Escape will be available for purchase on iTunes May 21. The US release comes with two “iTunes Extras”. For all the special features including storyboards and the director’s commentary, you’ll need to pick up the Blu-Ray on June 4.
Escape From Planet Earth is coming to home video on June 4! Some of the bonus features include:
Operación Escape opens in Mexico this weekend – you might know it better as Escape From Planet Earth! Check out these photos from the Mexican premiere. Muy bueno!
Cal recently sat down to discuss directing Escape From Planet Earth with Marc and Matt on the Animation Fascination podcast. You can listen to the interview here!
We’re happy to report that Escape has become The Weinstein Company’s highest grossing animated film by breaking $52,000,000 at the domestic box office this weekend. You can read an article about it on Cartoon Brew.
In addition to this great domestic news, our international rollout continues! Escape opened in Israel and India this past weekend. We’ll report back on the international response soon.
Escape was released in Russia and Iceland this past weekend on 725 screens, marking the start of our international releases! Other countries are coming soon, but in the meantime take a look at this awesome bus shelter ad in Saint Petersburg!
On February 19, we spoke about Escape with Duncan McCue on CBC’s The National. Watch it below!
Aaron Zigman’s amazing score for Escape From Planet Earth was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, with a 100-piece orchestra and choir. Take a look at some behind the scenes video of the recording session below.
You can buy the score on iTunes at the link below:
Escape From Planet Earth had an INCREDIBLE opening weekend! Our total box office gross over the 4-day holiday was $21,101,976. On a budget of only $40 million, that ain’t half bad! To top it off, on February 18 (Presidents’ Day) we were #1 at the North American box office!
We went to see the movie on opening day, and it was great to watch it with an audience. We spent the entire weekend glued to our computers, waiting for the box office results and the audience response. We had a great audience response, and wound up with a B+ Cinemascore.
A huge thanks to everyone who came out and saw the movie!
Escape From Planet Earth is now out in theatres, playing on 3,288 screens across North America. Go see it this weekend and tell all your friends!
