became a box office success, earning $100,494,675 in the domestic box office and $140,894,675 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rugratsmovie.htm|title=The Rugrats Movie (1998) | work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> It also became the first animated film not produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]] to ever gross over $100 million domestically. The success of the film led to two sequels.

===2000s===
On February 11, 2000, the studio released ''[[Snow Day (2000 film)|Snow Day]]'', a comedy film starring [[Chevy Chase]], [[Chris Elliott]], Zena Grey, [[Josh Peck]], [[Mark Webber (actor)|Mark Webber]], [[Schuyler Fisk]], [[Jade Yorker]] and [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]]. This film met negative reviews, yet it grossed $62,464,731 worldwide.

[[File:Nickelodeon Movies 2000.svg|thumb|Logo used from 2000 to 2008]]
Nine months later, the studio released ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' on November 17, 2000. It was the first sequel to ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rugratsinparis.htm|title=Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) – Box Office Mojo|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> The film received favorable reviews, becoming the most critically acclaimed ''Rugrats'' film to date.

On December 21, 2001, the studio released its first CGI-animated film, ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]''. It was based on a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It became a critical and box office success, earning $80,936,232 in the United States and $102,992,536 worldwide. It stars voice actors [[Debi Derryberry]], [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Carolyn Lawrence]], [[Jeffrey Garcia]], and [[Candi Milo]], and co-starred [[Martin Short]] and [[Patrick Stewart]]. On March 24, 2002, this movie was nominated for the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]], but lost to ''[[Shrek (film)|Shrek]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/74th-winners.html|access-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> It was the first Nickelodeon film to be nominated for an [[Academy Award]]. The success of the film spawned a TV series, ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', which aired on [[Nickelodeon]] from 2002 to 2006.

On March 29, 2002, the studio released ''[[Clockstoppers]]'', a sci-fi action film, starring [[Jesse Bradford]], [[Paula Garcés]], and [[French Stewart]]. This film received mixed-to-negative reviews, but was a box office success, earning $36,989,956 in the United States and $38,793,283 worldwide.

On June 28, 2002, Nickelodeon Movies released ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'', starring [[Hey Arnold!|the series]]' [[List of Hey Arnold! characters|original cast members]] and guest starring [[Paul Sorvino]] as Scheck, the CEO of a real estate company called Future Tech Industries (FTI). The film received negative reviews and grossed $15.2&nbsp;million.<ref name=ArnoldBOM>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=heyarnold.htm|title=Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) – Box Office Mojo|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> It was originally going to be a TV film entitled ''Arnold Saves the Neighborhood'', but executives of [[Paramount Pictures]] decided to release this film theatrically. It was the first animated film from Nickelodeon to get a PG rating.

In 2002 and 2003, the studio, along with [[Klasky Csupo]], released two films based on popular TV shows, ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'' and ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'', respectively. ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' was released on December 20, 2002, starring the show's original cast members, [[Lacey Chabert]], [[Tim Curry]], [[Jodi Carlisle]], [[Danielle Harris]], [[Michael "Flea" Balzary]], and [[Tom Kane]]. This film received positive reviews and was a box office success. It grossed $40.1&nbsp;million domestically and $60.7&nbsp;million worldwide. On March 23, 2003, this film was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/75th-winners.html|access-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> ''Rugrats Go Wild'', a crossover of ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', was released on June 13, 2003. This film met with negative critical reception and was a minor box office success, unlike previous ''Rugrats'' movies, earning $39.4&nbsp;million in the United States and $55.4&nbsp;million worldwide. This film is also the only ''Rugrats'' film to receive a PG rating.<ref>{{cite news|title=TAKE THE CHILDREN; Diaper-Clad Adventurers Heed the Call of the Wild|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/movies/20TAKI.html?|last=Nichols|first=Peter|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 20, 2003}}</ref>

On November 19, 2004, Nickelodeon released ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', based on the popular Nickelodeon television series, ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. This film received positive reviews and grossed $85.4&nbsp;million in the United States and $140.2&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spongebob.htm|title=The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) – Box Office Mojo|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> The success of this film led to a sequel,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://durancemagazine.org/2012/02/paramount-announces-that-a-second-spongebob-squarepants-movie-will-come-in-2014/ |title=Paramount Announces That A Second 'Spongebob Squarepants' Movie Will Come in 2014 |access-date=February 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309162031/http://durancemagazine.org/2012/02/paramount-announces-that-a-second-spongebob-squarepants-movie-will-come-in-2014/ |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref> and it was adapted into various media, including its [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|own video game]], [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More...|soundtrack]], books, and toy line.

With the release of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', Nickelodeon Movies returned to making box-office hits. The studio purchased the [[film rights]] of the ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' book series in May 2000.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dade |last=Hayes |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/nickelodeon-movies-nabs-snicket-series-1117781435/ |title=Nickelodeon Movies nabs Snicket series |date=May 10, 2003 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> [[Paramount Pictures]], owner of Nickelodeon Movies, agreed to co-finance, along with [[Scott Rudin]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Jonathan |last=Bing |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/columns/h-w-d-stalks-crime-scribe-1117861500/#! |title=H'w'd stalks crime scribe |date=February 26, 2002 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Various directors, including [[Terry Gilliam]] and [[Roman Polanski]], were interested in making the film. One of author [[Daniel Handler]]'s, Lemony Snicket's real name, favorite candidates was [[Guy Maddin]]. In June 2002, [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] was hired to direct. He was chosen because he had previously collaborated with Rudin and because of his [[black comedy]] directing style as seen in his films ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' and ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''.<ref name="franchise">{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Fleming |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/par-on-snicket-ticket-1117868357/ |title=Par on ''Snicket'' ticket |date=June 11, 2002 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Sonnenfeld referred to the ''Unfortunate Events'' books as his favorite children's stories.<ref name="fav">{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Fleming |url=https://variety.com/2002/voices/columns/snicket-in-thicket-1117877394/#! |title=''Snicket'' in thicket |date=December 12, 2002 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> The director hired Handler to write the script<ref name=juice/> with the intention of making ''Lemony Snicket'' as a musical, and cast [[Jim Carrey]] as Count Olaf in September 2002.<ref name=juice>{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Fleming |url=https://variety.com/2002/voices/columns/jim-s-juiced-for-lemony-1117873013/#! |title=Jim's juiced for ''Lemony'' |date=September 18, 2002 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Sonnenfeld eventually left over budget concerns in January 2003 and director Brad Silberling took over. [[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events|This film]] was released on December 17, 2004, a month after ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' was released. It received positive reviews and became a box office success, earning $118,634,549 at the United States box office and $209,073,645 worldwide. This film won the [[Academy Award for Best Makeup]] in 2005, becoming the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to win an Academy Award.

In 2005, the studio and [[Paramount Classics]] purchased a documentary film, ''[[Mad Hot Ballroom]]'', at the 2005 [[Slamdance Film Festival]] in [[Park City, Utah]]. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a [[limited release|limited theatrical release]]. It grossed $8,117,961 in the United States and $9,079,042 worldwide. It also was a critical success.

Several months later, the studio and Paramount Pictures released their first co-production with both [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and released a family comedy film, ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]'', a remake of the [[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|1968 film of the same name]]. This film stars [[Dennis Quaid]] and [[Rene Russo]]. This film was critically panned, but was a modest box office success, earning $53,412,862 in the United States and $72,028,752 worldwide.

On June 16, 2006, Nickelodeon released the wrestling comedy film ''[[Nacho Libre]]''. It was very loosely based on the story of [[Fray Tormenta]]. This film stars [[Jack Black]], [[Héctor Jiménez]], and [[Ana de la Reguera]]. This film met with mixed critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $80,197,993 in the domestic box office and grossed $99,255,460 worldwide. A sequel to this film is being considered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/jared-hess-says-he-s-never-been-asked-about-making-nacho-libre-2|title=Jared Hess says hes never been asked about making Nacho Libre 2|date=October 30, 2009|work=HitFix|access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/jack_black_talks_be_kind_rewind_and_a_possible_nacho_libre_2/|title=Jack Black Talks 'Be Kind Rewind' and a Possible 'Nacho Libre 2'|author=Brad Brevet|work=Rope of Silicon|access-date=February 18, 2015|date=November 19, 2006}}</ref>

Two months later, the studio released another animated film, ''[[Barnyard (film)|Barnyard]]'', starring the voices of [[Kevin James]], as Otis, a carefree cow who loves throwing parties, [[Courteney Cox]] as Daisy, a kind-hearted cow, [[David Koechner]] as Dag, an evil coyote, [[Sam Elliott]] as Ben, Otis's father and the leader of the barnyard, [[Danny Glover]] as Miles, an old mule, and voice actors [[Cam Clarke]], [[Jeffrey Garcia|Jeff Garcia]], [[S. Scott Bullock]], [[Tino Insana]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], [[John DiMaggio]], [[Fred Tatasciore]], and [[Rob Paulsen]]. This film met with negative critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $72,637,803 at the United States box office and grossed $116,476,887 worldwide. Like ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', the film's success has spawned into a TV show, ''[[Back at the Barnyard]]'', which ran from 2007 to 2011 on [[Nickelodeon]], longer than ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''. [[Chris Hardwick]] replaced Kevin James as the role for Otis.

On December 15, 2006, the studio released ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]'', a family drama film based on [[E. B. White]]'s [[Charlotte's Web|book of the same name]], starring [[Dakota Fanning]], [[Kevin Anderson (actor)|Kevin Anderson]], [[Beau Bridges]], and the voices of [[Dominic Scott Kay]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[John Cleese]], [[Oprah Winfrey]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Reba McEntire]], [[Kathy Bates]], with [[Thomas Haden Church]] and [[Cedric the Entertainer]]. This film became a critical and box office success, earning $82,985,708 in the United States and $144,877,632 worldwide. This was Nickelodeon's first G-rated film in five years and first live-action film rated G, as well as the studio's highest-grossing film with that rating. [[Dakota Fanning]] won a Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress at the [[2007 Kids' Choice Awards]].

Two years later, on February 14, 2008, the studio released ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles (film)|The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'', a fantasy drama film based on the bestselling [[The Spiderwick Chronicles|book of the same name]], starring [[Freddie Highmore]], [[Sarah Bolger]], [[Mary-Louise Parker]], [[Martin Short]], [[Nick Nolte]], and [[Seth Rogen]]. This film was released in both regular and [[IMAX]] theaters and received favorable reviews and was a box office success, earning $71,195,053 in the United States and $162,839,667 outside of the United States.<ref name=BOMSpiderwick>{{cite web|title=The Spiderwick Chronicles|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderwickchronicles.htm|work=boxofficemojo.com|publisher=IMDb.com Inc.|access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Nickelodeon Movies 2008.svg|thumb|200px|Logo used from 2008 to 2009, briefly revived in 2023]]

On July 28, 2008, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies released a coming-of-age comedy film, ''[[Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging]]'', based on two bestselling British novels by [[Louise Rennison]], ''[[Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging]]'' and ''[[It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers]]''. The film met with positive reviews and was a box office success. It was released in theaters in the United Kingdom, earning £8,647,770 and grossed £13,835,569 worldwide. To date, it has a direct-to-DVD release in the United States and has made its U.S. premiere on [[Nick at Nite]] on March 12, 2009. It was also the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to receive a PG-13 rating.

On January 16, 2009, ''[[Hotel for Dogs (film)|Hotel for Dogs]]'' was released, starring [[Emma Roberts]], [[Jake T. Austin]], [[Johnny Simmons]], [[Kyla Pratt]], [[Troy Gentile]], with [[Lisa Kudrow]], [[Kevin Dillon]] and [[Don Cheadle]]. It was based on the 1971 [[Hotel for Dogs|novel of the same name]] by [[Lois Duncan]]. This film received mixed reviews from film critics, but was a box office success, earning $73,034,460 in the United States box office and grossed $117,000,198 worldwide. It was released under their [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] label. This marks the first film from Nickelodeon to be distributed outside of [[Paramount Pictures]]. However, it is still distributed under Paramount.

Five months later on June 12, 2009, Paramount Pictures released Nickelodeon Movies' ''[[Imagine That (film)|Imagine That]]'', a comedy-drama film starring [[Eddie Murphy]], [[Thomas Haden Church]], [[Nicole Ari Parker]], [[Martin Sheen]], [[Marin Hinkle]], and [[Yara Shahidi]]. The film received mixed reviews, who criticized Murphy's performance. Despite this, it was a box office failure, only earning $16,123,323 at the domestic box office and grossed only $22,985,194 worldwide.

===2010s===
On January 8, 2007, [[Paramount Pictures]] and Nickelodeon Movies announced that they had signed [[M. Night Shyamalan]] to write, direct and produce a trilogy of live-action films based on the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' series, the first of which would encompass the main characters' adventures in Book One.<ref>{{cite news|title=M. Night Shyamalan to direct "Avatar: The Last Airbender"|url=http://www.mania.com/m-night-shyamalan-to-direct-avatar-last-airbender_article_53268.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310214710/http://www.mania.com/m-night-shyamalan-to-direct-avatar-last-airbender_article_53268.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2008|access-date=October 21, 2012|date=January 9, 2007}}</ref> [[The Last Airbender (film)|The film]] was later released in theaters in [[3D film|3D]] on July 1, 2010, and was universally panned by critics, fans, and even from audiences who weren't familiar with the TV series and is often considered [[List of films considered the worst|one of the worst movies ever made]]. A year later, it won five [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzies]], including [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|worst screenplay]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|worst director]] and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|worst picture of the year]]. This was the studio's first feature film released in 3-D. On its opening day in the United States, ''The Last Airbender'' made $16&nbsp;million, ranking fifth overall for Thursday openings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=thu&p=.htm |title=Opening Thursday Records at the Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref> Despite negative critical reception, the film was a box office success, and grossed $131,601,062 in the United States box office, also grossed $187,340,196 in other countries, making for a total of $318,941,258 worldwide. That planned trilogy was finally scrapped in 2018, to make way for a new, unrelated, live-action series produced by [[Netflix]].

[[File:Nickelodeon Movies.svg|thumb|Logo from 2009 to 2019, briefly revived in 2023]]

On March 4, 2011, Nickelodeon Movies released ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]'', an animated western comedy film, directed by [[Gore Verbinski]] and starring [[Johnny Depp]], [[Isla Fisher]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Abigail Breslin]], [[Alfred Molina]], [[Harry Dean Stanton]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Timothy Olyphant]] and [[Ned Beatty]]. The film was produced by [[Gore Verbinski]]'s production company Blind Wink, and [[Graham King]]'s GK Films. The animation was created by [[Industrial Light & Magic]] (ILM), marking its first full-length animated feature. ILM usually does [[visual effects]] for live-action films.<ref name="AWN.com">Moody, Annemarie. [http://www.awn.com/news/films/ilm-jumps-features-rango "ILM Jumps to Features with Rango"], Animation World Network, September 12, 2008. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110210134712/http://www.awn.com/news/films/ilm-jumps-features-rango WebCitation archive].</ref> It was also the first animated film for Verbinski. During voice recording, the actors received costumes and sets to "give them the feel of the Wild West"; star [[Johnny Depp]] had 20 days in which to voice Rango and the filmmakers scheduled the supporting actors to interact with him.<ref name="WhatRango">Vejvoda, Jim. [https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/30/what-exactly-is-rango What Exactly is Rango?"], IGN, June 30, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110301172808/http://movies.ign.com/articles/110/1102865p1.html WebCitation archive]</ref> Verbinski said his attempt with ''Rango'' was to do a "small" film after the large-scale ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' trilogy, but that he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animated filmmaking is.<ref name="AWN.com"/><ref name="WhatRango"/> This film has met universal acclaim from critics and general audiences alike and was the first Nickelodeon film to win the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]], ten years on since the category was introduced when ''Jimmy Neutron'' was nominated. The success of ''Rango'' led Paramount to create its own animation studio, [[Paramount Animation]].

Nine months later, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies partnered with [[Columbia Pictures]] once again and released ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin]]'', a performance-captured animated [[3D film]], directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and produced by [[Peter Jackson]], with the voices of [[Jamie Bell]], [[Andy Serkis]], [[Daniel Craig]], [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Nick Frost]], and based on three from the [[The Adventures of Tintin|comic book series of the same name]] by [[Hergé]], ''[[The Crab with the Golden Claws]]'' (1941), ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' (1943), and ''[[Red Rackham's Treasure]]'' (1944). This film was released in 3D and [[IMAX]] 3D theaters, as well normal "2D" theaters, and earned $77,591,831 in North America and $296,402,120 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $373,993,951.<ref name="Box office">{{cite web|title=The Adventures of Tintin|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=tintin.htm|access-date=April 13, 2012}}</ref> It also was studio's first animated film to be shown in 3D. [[John Williams]], the composer for the film, was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]]. This film became the first non-[[Pixar]] film to win a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film]], and was the first Nickelodeon film to do so.

On February 28, 2012, a sequel to ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' titled ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' was announced to be in production and was scheduled to be released in 2015.{{Update inline|date=January 2016}} [[Philippe Dauman]], the president and CEO of the studio's parent company [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], told sources:<ref name=HollyWood />
<blockquote>
"We will be releasing a ''SpongeBob'' movie at the end of 2014, which will serve to start off or be one of our films that starts off our new animation effort."
</blockquote>

Dauman also once again said that the Paramount animation productions would be a new opportunity for his company as they would each cost less than $100 million, and the animation unit would only have 30 to 40 people, allowing for good financial returns and profits. Thanks to modern technology, the films still look "great" despite the lower cost, he said. He also lauded his studio team for winning an animation Oscar for ''Rango'', the studio's first fully owned CGI effort. "We're very proud of that," he said.<ref name=HollyWood>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Daniel|title=Paramount to Release 'SpongeBob' Movie in Late 2014|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-paramount-release-spongebob-movie-late-2014-philippe-dauman295695|access-date=February 28, 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Daniel|title=Paramount announces plans to release second 'Spongebob Squarepants' film in 2014|url=http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/02/paramount-announces-plans-release-second-spongebob-squarepants-film-2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719160413/http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/02/paramount-announces-plans-release-second-spongebob-squarepants-film-2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2013|access-date=October 5, 2012|newspaper=TheCelebrityCafe.com|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref>

The sequel was directed by [[Paul Tibbitt]], written by [[Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger]], produced by [[Mary Parent]], and executive-produced by the series' creator, [[Stephen Hillenburg]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Graser|first1=Marc|last2=Kroll|first2=Justin|title=Paramount ramping up animation slate|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/paramount-ramping-up-animation-slate-1118057934/|access-date=August 17, 2012|newspaper=Variety|date=August 16, 2012}}</ref> The series' cast members reprised their roles from the first film.<ref>WN.com; [http://article.wn.com/view/2012/03/04/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Film_Planned_for_2014/ The main voice actors of the 2004 film will reprise their role in the 2014 film]</ref> The sequel was animated using the same animation style ([[traditional animation]]) as [[SpongeBob SquarePants|the TV show]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billdesowitz.com/spongebob-kicks-off-new-paramount-ani-division/|title=SpongeBob Kicks Off New Paramount Ani Division|work=billdesowitz.com|access-date=February 18, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022015510/http://billdesowitz.com/spongebob-kicks-off-new-paramount-ani-division/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, following the news of the [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] buyout of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' franchise, it was announced that Nickelodeon would produce [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|a new film]] through Paramount Pictures with an expected release date sometime in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://michaelbay.com/blog/files/a64c818a1f8c52bc7b6c741c91e71e33-761.php|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120401181721/http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/a64c818a1f8c52bc7b6c741c91e71e33-761.php|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 1, 2012|title= 'Ninja Turtles' Title|last= Bay|first= Michael|publisher= Michael Bay Dot Com|date= March 27, 2012|access-date= March 27, 2012|df= mdy-all}}</ref> In late May 2011, it was announced that Paramount and Nickelodeon had brought [[Michael Bay]] and his [[Platinum Dunes]] partners [[Brad Fuller (producer)|Brad Fuller]] and [[Andrew Form]] on to produce the next film that would reboot the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film|film series]].<ref name="deadline1">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/paramount-hires-marcum-holloway-for-fast-tracked-ninja-turtles-as-next-big-franchise-62251/|title=Paramount Revs Up 'Ninja Turtles' Reboot|author=Nikki Finke|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 18, 2015|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> Bay, Fuller, and Form would produce alongside Walker and Mednick. For the script, the studio originally hired [[Art Marcum and Matt Holloway]] to write the film for close to a million dollars. A year later the studio turned to writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to rewrite the script.<ref name="deadline1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/paramount-taps-mi4-scribes-appelbaum-nemec-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609012031/http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/paramount-taps-mi4-scribes-appelbaum-nemec-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 9, 2011|title=Paramount Taps 'M:I4' Scribes Appelbaum & Nemec For 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'|author=Mike Fleming Jr|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 18, 2015|date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman was brought into negotiations to direct the film. It was released on August 8, 2014.

On October 26, 2012, the studio released a Halloween comedy film, ''[[Fun Size]]'', starring [[Victoria Justice]], [[Johnny Knoxville]], and [[Thomas Mann (actor)|Thomas Mann]]. This film met with negative reviews and was a box office failure. It grossed $11.4 million and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies.

A [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|reboot]] of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' opened on August 8, 2014. It was the biggest opening weekend for any movie produced by Nickelodeon Movies, grossing over $65&nbsp;million in its first three days of release in the United States. It has since become Nickelodeon Movies's highest-grossing movie domestically (in North America) and worldwide, with over $191&nbsp;million domestically and a total of $493.3&nbsp;million worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}}

On February 6, 2015, ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', the second [[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|film]] based on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', was released. The film grossed almost $163&nbsp;million in the United States and $323.4&nbsp;million worldwide, making it the third-most successful film produced by the studio.

On June 3, 2016, the studio released ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows]]''. The film was met with mixed reviews and grossed $240.6 million worldwide.

Nickelodeon Movies was also involved in the film ''[[Monster Trucks (film)|Monster Trucks]]'', though merely as a label partner as Paramount vacillated several times about including the Nickelodeon Movies [[vanity card]] within the film. It was released on January 13, 2017 and was unsuccessful at the box office.

An original animated feature produced by [[Paramount Animation]] and Nickelodeon Movies in association with [[Ilion Animation Studios]], titled ''[[Wonder Park]]'', released on March 15, 2019 after several changes in its release due to internal corporate politics, with reviews being mixed, praising the animation and voice acting while criticizing the story and tone, grossing $119 million against a budget of $80–100 million, and a subsequent planned animated series<ref>{{cite web|last1=Donnelly|first1=Matt|title=Paramount's 'Amusement Park' Movie to Become Nickelodeon TV Show After Theatrical Release|url=https://www.thewrap.com/paramounts-amusement-park-movie-become-nickelodeon-tv-show-theatrical-release/|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=April 1, 2017|date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> was shelved.

On August 9, 2019, the studio released the first film based on Nick Jr.'s ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]'', titled ''[[Dora and the Lost City of Gold]]''. Produced by [[Paramount Players]], it was directed by [[James Bobin]]. It received positive reviews and was a box office success.

Nickelodeon Movies distributed an original feature called [[Playing with Fire (2019 film)|''Playing with Fire'']], starring [[John Cena]], and directed by [[Andy Fickman]]. The film was released on November 8, 2019. It received negative reviews but was a modest box office success.

===2020s–present===
A third [[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|''SpongeBob'']] film, ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run|Sponge on the Run]]'', was released in Canadian theaters on August 14, 2020, and digitally on [[Netflix]] in other territories on November 5, 2020, followed by a release via PVOD and on [[Paramount+]], in the United States, on March 4, 2021, following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Paramount Canada">{{cite tweet|number=1288988083514482688|title=The happiest place on earth is a pineapple under the sea! Paramount Pictures Canada is excited to announce that THE #SPONGEBOBMOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN will open exclusively in Canadian theatres on August 14th.|user=ParamountCanada|author=Paramount Canada|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="CBS All Access">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/spongebob-movie-skipping-theaters-cbs-all-access-1203539493/|title=''SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' Skipping Theaters to Launch On Demand and CBS All Access (EXCLUSIVE)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Rebecca Rubin|date=June 22, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> The film was directed and co-written by former writer [[Tim Hill (director)|Tim Hill]]. It was the last ''SpongeBob'' film to involve series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died on November 26, 2018, from [[ALS]].<ref name="Var">{{cite magazine |last1=McNary |first1= Matt |title= 'The SpongeBob Movie' Release Pushed Back to 2020 |url= https://variety.com/2017/film/news/paramount-delays-spongebob-movie-release-until-2020-1202645765/ |magazine= Variety |access-date= December 19, 2017 |date= December 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/the-spongebob-movie-new-release-date-july-2020-1202432567/|title=Paramount's 'The SpongeBob Movie' To Soak Up Mid-July 2020|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=July 24, 2018|access-date=July 24, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724184125/https://deadline.com/2018/07/the-spongebob-movie-new-release-date-july-2020-1202432567/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Amidi|first1=Amid|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-spongebob-movie-its-a-wonderful-sponge-will-be-an-origin-story-165568.html|title='The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge' Will Be An Origin Story|work=Cartoon Brew|access-date=October 23, 2018|date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>

On May 19, 2019, a [[Paw Patrol: The Movie|film]] based on ''[[Paw Patrol|PAW Patrol]]''—a Canadian series aired by [[Nick Jr. (TV programming block)|Nick Jr.]] in the United States—was announced. The film was produced in Canada by [[Spin Master|Spin Master Entertainment]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hertz|first=Barry|date=August 5, 2021|title=Paw Patrol goes Hollywood: How Toronto's Spin Master plans to become film industry's top dog|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/arts/film/article-paw-patrol-goes-hollywood-how-torontos-spin-master-plans-to-become/|access-date=August 5, 2021|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> with Nickelodeon Movies signing on to present the film internationally. Unlike previous films from Nickelodeon Movies, the copyright to ''PAW Patrol: The Movie'' is not owned by Paramount, with Spin Master owning the copyright and Paramount/Nickelodeon only serving as distributors. The film was directed and co-written by [[Cal Brunker]], and it was released in both Canada and the United States on August 20, 2021, and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+.<ref name=PawMovie>{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title='PAW Patrol' Movie In The Works For Summer 2021 From Spin Master, Paramount & Nickelodeon|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/paw-patrol-movie-spin-master-paramount-nickelodeon-1202865343/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 21, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> The film received positive reviews and was a box office success.

Additionally, the studio also released two direct to streaming movies: ''[[The Loud House Movie]]'', a film adaptation based on Nickelodeon's [[The Loud House|popular Nicktoon of the same name]] for Netflix, which was released on August 20, 2021, the same day as the ''PAW Patrol'' movie. The film received praise for animation, acting and songs though some criticized the plot. The other film, ''[[The J Team]]'', a musical comedy starring [[JoJo Siwa]] was released on [[Paramount+]] on September 3, 2021, as an original film.

''[[Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank]]'', directed by [[Rob Minkoff]] and Mark Koetsier and starring [[Michael Cera]], [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Mel Brooks]], [[George Takei]], [[Aasif Mandvi]], [[Gabriel Iglesias]], [[Djimon Hounsou]], [[Michelle Yeoh]], Kylie Kuioka, and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] was released theatrically on July 15, 2022, in the United States and other territories.

''[[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie]]'' was released on [[Netflix]] on August 5, 2022.

On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that ''[[Blue's Big City Adventure]],'' a live-action/animated hybrid movie based on ''[[Blue's Clues & You!]]'', would be made to mark the 25th anniversary of the franchise. Directed by Matt Stawski and written by [[Angela Santomero]] and Liz Maccie, the film began production in summer 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=2021-07-12 |title='Fairly OddParents' Live-Action Series, 'Blue's Clues' Movie Highlight Nickelodeon's Global Push (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fairly-oddparents-revival-blues-clues-movie-nickelodeon-brian-robbins-1234979714/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was released on [[Paramount+]] on November 18, 2022.<ref name=":0">{{cite tweet|number=1507095277018259460|title=We'll skip the clues and give you the straight facts - we've got more Blue's Clues & You coming with a new movie AND more episodes! 💙🐾|user=Nickelodeon|author=Nickelodeon|author-link=Nickelodeon|date=March 24, 2022|access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

On November 25, 2022, a sports comedy starring [[Marsai Martin]] titled ''[[Fantasy Football (film)|Fantasy Football]]'' was released on Paramount+.

On July 27, 2023, a sequel film to the television series ''[[Zoey 101]]'', titled ''[[Zoey 102]]'', starring many of the original cast, was released on Paramount+.

On August 2, 2023, a CG-animated reboot of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise, titled ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem]]'', was released. It was a collaboration between Nickelodeon Movies and [[Point Grey Pictures]] and directed by [[Jeff Rowe (filmmaker)|Jeff Rowe]].

The sequel to ''[[Paw Patrol: The Movie|PAW Patrol: The Movie]]'', titled ''[[Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie|PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie]]'' was released on September 29, 2023 with Cal Brunker returning as director and Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie and Toni Stevens as producers.<ref name="D'Alessandro">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/paw-patrol-the-mighty-movie-sequel-theatrical-release-paramount-1234866886/|title='PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie' Sequel Gets Greenlight For Theatrical Release Via Paramount; TV Spinoff Also Set|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=November 3, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date= November 3, 2021}}</ref>

In March 2023, ''[[Good Burger 2]]'' was announced, with Thompson and Mitchell reprising their roles. The film was released on Paramount+ on November 22, 2023.<ref name="SequelFilming">{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=March 17, 2023 |title='Good Burger 2' Set at Paramount+, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell Returning |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/good-burger-2-paramount-plus-kenan-thompson-kel-mitchell-1235557782/ |access-date=March 18, 2023 |work=Variety}}</ref>

A follow-up film to the ''Loud House'' spin-off series ''[[The Casagrandes]]'', titled ''[[The Casagrandes Movie]]'', was released on Netflix on March 22, 2024.

The first of three ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' spin-off films, titled ''[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie]]'', was released on Netflix on August 2, 2024.<ref name="SpongeBobFilms">{{cite web |author=Anthony D'Alessandro |date=February 15, 2022 |title=''SpongeBob'' Universe Expands With Three Paramount+ Spinoff Movies, New Theatrical Film |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/spongebob-squarepants-paramount-plus-movies-theatrical-1234933589/ |access-date=February 15, 2022 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name="SandyCheeksSpinoff">{{Cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=2021-05-20 |title=Exclusive: 'SpongeBob Squarepants' Beloved Squirrel Character Sandy Cheeks Set for Spinoff Movie |url=https://collider.com/spongebob-sandy-cheeks-movie-liza-johnson/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Upcoming projects==

Nickelodeon Movies is working with [[Avatar Studios (production company)|Avatar Studios]] to make a theatrical CG-animated film titled ''Aang: The Last Airbender'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2024-04-11 |title=Dave Bautista and Eric Nam to Headline Voice Cast for ‘Aang: The Last Airbender’ Animated Movie at Paramount, Nickelodeon |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/dave-bautista-aang-the-last-airbender-avatar-movie-1235967951/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Variety}}</ref> alongside 2 other animated films that will be released by [[Paramount Pictures]], with one of the films, centered on the original characters, beginning production in October 2022. It will serve as the first project from Avatar Studios and is scheduled to be released on January 30, 2026.<ref>{{cite news|title='Avatar: The Last Airbender' Franchise To Expand With Launch Of Nickelodeon's Avatar Studios, Animated Theatrical Film In The Works|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/avatar-the-last-airbender-franchise-expansion-launch-nickelodeons-avatar-studios-animated-theatrical-film-1234699594/|date=February 24, 2021|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Release date unsourced|date=April 2024}}

On March 2, 2021, ''Yokai Samba'', a film previously in development at [[DreamWorks Animation]], had been picked up by the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2021-03-02|title=New Line Sets Jennifer Coyle, Leo Matsuda To Direct 'Hello Kitty' Animated/Live Action Hybrid Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/hello-kitty-movie-directors-jennifer-coyle-leo-matsuda-new-line-1234704997/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US|quote=His original animated feature Yokai Samba is in development at Nickelodeon.}}</ref>

On August 2, 2021, [[Paramount Pictures]] announced that a new ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' live-action film was in the works with [[Colin Jost]] and [[Casey Jost]] penning the script and Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker signing on as producers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colin and Casey Jost To Pen New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie For Paramount|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/colin-and-casey-jost-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie-paramount-1234807732/|date=August 2, 2021|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref>

An animated musical [[the Smurfs in film|Smurfs]] film, titled ''[[The Smurfs Movie]]'', was announced in February 2022 and is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2025.<ref name="deadline.com">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/smurfs-nickelodeon-paramount-movie-deal-season-2-tv-1234927777/|title=''Smurfs'' Heads To Nickelodeon & Paramount Animation In New Multi-Pic Deal; Pam Brady Writing New Movie; Series Picked Up For Season 2 |last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>

A fourth theatrical ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' film, titled ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (film series)#The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)|The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants]]'',<ref name="SfSP CinemaCon">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/04/spongebob-squarepants-4-transformers-one-animated-cast-1234833032/|title=Paramount Gets Animated with CinemaCon Presentation|work=[[IndieWire]]|author=Brian Welk|date=April 27, 2023|access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref> and three spinoff films set for release on [[Paramount+]] were announced in February 2022, with ''Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie'' released on August 2, 2024 on Netflix and ''Search for SquarePants'' scheduled for release on December 19, 2025.<ref name="SpongeBobFilms" /><ref name="SandyCheeksSpinoff" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title='Mission: Impossible 8' Jumps To 2025; 'A Quiet Place: Day One' Goes To Summer In 2024 Theatrical Shake-Up Due To Actors Strike |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-2-quiet-place-day-one-actors-strike-1235580981/ |website=Deadline |access-date=23 October 2023 |date=23 October 2023}}</ref> In June 2024, Netflix announced that ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]'', a spin-off film centered on the antagonist character Plankton was also in production for the service, scheduled to release in 2025. It will be directed by David Needham and written by Kaz, [[Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi|Chris Viscardi]], and Mr. Lawrence (the voice of Plankton), from a story by Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2024-06-06 |title=‘SpongeBob’ Antagonist ‘Plankton’ Is Getting His Own Netflix Movie In 2025 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/plankton-the-movie-netflix-spongebob-squarepants-1235961187/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2023, a sequel to ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem]]'' was announced, with [[Jeff Rowe (filmmaker)|Jeff Rowe]] returning to direct and [[Point Grey Pictures]] returning to co-produce.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2023-07-26 |title='Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' Sequel and Paramount+ Series in the Works (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-sequel-paramount-plus-streaming-series-coming-1235679837/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727071614/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-sequel-paramount-plus-streaming-series-coming-1235679837/ |archive-date=2023-07-27 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The film is scheduled for release on October 9, 2026. On September 26, 2023, Spin Master announced that a third ''PAW Patrol'' film is in development, scheduling it for release on July 31, 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=September 26, 2023 |title='PAW Patrol 3': Third Movie Greenlit by Paramount, Nickelodeon, Spin Master |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/paw-patrol-3-movie-paramount-1235735937/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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Nickelodeon Movies Inc.
Company typeDivision
IndustryFilm
FoundedFebruary 25, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-02-25)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Products
ParentParamount Players

Nickelodeon Movies Inc.[1] is an American film production company based in Los Angeles, California and owned by Paramount Global. Originally founded in 1995, it serves as both the film production arm of the American children's network Nickelodeon and the family film distribution label of Paramount Pictures, operating under its Paramount Players division.

The division has earned numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, over 13 Saturn Awards nominations, a People's Choice Award and four in-house honors via the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Since its launch, over 40 feature films have been produced for theatrical release and starting in October 2021, the studio has been producing films for streaming on Paramount+ and Netflix.

History

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1993–95: Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox deal

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In 1993, Nickelodeon agreed to a two-year contract with 20th Century Fox to make feature films. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats and Doug.[2] None of the movies were produced due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, and they would distribute the movies instead. With the creative differences with John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy and an inability to market that property in a family-friendly manner instead of a "cynical and gross humor" scuttled the film.[3][4] However, Paramount and Viacom would go forward and start development on The Rugrats Movie a year after the acquisition.

The Nickelodeon version of the Doug film was not made due to the acquisition of the show's production studio, Jumbo Pictures, by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. With this, the show moved to Disney's ABC network and new seasons aired as a part of its programming block Disney's One Saturday Morning as Disney's Doug. In 1999, Walt Disney Pictures released a film finale to the series, Doug's 1st Movie.

1995–99: Founding and early years

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Nickelodeon Movies was then founded on February 25, 1995. On July 10, 1996, the studio released its first film, Harriet the Spy, a spy-comedy film based on the 1964 novel of the same name.

On July 25, 1997, the studio released its second film, Good Burger, a comedy film, starring Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Abe Vigoda, Dan Schneider, Shar Jackson, Josh Server, Lori Beth Denberg, Jan Schweiterman, Linda Cardellini and Sinbad. It was based on the Good Burger sketch on Nickelodeon's popular sketch comedy series All That.

On November 20, 1998, the studio released The Rugrats Movie, which was Nickelodeon Movies' first animated film and the first Nicktoon to be shown in theaters. It received mixed critical reception, but despite this, the movie became a box office success, earning $100,494,675 in the domestic box office and $140,894,675 worldwide.[5] It also became the first animated film not produced by Disney to ever gross over $100 million domestically. The success of the film led to two sequels.

2000s

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On February 11, 2000, the studio released Snow Day, a comedy film starring Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Jade Yorker and Emmanuelle Chriqui. This film met negative reviews, yet it grossed $62,464,731 worldwide.

Logo used from 2000 to 2008

Nine months later, the studio released Rugrats in Paris: The Movie on November 17, 2000. It was the first sequel to The Rugrats Movie and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide.[6] The film received favorable reviews, becoming the most critically acclaimed Rugrats film to date.

On December 21, 2001, the studio released its first CGI-animated film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It was based on a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It became a critical and box office success, earning $80,936,232 in the United States and $102,992,536 worldwide. It stars voice actors Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Carolyn Lawrence, Jeffrey Garcia, and Candi Milo, and co-starred Martin Short and Patrick Stewart. On March 24, 2002, this movie was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Shrek.[7] It was the first Nickelodeon film to be nominated for an Academy Award. The success of the film spawned a TV series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2002 to 2006.

On March 29, 2002, the studio released Clockstoppers, a sci-fi action film, starring Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, and French Stewart. This film received mixed-to-negative reviews, but was a box office success, earning $36,989,956 in the United States and $38,793,283 worldwide.

On June 28, 2002, Nickelodeon Movies released Hey Arnold!: The Movie, starring the series' original cast members and guest starring Paul Sorvino as Scheck, the CEO of a real estate company called Future Tech Industries (FTI). The film received negative reviews and grossed $15.2 million.[8] It was originally going to be a TV film entitled Arnold Saves the Neighborhood, but executives of Paramount Pictures decided to release this film theatrically. It was the first animated film from Nickelodeon to get a PG rating.

In 2002 and 2003, the studio, along with Klasky Csupo, released two films based on popular TV shows, The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Rugrats Go Wild, respectively. The Wild Thornberrys Movie was released on December 20, 2002, starring the show's original cast members, Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Jodi Carlisle, Danielle Harris, Michael "Flea" Balzary, and Tom Kane. This film received positive reviews and was a box office success. It grossed $40.1 million domestically and $60.7 million worldwide. On March 23, 2003, this film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[9] Rugrats Go Wild, a crossover of Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, was released on June 13, 2003. This film met with negative critical reception and was a minor box office success, unlike previous Rugrats movies, earning $39.4 million in the United States and $55.4 million worldwide. This film is also the only Rugrats film to receive a PG rating.[10]

On November 19, 2004, Nickelodeon released The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, based on the popular Nickelodeon television series, SpongeBob SquarePants. This film received positive reviews and grossed $85.4 million in the United States and $140.2 million worldwide.[11] The success of this film led to a sequel,[12] and it was adapted into various media, including its own video game, soundtrack, books, and toy line.

With the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Nickelodeon Movies returned to making box-office hits. The studio purchased the film rights of the A Series of Unfortunate Events book series in May 2000.[13] Paramount Pictures, owner of Nickelodeon Movies, agreed to co-finance, along with Scott Rudin.[14] Various directors, including Terry Gilliam and Roman Polanski, were interested in making the film. One of author Daniel Handler's, Lemony Snicket's real name, favorite candidates was Guy Maddin. In June 2002, Barry Sonnenfeld was hired to direct. He was chosen because he had previously collaborated with Rudin and because of his black comedy directing style as seen in his films The Addams Family, Addams Family Values and Get Shorty.[15] Sonnenfeld referred to the Unfortunate Events books as his favorite children's stories.[16] The director hired Handler to write the script[17] with the intention of making Lemony Snicket as a musical, and cast Jim Carrey as Count Olaf in September 2002.[17] Sonnenfeld eventually left over budget concerns in January 2003 and director Brad Silberling took over. This film was released on December 17, 2004, a month after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released. It received positive reviews and became a box office success, earning $118,634,549 at the United States box office and $209,073,645 worldwide. This film won the Academy Award for Best Makeup in 2005, becoming the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to win an Academy Award.

In 2005, the studio and Paramount Classics purchased a documentary film, Mad Hot Ballroom, at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. It became the studios' first (and, so far, only) documentary film and their only film to have a limited theatrical release. It grossed $8,117,961 in the United States and $9,079,042 worldwide. It also was a critical success.

Several months later, the studio and Paramount Pictures released their first co-production with both Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released a family comedy film, Yours, Mine and Ours, a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. This film stars Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. This film was critically panned, but was a modest box office success, earning $53,412,862 in the United States and $72,028,752 worldwide.

On June 16, 2006, Nickelodeon released the wrestling comedy film Nacho Libre. It was very loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta. This film stars Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, and Ana de la Reguera. This film met with mixed critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $80,197,993 in the domestic box office and grossed $99,255,460 worldwide. A sequel to this film is being considered.[18][19]

Two months later, the studio released another animated film, Barnyard, starring the voices of Kevin James, as Otis, a carefree cow who loves throwing parties, Courteney Cox as Daisy, a kind-hearted cow, David Koechner as Dag, an evil coyote, Sam Elliott as Ben, Otis's father and the leader of the barnyard, Danny Glover as Miles, an old mule, and voice actors Cam Clarke, Jeff Garcia, S. Scott Bullock, Tino Insana, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Fred Tatasciore, and Rob Paulsen. This film met with negative critical reception, but was a box office success, earning $72,637,803 at the United States box office and grossed $116,476,887 worldwide. Like Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, the film's success has spawned into a TV show, Back at the Barnyard, which ran from 2007 to 2011 on Nickelodeon, longer than The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Chris Hardwick replaced Kevin James as the role for Otis.

On December 15, 2006, the studio released Charlotte's Web, a family drama film based on E. B. White's book of the same name, starring Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Beau Bridges, and the voices of Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Reba McEntire, Kathy Bates, with Thomas Haden Church and Cedric the Entertainer. This film became a critical and box office success, earning $82,985,708 in the United States and $144,877,632 worldwide. This was Nickelodeon's first G-rated film in five years and first live-action film rated G, as well as the studio's highest-grossing film with that rating. Dakota Fanning won a Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actress at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.

Two years later, on February 14, 2008, the studio released The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy drama film based on the bestselling book of the same name, starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Short, Nick Nolte, and Seth Rogen. This film was released in both regular and IMAX theaters and received favorable reviews and was a box office success, earning $71,195,053 in the United States and $162,839,667 outside of the United States.[20]

Logo used from 2008 to 2009, briefly revived in 2023

On July 28, 2008, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies released a coming-of-age comedy film, Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging, based on two bestselling British novels by Louise Rennison, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers. The film met with positive reviews and was a box office success. It was released in theaters in the United Kingdom, earning £8,647,770 and grossed £13,835,569 worldwide. To date, it has a direct-to-DVD release in the United States and has made its U.S. premiere on Nick at Nite on March 12, 2009. It was also the first film from Nickelodeon Movies to receive a PG-13 rating.

On January 16, 2009, Hotel for Dogs was released, starring Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, with Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle. It was based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. This film received mixed reviews from film critics, but was a box office success, earning $73,034,460 in the United States box office and grossed $117,000,198 worldwide. It was released under their DreamWorks label. This marks the first film from Nickelodeon to be distributed outside of Paramount Pictures. However, it is still distributed under Paramount.

Five months later on June 12, 2009, Paramount Pictures released Nickelodeon Movies' Imagine That, a comedy-drama film starring Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Martin Sheen, Marin Hinkle, and Yara Shahidi. The film received mixed reviews, who criticized Murphy's performance. Despite this, it was a box office failure, only earning $16,123,323 at the domestic box office and grossed only $22,985,194 worldwide.

2010s

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On January 8, 2007, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies announced that they had signed M. Night Shyamalan to write, direct and produce a trilogy of live-action films based on the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the first of which would encompass the main characters' adventures in Book One.[21] The film was later released in theaters in 3D on July 1, 2010, and was universally panned by critics, fans, and even from audiences who weren't familiar with the TV series and is often considered one of the worst movies ever made. A year later, it won five Razzies, including worst screenplay, worst director and worst picture of the year. This was the studio's first feature film released in 3-D. On its opening day in the United States, The Last Airbender made $16 million, ranking fifth overall for Thursday openings.[22] Despite negative critical reception, the film was a box office success, and grossed $131,601,062 in the United States box office, also grossed $187,340,196 in other countries, making for a total of $318,941,258 worldwide. That planned trilogy was finally scrapped in 2018, to make way for a new, unrelated, live-action series produced by Netflix.

Logo from 2009 to 2019, briefly revived in 2023

On March 4, 2011, Nickelodeon Movies released Rango, an animated western comedy film, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant and Ned Beatty. The film was produced by Gore Verbinski's production company Blind Wink, and Graham King's GK Films. The animation was created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), marking its first full-length animated feature. ILM usually does visual effects for live-action films.[23] It was also the first animated film for Verbinski. During voice recording, the actors received costumes and sets to "give them the feel of the Wild West"; star Johnny Depp had 20 days in which to voice Rango and the filmmakers scheduled the supporting actors to interact with him.[24] Verbinski said his attempt with Rango was to do a "small" film after the large-scale Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, but that he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animated filmmaking is.[23][24] This film has met universal acclaim from critics and general audiences alike and was the first Nickelodeon film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, ten years on since the category was introduced when Jimmy Neutron was nominated. The success of Rango led Paramount to create its own animation studio, Paramount Animation.

Nine months later, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies partnered with Columbia Pictures once again and released The Adventures of Tintin, a performance-captured animated 3D film, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, with the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and based on three from the comic book series of the same name by Hergé, The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). This film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters, as well normal "2D" theaters, and earned $77,591,831 in North America and $296,402,120 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $373,993,951.[25] It also was studio's first animated film to be shown in 3D. John Williams, the composer for the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. This film became the first non-Pixar film to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and was the first Nickelodeon film to do so.

On February 28, 2012, a sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie titled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was announced to be in production and was scheduled to be released in 2015.[needs update] Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of the studio's parent company Viacom, told sources:[26]

"We will be releasing a SpongeBob movie at the end of 2014, which will serve to start off or be one of our films that starts off our new animation effort."

Dauman also once again said that the Paramount animation productions would be a new opportunity for his company as they would each cost less than $100 million, and the animation unit would only have 30 to 40 people, allowing for good financial returns and profits. Thanks to modern technology, the films still look "great" despite the lower cost, he said. He also lauded his studio team for winning an animation Oscar for Rango, the studio's first fully owned CGI effort. "We're very proud of that," he said.[26][27]

The sequel was directed by Paul Tibbitt, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Mary Parent, and executive-produced by the series' creator, Stephen Hillenburg.[28] The series' cast members reprised their roles from the first film.[29] The sequel was animated using the same animation style (traditional animation) as the TV show.[30]

In 2012, following the news of the Viacom buyout of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, it was announced that Nickelodeon would produce a new film through Paramount Pictures with an expected release date sometime in 2012.[31] In late May 2011, it was announced that Paramount and Nickelodeon had brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce the next film that would reboot the film series.[32] Bay, Fuller, and Form would produce alongside Walker and Mednick. For the script, the studio originally hired Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to write the film for close to a million dollars. A year later the studio turned to writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to rewrite the script.[32][33] In February 2012, Jonathan Liebesman was brought into negotiations to direct the film. It was released on August 8, 2014.

On October 26, 2012, the studio released a Halloween comedy film, Fun Size, starring Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, and Thomas Mann. This film met with negative reviews and was a box office failure. It grossed $11.4 million and is the lowest wide-grossed film ever produced by Nickelodeon Movies.

A reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opened on August 8, 2014. It was the biggest opening weekend for any movie produced by Nickelodeon Movies, grossing over $65 million in its first three days of release in the United States. It has since become Nickelodeon Movies's highest-grossing movie domestically (in North America) and worldwide, with over $191 million domestically and a total of $493.3 million worldwide.[citation needed]

On February 6, 2015, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the second film based on SpongeBob SquarePants, was released. The film grossed almost $163 million in the United States and $323.4 million worldwide, making it the third-most successful film produced by the studio.

On June 3, 2016, the studio released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. The film was met with mixed reviews and grossed $240.6 million worldwide.

Nickelodeon Movies was also involved in the film Monster Trucks, though merely as a label partner as Paramount vacillated several times about including the Nickelodeon Movies vanity card within the film. It was released on January 13, 2017 and was unsuccessful at the box office.

An original animated feature produced by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies in association with Ilion Animation Studios, titled Wonder Park, released on March 15, 2019 after several changes in its release due to internal corporate politics, with reviews being mixed, praising the animation and voice acting while criticizing the story and tone, grossing $119 million against a budget of $80–100 million, and a subsequent planned animated series[34] was shelved.

On August 9, 2019, the studio released the first film based on Nick Jr.'s Dora the Explorer, titled Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Produced by Paramount Players, it was directed by James Bobin. It received positive reviews and was a box office success.

Nickelodeon Movies distributed an original feature called Playing with Fire, starring John Cena, and directed by Andy Fickman. The film was released on November 8, 2019. It received negative reviews but was a modest box office success.

2020s–present

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A third SpongeBob film, Sponge on the Run, was released in Canadian theaters on August 14, 2020, and digitally on Netflix in other territories on November 5, 2020, followed by a release via PVOD and on Paramount+, in the United States, on March 4, 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic.[35][36] The film was directed and co-written by former writer Tim Hill. It was the last SpongeBob film to involve series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died on November 26, 2018, from ALS.[37][38][39]

On May 19, 2019, a film based on PAW Patrol—a Canadian series aired by Nick Jr. in the United States—was announced. The film was produced in Canada by Spin Master Entertainment,[40] with Nickelodeon Movies signing on to present the film internationally. Unlike previous films from Nickelodeon Movies, the copyright to PAW Patrol: The Movie is not owned by Paramount, with Spin Master owning the copyright and Paramount/Nickelodeon only serving as distributors. The film was directed and co-written by Cal Brunker, and it was released in both Canada and the United States on August 20, 2021, and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+.[41] The film received positive reviews and was a box office success.

Additionally, the studio also released two direct to streaming movies: The Loud House Movie, a film adaptation based on Nickelodeon's popular Nicktoon of the same name for Netflix, which was released on August 20, 2021, the same day as the PAW Patrol movie. The film received praise for animation, acting and songs though some criticized the plot. The other film, The J Team, a musical comedy starring JoJo Siwa was released on Paramount+ on September 3, 2021, as an original film.

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, directed by Rob Minkoff and Mark Koetsier and starring Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, George Takei, Aasif Mandvi, Gabriel Iglesias, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Kylie Kuioka, and Samuel L. Jackson was released theatrically on July 15, 2022, in the United States and other territories.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie was released on Netflix on August 5, 2022.

On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that Blue's Big City Adventure, a live-action/animated hybrid movie based on Blue's Clues & You!, would be made to mark the 25th anniversary of the franchise. Directed by Matt Stawski and written by Angela Santomero and Liz Maccie, the film began production in summer 2021.[42] The film was released on Paramount+ on November 18, 2022.[43]

On November 25, 2022, a sports comedy starring Marsai Martin titled Fantasy Football was released on Paramount+.

On July 27, 2023, a sequel film to the television series Zoey 101, titled Zoey 102, starring many of the original cast, was released on Paramount+.

On August 2, 2023, a CG-animated reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, was released. It was a collaboration between Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Pictures and directed by Jeff Rowe.

The sequel to PAW Patrol: The Movie, titled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie was released on September 29, 2023 with Cal Brunker returning as director and Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie and Toni Stevens as producers.[44]

In March 2023, Good Burger 2 was announced, with Thompson and Mitchell reprising their roles. The film was released on Paramount+ on November 22, 2023.[45]

A follow-up film to the Loud House spin-off series The Casagrandes, titled The Casagrandes Movie, was released on Netflix on March 22, 2024.

The first of three SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off films, titled Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, was released on Netflix on August 2, 2024.[46][47]

Upcoming projects

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Nickelodeon Movies is working with Avatar Studios to make a theatrical CG-animated film titled Aang: The Last Airbender,[48] alongside 2 other animated films that will be released by Paramount Pictures, with one of the films, centered on the original characters, beginning production in October 2022. It will serve as the first project from Avatar Studios and is scheduled to be released on January 30, 2026.[49][better source needed]

On March 2, 2021, Yokai Samba, a film previously in development at DreamWorks Animation, had been picked up by the studio.[50]

On August 2, 2021, Paramount Pictures announced that a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film was in the works with Colin Jost and Casey Jost penning the script and Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker signing on as producers.[51]

An animated musical Smurfs film, titled The Smurfs Movie, was announced in February 2022 and is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2025.[52]

A fourth theatrical SpongeBob SquarePants film, titled The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,[53] and three spinoff films set for release on Paramount+ were announced in February 2022, with Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie released on August 2, 2024 on Netflix and Search for SquarePants scheduled for release on December 19, 2025.[46][47][54] In June 2024, Netflix announced that Plankton: The Movie, a spin-off film centered on the antagonist character Plankton was also in production for the service, scheduled to release in 2025. It will be directed by David Needham and written by Kaz, Chris Viscardi, and Mr. Lawrence (the voice of Plankton), from a story by Lawrence.[55]

In July 2023, a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was announced, with Jeff Rowe returning to direct and Point Grey Pictures returning to co-produce.[56] The film is scheduled for release on October 9, 2026. On September 26, 2023, Spin Master announced that a third PAW Patrol film is in development, scheduling it for release on July 31, 2026.[57]

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