Trolls (film)
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| Directed by | |
| Screenplay by | Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger |
| Story by | Erica Rivinoja |
| Based on | Good Luck Trolls by Thomas Dam |
| Produced by | Gina Shay |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Nick Fletcher |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125 million |
| Box office | $347 million |
Trolls is a 2016 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, based on the Good Luck Trolls doll line. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and stars the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden and Gwen Stefani. The film follows two trolls, Poppy and Branch, who go on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, giant creatures who eat Trolls.
Trolls premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 4, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $347 million against a $125 million budget. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Can't Stop the Feeling!".
The film launched a franchise, which included two television specials, Trolls Holiday (2017) and Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021), two television series, Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2018–2019) and Trolls: TrollsTopia (2020–2022), two sequels, Trolls World Tour (2020) and Trolls Band Together (2023), and six short films.