List of Warner Animation Group films

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This is a list of films produced by the Warner Animation Group, an American animation studio based in Burbank, California, United States. As of 2021, Warner Animation Group has released 9 feature films, which were all released under the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. The company produced its first feature-length film, The Lego Movie, in 2014. Their second production, Storks, was released in 2016, followed by their first spin-off, The Lego Batman Movie, followed in 2017. Warner Animation Group had two releases in a single year twice: The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie followed in 2018, they released Smallfoot, followed in 2019, they released The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, followed in 2020, they released Scoob!, and followed in 2021, they released Tom & Jerry, and Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Warner Animation Group's upcoming slate of films includes DC League of Super-Pets and Scoob! Holiday Haunt (both 2022), Coyote vs. Acme (2023) and Toto (2024).

Films[]

Released[]

# Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Editor(s) Composer(s) Co-production with Animation Services
Story Screenplay
1 The Lego Movie February 7, 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Dan, Kevin Hageman, Lord, & Miller Lord & Miller Dan Lin & Roy Lee Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Kathleen Fleming, Allison Abbate, Zareh Nalbandian, Jon Burton, Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Seanne Winslow, James Packer, Steven Mnuchin, Matt Skiena, & Bruce Berman David Burrows & Chris McKay Mark Mothersbaugh Village Roadshow Pictures
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures 		Animal Logic
2 Storks September 23, 2016 Nicholas Stoller & Doug Sweetland Stoller Brad Lewis & Stoller Glenn Ficarra, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, John Requa, Jared Stern, & Steven Mnuchin John Venzon Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Stoller Global Solutions (uncredited) 		Sony Pictures Imageworks
3 The Lego Batman Movie February 10, 2017 Chris McKay Seth Grahame-Smith Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, & John Whittington Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Roy Lee Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Will Allegra, Brad Lewis, Zareh Nalbandian, & Steven Mnuchin David Burrows, Matt Villa & John Venzon Lorne Balfe[1] DC Entertainment
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Lord Miller Productions
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures 		Animal Logic
4 The Lego Ninjago Movie September 22, 2017 Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, & Bob Logan Hilary Winston, Logan, Fisher, William, Tom Wheeler, Dan & Kevin Hageman Logan, Fisher, W., T. Wheeler, Jared Stern, & John Whittington Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Chris McKay, Maryann Garger, & Roy Lee Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone, Simon Lucas, Chris Leahy, Seth Grahame-Smith, Zareh Nalbandian, & Brett Ratner Julie Rogers, Garret Elkins, Ryan Folsey, John Venzon, David Burrows Mark Mothersbaugh[2] RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Lin Pictures
5 Smallfoot September 28, 2018 Karey Kirkpatrick
Co-Director:
Jason Reisig 		Story by : John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, & Kirkpatrick
Original story by : Sergio Pablos 		Kirkpatrick, & Clare Sera Bonne Radford, Ficarra, & Requa Nicholas Stoller, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Jared Stern, Kirkpatrick, Pablos, Courtenay Valenti, & Allison Abbate Peter Ettinger Heitor Pereira (score)
K. and Wayne Kirkpatrick (songs) 		Zaftig Films Sony Pictures Imageworks
6 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part February 8, 2019 Mike Mitchell Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, & Matthew Fogel Lord & Miller Dan Lin, Lord, Miller, Roy Lee, & Jinko Gotoh Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone, Matthew Ashton, Chris McKay, Zareh Nalbandian, Ryan Halprin, Will Allegra, & Chris Leahy Clare Knight Mark Mothersbaugh Lego System A/S
Vertigo Entertainment
Lord Miller Productions
Rideback 		Animal Logic
7 Scoob! May 15, 2020[nb 1] Tony Cervone Matt Lieberman, Eyal Podell & Jonathon E. Stewart Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott & Lieberman Pam Coats & Allison Abbate Sztykiel, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Jesse Ehrman, Dan Povenmire, & Chris Columbus Ryan Folsey & Vanara Taing Tom Holkenborg N/A Reel FX Creative Studios
8 Tom & Jerry February 26, 2021[6] Tim Story Kevin Costello Christopher DeFaria Story, Adam Goodman, Steven Harding, Sam Register, Jesse Ehrman, & Allison Abbate Peter S. Elliot Christopher Lennertz Turner Entertainment (uncredited)
The Story Company 		Framestore
9 Space Jam: A New Legacy July 16, 2021 Malcolm D. Lee Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler & Terence Nance Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler, Terence Nance, Jesse Gordon & Celeste Ballard[7] Ryan Coogler, LeBron James, Maverick Carter & Duncan Henderson Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Allison Abbate, Jesse Ehrman, Jamal Henderson, Spencer Beighley, Justin Lin, Nance, & Ivan Reitman Bob Ducsay Kris Bowers Proximity Media
SpringHill Company 		Industrial Light & Magic
Luma Pictures
Cinesite[8]
Company 3 Animation
Tonic DNA
House of Moves
Day For Nite
Studio D
Virtuos
  1. ^ Released on Premium VOD in the United States and Canada on this date,[3] and later released in theaters in select countries with relaxed COVID-19 restrictions beginning July 8, 2020.[4][5]

Upcoming[]

# Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Editor(s) Composer(s) Co-production with Animation Services
Story Screenplay
10 DC League of Super-Pets May 20, 2022 Jared Stern
Co-Director:
Sam Levine 		Stern and John Whittington Patricia Hicks, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Stern John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Nicholas Stoller, Allison Abbate, Chris Leahy, Sharon Taylor and Courtenay Valenti[9] David Egan & Jhoanne Reyes Steve Jablonsky DC Entertainment
Seven Bucks Productions 		Animal Logic
11 Scoob! Holiday Haunt 2022[10] Michael Kurinsky & Bill Haller Paul Dini and Tony Cervone Cervone and Mitchell Fern TBA N/A Reel FX Creative Studios
12 Coyote vs. Acme July 21, 2023[11] Dave Green Samy Burch, Jon & Josh Silberman, Jeremy Slater, and James Gunn[11] Chris DeFaria and Gunn[11] Two Monkeys, A Goat and Another, Dead, Monkey N/A
13 Toto February 2, 2024[12] Alex Timbers John August Derek Frey N/A Animal Logic

Films in development[]

Title Ref(s)
Funko [13][14]
The Flintstones [15]
The Ice Dragon [16]
The Jetsons [15][17]
Wacky Races [15]
Zero [18]
The Cat in the Hat [19][20]
Thing One and Thing Two [19]
Oh, the Places You'll Go! [19]
That Christmas [21]
Untitled Locksmith Animation original musical-comedy movie [22]
Wed Wabbit [23]
Untitled Scoob! sequel [24]
Untitled third Space Jam film [25]
Metal Men [26]

Reception[]

Critical and public reception[]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore Critics' Choice[27]
The Lego Movie 96%[28] 83/100[29] A 91/100
Storks 66%[30] 56/100[31] A- 69/100
The Lego Batman Movie 90%[32] 75/100[33] A- 85/100
The Lego Ninjago Movie 56%[34] 55/100[35] B+ 64/100
Smallfoot 76%[36] 60/100[37] A- 72/100
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 84%[38] 65/100[39] A- 76/100
Scoob! 48%[40] 43/100[41] N/D 67/100
Tom and Jerry 31%[42] 32/100[43] A- 55/100
Space Jam: A New Legacy 26%[44] 36/100[45] A- 52/100

Box office performance[]

Film Budget North America Overseas

gross

Worldwide gross
(unadjusted)		 Ref(s)
Opening Gross
(unadjusted)
The Lego Movie $60–65 million $69 million $257.7 million $211.4 million $469.1 million [46]
Storks $70 million $21.3 million $72.6 million $110.7 million $183.3 million [47]
The Lego Batman Movie $80 million $53 million $175.7 million $136.2 million $311.9 million [48]
The Lego Ninjago Movie $70 million $20.4 million $59.2 million $63.8 million $123.1 million [49]
Smallfoot $80 million $23 million $83.2 million $130.9 million $214.1 million [50]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part $99 million $34.1 million $105.8 million $86.5 million $192.3 million [51]
Scoob! $90 million $850,000 $850,000 $24.9 million $25.7 million [52]
Tom and Jerry $78 million $13.7 million $46 million $86.8 million $132.8 million [53]
Space Jam: A New Legacy $150 million $13.1 million $70.5 million $92.3 million $162.8 million [54]

Academy Award wins and nominations[]

Film Best
Picture 		Animated Feature Original Screenplay Original Score Original Song Sound Editing Sound Mixing Other
The Lego Movie Nominated

See also[]

References[]

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  21. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (June 8, 2021). "Locksmith's Debut 'Ron's Gone Wrong' Boots Up with Trailer, Cast Reveal". Animation Magazine.
  22. ^ Yossman, K.J. (June 10, 2021). "Liz Murdoch's Locksmith Animation Hires Natalie Fischer as CEO, Co-Founder Sarah Smith Exits". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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