Jose Maldonado: The Biggest Movie Ever

Jose Maldonado Biggest Movie Ever is a 2003 American animated musical comedy film based on Fox animated TV series ''Jose Maldonado. ''Produced by Maldonado Studios as it 1 feature length film, it was written, produced and directed by series creator Jake Maldonado, co directed by Mike Minchin, co produced by Tim Blackburn and Mark Wilson, and co written by Jon Vitti, Steve Rowland, Tim Conner, Dan Irwin, Nancy Carter, and Larry Lee. Film stars regular television cast of Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Billy West, Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Catherine Cavadini, with Carlos Alazraqui, and Rob Paulsen, with guest appearances by Dave Foley, Mike Myers, Minnie Driver, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, with Ewan Mcgregor, and John Goodman.

Events of film take place during 7 season of Jose Maldonado. Film was originally intended as series finale, but Fox ordered more episodes of series as it had become increasingly profitable, as Jake Maldonado resigned as showrunner with Tim Blackburn taking his place.

Jose Maldonado Biggest Movie Ever premiered at Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on July 7, 2003 and was released in US by 20 Century Fox on July 18, 2003. It received universal acclaim from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $45 million on it $50 million budget, making it 5 highest grossing film based on an animated TV series, and was highest grossing TV adaptation animated film of all time until it was surpassed by Simpsons Movie on July 27, 2007.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song at 76 Academy Awards, but lost to Finding Nemo and Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, respectively, and through home video releases and TV syndication, the film gathered a cult following years later. A Sequel was released on July 10, 2020.

Plot
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Cast

 * Tom Kenny as Jose Maldonado/Mr. Marvin/Mr. Robles/George Sanford/Police Officer 2/Additional Voices
 * Tara Strong as Sara Summers/Additional Voices
 * Billy West as Robert Robinson/Additional Voices
 * Isabel Maldonado as Nikki Williams
 * Hank Azaria as Mr. Morrison/Ted Norman/Additional Voices
 * Mona Marshall as Gladys Summers/Additional Voices
 * Arthur Hendricks as Aaron Summers
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Jacob Young
 * Tress Macneille as Leslie Robinson/Principal Barbara
 * Russi Taylor as Florence Maldonado/Additional Voices
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Chef Jack Hensley
 * Eric Bauza as Clyde Wells/Bob/Karl Blumenthal
 * Jake Maldonado as Ambassador/Bombardiers/American Soldier 1/News Reporter/Police Officer 1/Truck
 * Catherine Cavadini as Wendy Hopkins/Carol Williams
 * Jess Harnell as Victor Maldonado/Barry
 * Rob Paulsen as Chief Gene Simmons/Dan Williams
 * Madeleine Wood as Mike Summers
 * Susie Markowski as Hazel Perkins
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Roman Vetrov 2
 * Kelsey Grammer as Devil
 * John Goodman as Sergeant Charles Strickland
 * Brad Pitt as Jay Cohen
 * Ewan Mcgregor as Luke Oliver
 * Mike Myers as Dr. Wille Villadsen
 * Minnie Driver as Bella Crawford
 * Dave Foley as Troy Hickman
 * Bruce Willis as Dr. Montes
 * Randy Thom as Man In Theater
 * Samantha Campos as Woman in Theater
 * Sebastian Hanson as American Soldier 2
 * Fred Hanson as American Soldier 3
 * Jimmy Benton as European Fighter Pilot

Development
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Animation
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Music
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Cultural References
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Release
Jose Maldonado Biggest Movie Ever was initially scheduled for release on December 13, 2002, but was move up to July 18, 2003 to avoid competition with other films released during Christmas season. Film received a PG rating by MPAA due to violence, brief strong language, and obscene sexual content making its 1st 20th Century Fox Animation film to receive this rating.

Marketing

 * Official teaser trailer was released on May 16, 2002, and was shown before Star Wars 2 Attack Of Clones, Scooby Doo (2002), and Lilo and Stitch.
 * Theatrical trailer was released on November 15, 2002, and was shown before Harry Potter And Chamber Of Secrets, Treasure Planet, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Lord Of Rings 2 Towers, and Daredevil (2003).
 * Final trailer was released on May 2, 2003, and was shown in front of X2 X-Men United.

Video Game
A video game based on film was released on August 5, 2003 for Play Station 2, Xbox, Game Cube and Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts.

Home Media
Film was released on DVD and VHS on December 9, 2003. Film earn $49.6 million in DVD sales during 2004. It was later released on Blu ray in North America on November 20, 2012. 4K Ultra HD Blu ray and Digital HD was released on February 25, 2020, containing 4K restoration.

Critical Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Jose Maldonado Biggest Movie Ever holds a 90% Certified Fresh rating based on 146 reviews, with an average score of 7.8 10. Site critical consensus reads, "Jose Maldonado: The Biggest Movie Ever is unabashedly offensive, subversive and good hearted, and unexpectedly funny in which that makes the show so popular". On Metacritic, film holds a rating of 100 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews. Audiences polled by Cinemascore gave film an average grade of A+ on an A+ to F scale.

Box Office
In North America, film was released on Friday, July 18, 2003 alongside Bad Boys 2, Johnny English, and How To Deal as well as facing competition to Pirates Of Caribbean Curse Of Black Pearl, Terminator 3 Rise Of Machines, Finding Nemo, and Fox own League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen during rest 2003''. ''Film earn $17,742,299 on it open day in US and a combined total of $52,916,577 in it open week at 3,070 theaters, top box office for that week. This outperformed expectations of $30 million that Fox had for release. Film then grossed $27,741,221 million in it 2 week open to number 2, behind Spy Kids 3 Game Over, with $19,421,112 million in it 3 week and $12,121,234 million in it 4.

Film close on December 18, 2003, after earn $163,245,147 million in US and UK and $180,422,237 million with a worldwide total of $343,626,992 million which became highest animated TV adaptation of all time until being surpassed by Fox own The Simpsons Movie. It is also 3 highest grossing animated film from 2003 worldwide, behind Dusk and Dawn and Finding Nemo.

Sequel
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