| General | Trivia | Gallery | Soundtrack | Quotes | Transcript | Trailer transcripts | Credits | Home media |
The Dot and Dash Movie 2 is a 2010 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Richard Horwitz Studios and PBS Kids Movies distributed by Disney. Dot and Dash get bored of their current world and want to go to another. They go to Computer-Generated World, where Dot and Dash are transformed into CG figures and learn to adjust to the CGI.
The film received critical acclaim with many calling it better than the first, and was a box office success, grossing over $511 million worldwide against a $119 million budget.
Plot[]
Coming soon!
Voice cast[]
- Elsie Fisher as Dot
- Mason Therrel as Dash
Development[]
Coming soon!
Release[]
The Dot and Dash Movie 2 premiered at El Capitan Theatre on July 21, 2010 and was released in 2D, Digital 3D, IMAX 3D, and RealD 3D on July 30, 2010 in United States and Canada, becoming the first Richard Horwitz Studios film to be released in IMAX 3D. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film was released on August 6, 2010 where it received a U rating by the British Board of Film Certification (BBFC).
Home media[]
The Dot and Dash Movie 2 was released onto DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 21, 2010 in the United States and Canada by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. It would later get re-released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 7, 2015 by Richard Horwitz Studios, including a free ticket to The Dot and Dash Movie 3, then again by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on February 16, 2016 without the ticket. It was released on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on December 12, 2017.
The film was added onto Disney+ alongside The Dot and Dash Movie 3 on November 23, 2020.
Marketing[]
Richard Horwitz Studios paired with McDonald's, Wal-Mart, Chrysler, Dell, and Mattel to market The Dot and Dash Movie 2. Several toys were available at McDonald's Happy Meals from July 18 to August 14, 2010 and Mattel toys were available in Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys R Us from July to September 2010, and for the holiday seasons of 2010 and 2011. Various iPhone, iPad, and desktop wallpapers were available near the release of the film promoting Apple's iOS 4 wallpaper capability.
Video game[]
A video game called Dot and Dash: Computer-Generated Adventure based on the movie was released on August 1, 2010 for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS systems.
Trailers[]
- The teaser trailer was released on May 15, 2009 and was shown before The Police Mash-Up, Up, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, G-Force, The Sims 2: FreeTime, Ponyo, 9, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Astro Boy, A Christmas Carol, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Planet 51.
- The theatrical trailer was released on November 25, 2009 and was shown before Thomas and Friends 2, The Princess and the Frog, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Alice in Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, How to Train Your Dragon, Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3, and Despicable Me.
- TV spots began airing on July 10, 2010 and stopped airing on August 9, 2010.
Reception[]
Critical response[]
The Dot and Dash Movie 2 received very favorable reviews from critics. On film review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 98% approval rating from 358 approved critics with an average rating of 8.3/10 and a critic consensus "The Dot and Dash Movie 2 toys around with new ideas such as the 2D characters going into the "CGI world" and turns out to be one of Richard Horwitz Studios' absolute best films." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 83/100 from 54 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore reported an "A" rating.
Box office[]
The Dot and Dash Movie 2 opened on July 30, 2010 in the United States and Canada, on its opening weekend it grossed $41.3 million in domestic markets, ranking No. 1 for the weekend. On its second weekend, it dropped 33.6% to $26.6 million, ranking No. 2 behind newcomer The Other Guys. On its third weekend, it dropped again by 37.6% to gross $16.6 million, dropping to No. 4 behind The Expendables, Eat Prey Love and The Other Guys. On its fourth, it grossed $12.3 million, dropping just 25.9% and increasing to No. 3 overall behind The Expendables and Vampires Suck. On its fifth weekend, the film dropped 39.9% to gross $7.4 million, ranking No. 4 overall behind Takers, The Last Exorcism, and The Expendables.
As of January 27, 2011 the film grossed $209.9 million in domestic markets and $301.1 million in foreign markets, resulting in a worldwide total of $511 million.
| v - - dList of theatrical feature films | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||