Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
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Director Alexandre AstierLouis Clichy Release date 26 November 2014 (2014-11-26) Writer Alexandre Astier (screenplay), Jean-Remi Francois (collaboration), Rene Goscinny (comic book), Philip LaZebnik (collaboration), Albert Uderzo (comic book) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asterix the mansions of the gods official trailer
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (French: Astérix - Le Domaine des Dieux), also titled Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods, is a 2014 French-Belgian 3D computer-animated adventure family comedy film written and directed by Alexandre Astier. It is based on the comic book Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, which was the seventeenth book in the comic book series Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo. The film features the voices of Roger Carel, Guillaume Briat, Lionnel Astier, Serge Papagalli, and Florence Foresti. The film sticks to the book's plot very closely while also expanding on it. It was the first Asterix film animated in 3D.
Contents
- Asterix the mansions of the gods official trailer
- Plot
- English
- Critical response and box office
- Home media release
- References
The film was theatrically released on 26 November 2014 by SND Films in France across 696 movie theatres. It received generally favourable reviews and has grossed over $34 million on a €31 million budget. It received a IFMCA Award nomination for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film. Asterix: The Land of the Gods was released on DVD, VOD and Blu-ray on 9 June 2015, by M6 Vidéo.
Plot
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.
English
The English dub was released in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2016 titled Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods.
Critical response and box office
The film was released on 26 November 2014 in France across 696 theatres and earned $7.64 million on its opening week from nearly 780,000 admissions placing at No. 1 at the box office ahead of Hollywood blockbuster films The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Interstellar which were in their second and fourth weeks respectively. The film's opening weekend is also the third highest of 2014 in France. Its opening weekend outperformed other animated movies' openings of Frozen, Tangled, Monsters, Inc., Cars and The Lego Movie. Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Astier and Clichy manage to make the material at once enjoyable and meaningful, while also providing a series of slick, streamlined visuals that never overstuff the screens."
Home media release
Asterix: The Land of the Gods was released on DVD, VOD and Blu-ray on 9 June 2015 by M6 Vidéo.