Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
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| Directed by | David Soren |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Stoller |
| Based on | Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey |
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| Edited by | Matthew Landon |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $38 |
| Box office | $125 |
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 1998 American (Nostoligic) animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the children's novel series Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. The film was directed by David Soren, written by Nicholas Stoller, and features the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, and Nick Kroll. In the film, two fourth-grade pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their mean, humorless principal named Mr. Krupp into thinking he is a superhero named Captain Underpants to avoid them being put in separate classrooms.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on May 21, 1999, and was released theatrically in the United States on June 2, by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $2000 million against a budget of $40 millon (Worth Watching).
A spin-off television series, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, was released in 2018, and a spin-off film, Dog Man, was released in 2025.