Monster Trucks (film)

Monster Trucks
Monster Trucks
	Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney
Directed by	Chris Wedge
Screenplay by	Derek Connolly
Story by	Matthew Robinson; Jonathan Aibel; Glenn Berger;
Produced by	Mary Parent; Denis L. Stewart;
Starring	Lucas Till; Jane Levy; Barry Pepper; Thomas Lennon; Rob Lowe; Danny Glover; Amy Ryan; Holt McCallany; Frank Whaley;
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Conrad Buff IV
Music by	Dave Sardy
Production; companies	Paramount Animation; Nickelodeon Movies; Disruption Entertainment;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 21, 2016 (France); January 13, 2017 (United States);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Box office	$64.5 million

Monster Trucks is a 2016 American live action/animated monster comedy film produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and Disruption Entertainment for Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Chris Wedge, in both his live-action directorial debut and first directorial effort outside of his own company Blue Sky Studios, and written by Derek Connolly, from a story by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger and Matthew Robinson.^[4] The film stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, Thomas Lennon, and Holt McCallany, and follows a high schooler who finds an escaped monster living in his truck.

The film was first released on December 21, 2016 in France, then on January 13, 2017 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $64.5 million worldwide against a $125 million budget.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ "Monster Trucks [2D] (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. September 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^ David Lieberman (September 21, 2016). "'Monster Trucks' Drove Viacom's $115M Charge Even Before Its Release". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
^ "Monster Trucks (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference live-action was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Faughnder, Ryan (January 13, 2017). "2017's first big flop? How Paramount's 'Monster Trucks' went awry". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ "Box Office: Ben Affleck, Martin Scorsese, And 'Monster Trucks' Flop Over MLK Weekend". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ Lang, Brent (January 12, 2017). "Box Office: 'Hidden Figures,' 'Patriot's Day' in Tight Race, 'Monster Trucks,' 'Live by Night' Brace to Flop". Variety.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[1] "Monster Trucks [2D] (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. September 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

[2] David Lieberman (September 21, 2016). "'Monster Trucks' Drove Viacom's $115M Charge Even Before Its Release". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

[BOM-3] "Monster Trucks (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2017.

[live-action-4] Cite error: The named reference live-action was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[auto-5] Faughnder, Ryan (January 13, 2017). "2017's first big flop? How Paramount's 'Monster Trucks' went awry". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[forbes.com-6] "Box Office: Ben Affleck, Martin Scorsese, And 'Monster Trucks' Flop Over MLK Weekend". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[auto1-7] Lang, Brent (January 12, 2017). "Box Office: 'Hidden Figures,' 'Patriot's Day' in Tight Race, 'Monster Trucks,' 'Live by Night' Brace to Flop". Variety.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

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