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This represented a high point for the Ice Age franchise and Blue Sky Studios as a whole never again would they have such a profitable release.Īvailable on: Amazon, DirecTV, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube 2 Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Whatever negative reviews this installment may have gotten certainly didn't deter it from becoming a box office hit, with final takings estimated at more than $886 million worldwide. RELATED: 10 Funniest Quotes From The Ice Age Franchise Fans of the originals were delighted by this lighthearted continuation to the franchise, although critics panned the film (with one notable exception being the late Roger Ebert). A less-remembered - though still important - addition to this list is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which follows the main cast of the original as they attempt to save Sid from a forgotten, subterranean dwelling housing a vengeful herd of dinosaurs. At the box office, The Meltdown finished its healthy run with more than $660 million, becoming Blue Sky's biggest release - by far - and enabling them to prolong the adventures of their prehistoric pantheon.Īvailable on: Amazon, DirecTV, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube 3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)Ģ009 was a big year for theatrical animation, with such groundbreaking releases as Pixar's Up, Laika's Coraline, and Disney's The Princess and the Frog. While critics were concerned that, in comparison to the original Ice Age, the plot of the second wasn't as convincing and the characters weren't as fleshed out, many still praised the humor, animation, and directing. RELATED: Don't Forget Your Mitts: 10 Best Animated Winter Movies, Ranked

The film follows the aforementioned cast as they fight to survive after global warming causes widespread flooding, leaving them with significantly less icy terrain to trek.

While Manny, Sid, and Diego did, in fact, return for a second outing in 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown, this time they were joined by an expanded cast of side characters, including Ellie, Crash, and Eddie, all of whom would go on to appear in the franchise's later installments. The film's final box office taking of more than $383 million established Blue Sky as an animation powerhouse and more than guaranteed that the already well-known characters would return for a sequel in the coming years.Īvailable on: Amazon, DirecTV, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube 4 Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) RELATED: 10 Plot Holes In The Ice Age Franchise The film became an instant hit with parents, kids, and critics alike, as the refreshing humor and revolutionary animation won over even the coldest (pun intended) hearts Scrat, a character from the film, would go on to become one of the most recognizable animated characters of the 21st century, as well as Blue Sky's mascot. It follows three Pleistocene-era characters - Sid, a sloth Manny, a woolly mammoth and Diego, a saber-toothed tiger - who come across a Neanderthal baby (known as Roshan), as they embark on a journey to return it to its tribal family. As Sid, Manny and Diego make their way across the vast, ice-covered landscape, another creature, a prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat, tries desperately to carry out his mission in life - to bury an acorn - which, alas, triggers calamitous events.Blue Sky Studios' feature film debut, Ice Age, came out in 2002, at a time when the animation market was largely dominated by the trifecta of Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks.

They are joined by Diego (Denis Leary), a sinister saber-toothed tiger who befriends Sid and Manny, all the while seeing the infant as a tasty treat. But that's only the beginning of his frustrations: Manny has been roped by Sid into helping reunite an abandoned human baby named Roshan (Goran Visnjic) with his family. When Sid "adopts" Manfred (Ray Romano) as his protector, the mammoth tries everything he can to unload his newfound baggage. The exceptions are a woolly mammoth named Manfred, and a terminally lazy sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo). To avoid a really bad frostbite, the planet's majestic creatures - and a few small, slothful ones - begin migrating south. The Earth is a wondrous, prehistoric world filled with danger, not the least of which is the beginning of the Ice Age.