After a Boffo weekend, The Nut Job 2 is slated to release in January 2016.
After this weekend’s impressive box office tally for new animated release The Nut Job—it grossed $25.7 million in three days, well ahead of would-be blockbuster Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit—Open Road Films, as well as Redrover Co., Lt.d, ToolBox Entertainment Ltd., and Gulfstream Pictures, was pleased to announce The Nut Job 2for January 2016.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled about The Nut Job,” said Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films. “It has been a pleasure working with the teams at Redrover, ToolBox and Gulfstream, and we are delighted to re-team with them for The Nut Job 2.”
This month’s The Nut Job is a CG-animated comedy adventure about Surly the Squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett) on a mission to plan the most elaborate critter heist in hopes of knocking over his town’s nut shop, thereby providing himself and the rest of the inhabitants of the local park enough food to survive winter. Surly assembles a ragged crew of helpers that include the voices of Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Stephen Lang, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesias, and Sarah Gadon.
The film was co-written and directed by Peter Lepeniotis, adapted from a short film he made.
The Nut Job 2cracks the case on January 15, 2016.