The Smurfs (film)

The Smurfs
The Smurfs
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raja Gosnell
Screenplay by	J. David Stem; David N. Weiss; Jay Scherick; David Ronn;
Story by	J. David Stem; David N. Weiss;
Based on	The Smurfs; by Peyo
Produced by	Jordan Kerner
Starring	Neil Patrick Harris; Jayma Mays; Sofia Vergara; Hank Azaria;
Cinematography	Phil Méheux
Edited by	Sabrina Plisco
Music by	Heitor Pereira
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Animation; Kerner Entertainment Company;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	June 16, 2011 (Júzcar); July 29, 2011 (United States);
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$110 million
Box office	$563.7 million

The Smurfs is a 2011 American fantasy adventure comedy film based on the comic series of the same name created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. It was directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara and Hank Azaria, with the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, Fred Armisen and Alan Cumming. It is the first live-action Sony Pictures Animation film and the first of two live-action animated Smurfs feature films.^[4]

After five years of negotiations, Jordan Kerner bought the rights in 2002, and the film entered development with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, until Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation obtained the film rights in 2008. On a production budget of $110 million, filming began in March 2010 in New York City.

The Smurfs was released by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing on July 29, 2011. Despite negative reviews, the film was a commercial success, grossing $564 million worldwide, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2011, and was Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film until it was overtaken by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in 2023.^[5] A sequel, titled The Smurfs 2, was released on July 31, 2013.

^ "THE SMURFS - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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[1] "THE SMURFS - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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[SpiderManSurpassesSmurfs-5] Perine, Aaron (June 29, 2023). "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Now Sony Pictures Animation's Highest-Grossing Film". Comicbook. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

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