20th Century Fox Animation
 |
|
| Division of 20th Century Fox | |
| Industry |
Traditional animation CGI animation Motion pictures |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S |
|
Key people
|
Vanessa Morrison (President) |
| Products | CGI animated films |
| Owner | 21st Century Fox |
| Parent |
20th Century Fox (1997–present) |
Twentieth Century Fox Animation (stylized as 20th Century Fox Animation) is the animation division of the film studio 20th Century Fox, tasked for production feature-length animated film.
Before 20th Century Fox started its animation division in 1997, 20th Century Fox released its first six animated films, such as Wizards, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (both released in 1977), Fire and Ice (released in 1983), FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Once Upon a Forest and The Pagemaster. From 1994–2000, they operated Fox Animation Studios, a traditional animation studio which was started to compete with Walt Disney Animation Studios, which was experiencing great success at the time with films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. The Fox studio, however, was not as successful. Their first feature Anastasia, although critically acclaimed as being of Disney caliber and often mistaken as a Disney film, barely made a profit, taking in nearly $140 million at the worldwide box office on a $53 million budget. Their next feature, Titan A.E., was a large financial loss, as it made less than $37 million worldwide against its $75 million budget. The lack of box office success, coupled with the rise of computer animation, led Fox to shut down the Fox Animation Studios after 2000.
...
Wikipedia