Mars Needs Moms
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| Directed by | Simon Wells |
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| Based on | Mars Needs Moms! by Berkeley Breathed |
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| Cinematography | Robert Presley |
| Edited by | Wayne Wahrman |
| Music by | John Powell |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million |
| Box office | $39.2 million |
Mars Needs Moms is a 2011 American animated science fiction comedy film, co-written and directed by Simon Wells. Based on the Berkeley Breathed book, the film was animated through the process of performance capture and stars Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, and Joan Cusack. It tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Milo who sets out to save his mother on Mars after she is taken by Martians.
Mars Needs Moms premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 6, 2011, and was released in theaters on March 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $39 million on a $150 million budget, and losing an estimated $100–144 million for Disney.