Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation

Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation (released internationally as Alaina Gleen 3: Imaginary Vacation) is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Neptune Orb Productions for 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the Alaina Gleen reboot series, following 2013's Alaina Gleen 2. It was directed by Mike Bell and Emma Maxwell (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Michael McCullers, Maya Forbes, and Wally Wolodarsky and a story by series creator Thalia Ward and Brad Cuddyer. Kristen Bell, Bill Hader, Zac Efron, Emma Stone, Andy Samberg, Kiefer Sutherland, Maya Rudolph, Betty White, David Spade, Mila Kunis, Jane Lynch, and Katie Crown, reprise their roles from the previous installments, alongside new cast members including Emily Blunt, Nick Kroll, Stephanie Beatriz, Zachary Levi, Bobby Cannavale, Danny DeVito, and Will Forte. In the film, after leaving school for the summer, Alaina's mother, Sally Gleen, decides to take Alaina and her friends on an cross-country trip for the entire summer in order to reconnect with each other, with initially disastrous results, while Max Hat finds love with an anthropomorphic flower named Flo, in Leon County, Texas. Alaina discovers that Flo is actually one of Leonard von Lutz's imaginary creatures, who was Max's old enemy from the 1960s who owns the wealthy Hilltop Lakes grand resort and mansion with a huge Texas-shaped pool, which he never leaves (to the poor).

Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation premiered on July 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, and was released in the United States on July 21, in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and select IMAX theaters. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, vocal performances, nostalgic tone, humor, and musical score but criticism for its screenplay and the absence of other characters in the series. Despite this, it was a huge box office success, grossing over $891.8 million worldwide against a budget of $165 million. The film received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 45th Annie Awards, and was also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. A fourth sequel was released on September 17, 2021.

Plot
In 1968, young Max Hat, his friends (Eddie Elephant and Spy Squirrel) and his father Hank, travel in disguise on a train where they find Max's old arch-enemy Doctor Leonard von Lutz who boarded the train and unveils the imaginary creatures; where later the creatures escape by climbing through the train's roof, and they jump off the train where the train later crashes, with Max believing his father is dead. Years pass as Leonard becomes obsessed with destroying Max and the imaginary creatures and friends, but is constantly outsmarted by him.

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Voice cast

 * Kristen Bell as Alaina Gleen, a imaginative and optimistic teenage girl.
 * Bill Hader as Max Hat, an anthropomorphic talking top hat.
 * Matthew Maxwell as young Max Hat
 * Zac Efron as Jason Baxter, a awkward and timid teenage boy who is Alaina's boyfriend.
 * Emma Stone as Lucy Jones, a spunky and intelligent teenage girl.
 * Andy Samberg as Eddie Elephant, a stubborn and clumsy elephant.
 * Connor Miller as young Eddie Elephant
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Spy Squirrel, an anthropomorphic red squirrel working as a super secret agent.
 * Andrew Mendez as young Spy Squirrel
 * Maya Rudolph as Sally Gleen, Alaina's mother.
 * Betty White as Patricia Gleen, Alaina's grandmother.
 * Danny McBride as Roger Rumpkins, Alaina's miserable neighbor.
 * Kenan Thompson as Officer Bernie, a rookie police officer.
 * David Spade as Joe Gleen, a local scientist and inventor who likes to invent unusual creations, and is also Alaina's uncle.
 * Jane Lynch as Claire Gleen, Joe's wife and Alaina's aunt.
 * Mila Kunis as Katie Gleen, Joe and Claire's daughter.
 * Katie Crown as Jenny McNulty, Lucy's old friend.
 * Emily Blunt as Flo Flower, a beautiful anthropomorphic flower who is Max's love interest.
 * Nick Kroll as Leonard von Lutz, a selfish rich businessman who now owns the Hilltop Lakes Resort, and was Max's old rival.
 * Bobby Cannavale as Samuel, a greedy python who is Leonard's pet.
 * Danny DeVito as Hank Hat, Max's elderly father.
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Cassie Baxter, Jason's younger sister.
 * Will Forte as Ned, an anthropomorphic cynical pig who is a con artist at the Hilltop Lakes casino.
 * Zachary Levi as Gus, a gullible duck who is Leonard's assistant for the Hilltop Lakes Resort.
 * Grey Griffin and Mae Whitman as Mandy and Melanie, the maids of the Hilltop Lakes Resort.
 * Eric Bauza as Principal Shiggens, the principal of the Applewood High School.
 * Nicholas Stoller as Police Officer / Janitor
 * Clancy Brown as Phil
 * Benjamin Diskin as Roddie
 * Brad Cuddyer
 * Nolan North


 * Professor Hinkle Higgins makes a non-speaking cameo in this film.

Additional voices

 * Lori Alan
 * Steve Apostolina
 * Bob Bergen
 * Dave Boat
 * Daniel Booko
 * Jessica DiCicco
 * Terri Douglas
 * Eddie Frierson
 * Johnny Gidcomb
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Wendy Hoffmann
 * Phil LaMarr
 * Joanna Leeds
 * Mona Marshall
 * Scott Menville
 * Max Mittelman
 * Edie Mirman
 * Heidi Brook Myers
 * Laraine Newman
 * Matt Nolan
 * Arthur Ortiz
 * Paul Pape
 * Ben Pronsky
 * Maddix Robinson
 * Pepper Sweeney
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Matthew Wood

Development
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Animation
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Music
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Theatrical
Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation premiered at the Regency Village Theater on July 6, 2017. It was theatrically released in the United States on July 21 in 3D and an Dolby Cinema release as part of 20th Century Fox's new distribution deal with Dolby Laboratories. The film was originally scheduled for a December 16, 2016 release, but in September 2014, The Pixelators took its date and the film was pushed back to May 19, 2017. In August 2016, the release date was pushed back again to July 21, 2017. A short film, Alien Pet, that promoted the third film was shown in front of theatrical screenings of Ice Age: Collision Course back in July 2016.

The film was originally planned for an simultaneous IMAX release in the United States on July 21, as evident in trailers (attached to Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), and Facebook, but was pushed back a week later to July 28 as Warner Bros. Pictures' Dunkirk took over the IMAX screenings.

Marketing
Tie-ins with Chuck E. Cheese's, Chevrolet, Ziploc, Kraft, General Mills, and Amazon, and a series of five Lego sets were used to promote the film. AMC Theatres also partnered with Fox to play the movie in Mandarin at five theatres and in Spanish at 13 locations in the U.S and Canada meaning there will be a mix of subtitled and dubbed formats of Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation. The first teaser trailer was released online on November 1, 2016, and the official trailer for the film was released on March 15, 2017. The final trailer was released on May 30, 2017. A 95-second sneak peek of the film was released online via 20th Century Fox's YouTube channel on July 7, 2017. The studio spent a total of $120 million promoting the film.

A video game based on the film was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on July 18, 2017. It was published by Activision and developed by Outright Games.

Home media
Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation was released on digital and Movies Anywhere on October 13, 2017 and on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 17 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Box office
Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation grossed $274.8 million in the U.S. and Canada and $616.9 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $891.8 million, against a production budget of $165 million.

North America
In North America, the film opened alongside Dunkirk, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and Girls Trip, and was projected to gross $75-85 million in its opening weekend playing in 4,410 theaters. It made $4.1 million from Thursday night previews, and $32.2 million on its first day. In its opening weekend, it exceeded expectations and grossed $88.9 million, finishing first at the box office, making it the best July opening for 20th Century Fox Animation, surpassing The Simpsons Movie,. In its second weekend, the film grossed $46.4 million, still topping the box office (with a fresh record of 4,447 theaters showing the movie), beating fellow newcomers The Emoji Movie and Atomic Blonde. It later made another $24.4 million in its third weekend, still topping the box office once again. By its fourth weekend, it was finally dethroned by Annabelle: Creation, falling to second place and grossing $12.6 million.

Outside North America
Internationally the film was released in five markets on July 14, 2017, and grossed $8.2 million in its opening weekend. In its third week of release, the film opened in 46 more markets, grossing $95.6 million. The film's largest markets were China ($53.7 million), Japan ($21.2 million), the UK ($49.9 million), Germany ($41.1 million) and France ($37.1 million)

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 181 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation should keep nostalgic fans of the franchise consistently entertained with 97 minutes of colorful animation, and zany, scattershot, fast-paced gags, leaving little else to the classic cartoon." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 47 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards and the 45th Annie Awards, However, the awards both went to Coco.

Main
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Trailers
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