Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black schemes to overthrow the Guardians by obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction. Show Good Qualities
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ReceptionRise of the Guardians received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audiences upon it's release. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 6.60/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department." Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 58 based on 37 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Box OfficeRise of the Guardians grossed $103.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $203.5 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $306.9 million. In North America, the film opened to $32.3 million over its extended five-day weekend, and with $23.8 million over the three-day weekend, it reached fourth place behind The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Skyfall, and Lincoln. The film's opening was the lowest debut for a DreamWorks Animation film since Flushed Away. While the film did gross more than double of its $145 million budget, it still did not turn a profit for DreamWorks Animation due to its high production and marketing costs, forcing the studio to take an $83 million write-down. This marked the first time that the studio had lost money on an animated film since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. As a result of this combined with other factors, in February 2013, the studio announced it was laying off 350 employees as part of a company-wide restructuring. Will there be a Rise of the Guardians 2 movie?Well, Ramsey has now confirmed that, while there are no plans at present, he would love to return. "I'd love to be involved in something like that again, just because there are so many things I'd like to improve on from the first time because of inexperience or the circumstances that we didn't get to do.
How many of Rise of the Guardians are there?The five Guardians. The Guardians are group of mythical figures in the film Rise of the Guardians and in the books, The Guardians of Childhood. They were created and chosen by Manny, The Man in the Moon, to protect the dreams of children from the Nightmare King, Pitch, and bring joy to the world.
Where can I watch Rise of Guardians 2?You are able to stream Rise of the Guardians by renting or purchasing on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Instant Video, and Vudu.
Why did Rise of the Guardians fail?The movie managed to double its $145 million budget, but as a result of high production and marketing costs, it did not turn a profit. The studio reportedly took an $83 million write-down.
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