Ferdinand (film)

Ferdinand
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carlos Saldanha
Screenplay by	Robert L. Baird Tim Federle Brad Copeland
Story by	Ron Burch David Kidd Don Rhymer
Based on	The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Robert Lawson
Produced by	John Davis Lisa Marie Stetler Lori Forte Bruce Anderson
Starring	John Cena Kate McKinnon Anthony Anderson Bobby Cannavale Peyton Manning Gina Rodriguez Miguel Ángel Silvestre David Tennant
Cinematography	Renato Falcão
Edited by	Harry Hitner
Music by	John Powell
Production companies	Blue Sky Studios[1] 20th Century Fox Animation[1] Davis Entertainment[1]
Distributed by	20th Century Fox[1]
Release dates	December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10) (Los Angeles) December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15) (United States)
Running time	108 minutes[2]
Country	United States[3]
Language	English
Budget	$111 million[4]
Box office	$296.1 million[4]

Ferdinand is a 2017 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's 1936 children's book The Story of Ferdinand, the film was written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle, and Brad Copeland, and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, Anthony Anderson, David Tennant, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Gina Rodriguez. The music for the film was composed by John Powell, making it his eighth and final collaboration with Blue Sky before it shut down on April 10, 2021. The story, written by Ron Burch, David Kidd, and Don Rhymer, follows a gentle pacifist bull named Ferdinand who refuses to participate in bullfighting but is forced back into the arena where his beliefs are challenged when he faces off against the world's greatest bullfighter.

Ferdinand premiered on December 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 15, 2017 and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audiences. It was originally a box office bomb at the North American box office, but fared better internationally, grossing $296 million worldwide against a production budget of $111 million.^[5][6][7] Ferdinand received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards (losing against Coco), as well as nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song ("Home").^[8] It was also the last film by Blue Sky Studios to be nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe before the studio's closure in April 2021.