Ice Age: Continental Drift
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| Cinematography | Renato Falcão |
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| Music by | John Powell |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $95 million |
| Box office | $877.2 million |
Ice Age: Continental Drift is a 2012 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios. The fourth in the Ice Age film series, it was directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier and written by Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah reprise their roles from the previous films, with Jennifer Lopez, Drake, and Nicki Minaj joining the cast. The film involves Scrat mistakenly sending Manny, Sid, and Diego adrift on an iceberg with Sid's Granny, leading them to face a gang of pirates led by Captain Gutt.
The film premiered at CineEurope on June 20, 2012, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 13 by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $877 million worldwide, making it the fifth highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing animated film of 2012. A further sequel, Ice Age: Collision Course, was released in 2016.