Cartoon Network Movies

Cartoon Network Movies, formerly known as Cartoon Network Theatrical Studios, was a British motion picture production company and the film production division of Cartoon Network, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The company was founded on May 18, 1998 by Russian-American animator Genndy Tartakovsky and was known for producing and releasing feature-length motion pictures based on existing Cartoon Network properties, with their film library including Dexter's Laboratory: Chemical Chaos (1999), The Marvelous Johnny Bravo Movie (2001), The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002), The Ed, Edd n Eddy Movie (2004), The Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Movie (2006), The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Movie (2007), The Powerpuff Girls (2008), The Amazing Movie of Gumball (2016), and much more.

On April 8, 2022, amidst the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc., the company was shut down, with Cartoon Network Studios succeeding.

1998-2000; Founding, initial success
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2001-2006; Box office plummets, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, comeback, company re-name
In July 2001, The Marvelous Johnny Bravo Movie, a film based on the animated series Johnny Bravo, was released in theaters. While it was received positively by critics, it was a financial failure, with a box office return of $62.7 million against its budget of $20-30 million. The main aspect to why it performed badly was due to the poor marketing attempts by Warner Bros., the distributor for the film. Criticism was given towards the marketing campaigns, with many outlets calling it "unconvincing" and "misleading".

In July 2002, a year after The Marvelous Johnny Bravo Movie, Cartoon Network released its fourth theatrical motion picture titled The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Like the Johnny Bravo movie, it failed at the box office, with a return of $16.4 million against its budget of $11 million. While the marketing was at least an improvement over Johnny Bravo 's marketing, criticism was given towards the film's plot and runtime, which made it drag. Cartoon Network Theatrical Studios was on the verge of going bankrupt, with the studio planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2004. But all of it changed with The Ed, Edd n Eddy Movie, a 2004 adventure film based on the series Ed, Edd n Eddy. To positive reviews, the film became a financial success, with a worldwide gross of $348 million against its budget of $18-22 million.

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2007-2015; Continued success, expansion of business
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2016-2022; Last productions, WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. merger, closure
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