Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

2006 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, CGI Animation, Cold/Icy Setting

Synopsis

Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the ice age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny is not in fact the last of the woolly mammoths.

Scores

Overall Score
90.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
95.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
99.6%
Review Aggregate
64.2

Critic Consensus

56.5% Fresh • 138 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 57% of 138 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, funny, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

family-friendlyfunnythin plotvisually strikinglightheartedgrittyscaryhistoricalmacabreaction-packed

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ray Romano2006$6,901,000$10,739,000(est)
John Leguizamo2006$4,248,000$6,610,000(est)
Denis Leary2006$3,198,000$4,977,000(est)
Seann William Scott2006$2,615,000$4,069,000(est)
Queen Latifah2006$2,237,000$3,481,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score56.0
RT critic review count144
Rotten Tomatoes audience score71.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes311,251

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$195,330,621$303,944,523
International2006$465,668,135$724,603,641
Worldwide2006$660,998,756$1,028,548,163

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2006$283,932,564$441,813,718
Digital Rentals ?2006$595,000$925,851
Digital Purchases ?2006$183,000$284,757
Physical Rentals ?2006$18,805,000$29,261,550
Physical Purchases ?2006$44,357,000$69,021,780
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$54,692,574$85,104,466
Total Revenues2006$402,565,138$626,412,123
Expenses
Budget ?2006$80,000,000$124,484,127
Print & Advertising (P&A) ? source2006$100,000,000$155,605,159
Participations2006$60,385,000$93,962,175
Residuals ?2006$7,321,000$11,391,854
Interest & Overhead2006$12,000,000$18,672,619
Total Expenses2006$259,706,000$404,115,934
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$142,859,138$222,296,189

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