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The Emoji Movie

Genre
Animation
Rating
PG
Released
28 July, 2017
The Emoji Movie

The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film based on emoji faces, smileys, and graphics used in electronic messages; produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Directed by Tony Leondis, who wrote it with Eric Siegel and Mike White, the film stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes, and Patrick Stewart. In the film, Gene, a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager's smartphone, sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents. The Emoji Movie premiered on July 23, 2017, at the Regency Village Theatre and was theatrically released in the United States on July 28, 2017.

Director Tony Leondis
Produced by Michelle Raimo Kouyate
Screenplay by Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, Mike White
Story by Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel
Based on Emojis
Starring T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes, Patrick Stewart
Music Patrick Doyle
Edited by William J. Caparella
Production, company Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Released July 23, 2017 (Regency Village Theatre), July 28, 2017 (United States)
Running time 86 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $50 million
Box office $217.8 million
Netflix ID 80121840

About The Emoji Movie

An Emoji with multiple personality traits attempts to become a regular emoji with only one overriding personality trait.

Achievement of The Emoji Movie

Actor Ilana Glazer, from Broad City, was originally cast to play Jailbreak but the role was later given to Anna Faris.

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Latest information about The Emoji Movie updated on July 28 2021.