It was recently announced that, The Boxtrolls opened with an estimated $17.3 million in the United States. It also accumulated $5.1 million from 17 international territories which made its growth in foreign countries to a whopping $17.7 million. Even though Boxtrolls surpassed Coraline which opened in 1,165 fewer theaters and had a $16.8 million dollar debut this is still a huge milestone for Laika. Even though the company has not been able to generate the same amount of money from Disney Animation and DreamWorks the stop motion/animation company is still growing. I will be surprised if this movie does not make the list for best animation this year and I’m really hoping it takes home a few Annie awards. With the work that went into this film from lighting, details in set, props, characters and time; the artists, designers and animators should be proud of the work they accomplished.
Congratulations to the team of Laika!
Produced by
David Bleiman Ichioka | … | producer |
Travis Knight | … | producer |
Music by
Dario Marianelli |
Film Editing by
Edie Ichioka | … | (as Edie Bleiman) |
Production Design by
Paul Lasaine |
Art Direction by
Curt Enderle |
Production Management
David Dresher | … | post-production supervisor |
Dan Pascall | … | production manager |
Josh Rappaport | … | post-production manager: Focus Features |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David J. Epstein | … | third assistant director |
Kevin Harwood | … | first assistant director |
Art Department
Enrico Altmann | … | mold maker |
Annie Atkins | … | graphic designer |
James S. Baker | … | storyboard artist |
Andy Berry | … | set dresser |
Mary Blankenburg | … | assistant art director |
Alan Cook | … | character designer / prop designer |
K.C. Englander | … | assistant graphic designer |
Josh Holtsclaw | … | graphic designer |
Paul Mack | … | model maker |
Douglas Mitchell | … | scenic sculptor |
Shane Prigmore | … | character designer |
John Puglisi | … | storyboard artist |
Polly Allen Robbins | … | set designer |
Mike Smith | … | lead character designer |
Cammi Upton | … | model builder |
Nancy Yeo | … | scenic artist |
Sound Department
Dominic Boucher | … | dialogue recording engineer |
Thom Brennan | … | foley editor |
Benjamin A. Burtt | … | assistant sound effects editor |
Dustin Cawood | … | sound effects editor |
Lisa Chino | … | assistant supervising sound editor |
David Hughes | … | sound effects editor |
Ren Klyce | … | re-recording mixer / supervising sound designer |
Mike Lane | … | client services |
Marilyn McCoppen | … | adr: editor |
Jeremy Molod | … | foley editor |
Alyson Dee Moore | … | foley artist |
Charlotte Moore | … | Skywalker Sound: Bidding & Scheduling |
Tom Myers | … | re-recording mixer / supervising sound designer |
Nathan Nance | … | re-recording mixer |
David Peifer | … | digital editorial services |
Carlos Sotolongo | … | original dialogue mixer |
Jonathon Stevens | … | music editor |
Frank Verderosa | … | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
Marshall Candland | … | technical director |
Carol Chow | … | puppet coordinator |
Summer Zimmerman | … | puppet coordinator |
Visual Effects by
Adrienne Anderson | … | visual effects production manager |
Jasper M. Baltzersen | … | digital paint & roto artist: LAIKA |
Joe Beckley | … | CG matte painter / CG texture artist |
Matthew Beightol | … | roto/paint artist |
Kane Brassington | … | stereo paint fix artist |
Billy Cabey | … | layout artist |
Daniel R. Casey | … | layout / pre-visualization artist |
Alexandria Condon | … | junior modeler / layout artist |
Michael Cordova | … | senior compositor |
Gentry Davidson | … | digital artist |
David Ellis | … | digital artist |
Steve Emerson | … | visual effects supervisor |
Jonathan Flack | … | technical director |
Philip Fraschetti | … | compositor: Laika |
Micah Henrie | … | senior technical director |
Jorge Heredia | … | digital paint and roto artist |
Nile Hylton | … | lead crowd technical director: LAIKA |
Nick Jauregui | … | junior surveyor/matchmover / visual effects data wrangler (as Nicholas Jauregui) |
Grant Laker | … | CG asset creation lead |
Daniel Leatherdale | … | digital compositor |
Zachary Linkow | … | roto/paint artist |
Patrick Louie | … | digital paint & roto artist: LAIKA |
James McPherson | … | digital compositor |
Martin Orlowski | … | senior character technical director |
Ira Owens | … | previs layout artist |
Joe Phoebus | … | senior fx artist: Laika |
Annie Pomeranz | … | visual effects producer |
Ben Posey | … | render wrangler |
Jason Potter | … | data wrangler |
Ralph Procida | … | senior compositor |
Erich Richter | … | digital compositor (credits sequence) |
David J. Rowe | … | IT Manager System Support |
Tarek Saleh | … | digital paint & roto artist: LAIKA |
Brett Schroeder | … | cg animator |
Rick Sevy | … | cg supervisor |
Jeff W. Smith | … | set data integration/matchmove layout artist |
Joelle Spencer-Gilchrist | … | visual effects production manager |
Chris Sutherland | … | digital compositor |
Terrance Tornberg | … | lighting & compositing technical director / look development |
Carolyn Vale | … | cg animator |
Loren Van Wiel | … | digital compositor |
Brian Van’t Hul | … | visual effects supervisor |
Peter Vickery | … | compositing supervisor |
Richard Wearmouth | … | motion editor |
Curtis Darwin Zinn | … | roto-paint artist |
Paulette Harutnian | … | modeling (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Christian T. Andrews | … | motion control engineer |
Drew Fortier | … | assistant camera |
John Leonhardt | … | stage production assistant/assistant camera trainee |
James WilderHancock | … | gaffer |
Animation Department
Daniel Alderson | … | lead animator |
Stephen Bodin | … | additional animation: ending sequence |
Jon David Buffam | … | animator (ending sequence) |
Kristien Vanden Bussche | … | animator |
Jeff Croke | … | CG rapid prototype animator |
Phil Dale | … | animator |
Helen Duckworth | … | CG modeler |
Adam Fisher | … | facial animator |
Charles Greenfield | … | animator |
Mike Hollenbeck | … | animator |
Ty Johnson | … | cg modeler |
Rachelle Lambden | … | animator |
Adam Lawthers | … | animator |
John Leonhardt | … | rapid prototype quality assurance |
Matias Liebrecht | … | animator |
Dan MacKenzie | … | animator |
Kevin Parry | … | assistant animator |
Shane Prigmore | … | character designer (original production) |
Brad Schiff | … | animation supervisor |
Anthony Straus | … | animator |
David Vandervoort | … | 2D facial animator / story artist |
Ian Whitlock | … | facial animator |
Casting Department
Barbara Harris | … | adr voice casting |
Editorial Department
Gus Comegys | … | digital intermediate editor |
John Daro | … | senior digital intermediate colorist |
Eiko Emersleben | … | assistant editor |
Nik Siefke | … | assistant editor |
Music Department
James Seymour Brett | … | conductor |
Renée Fleming | … | singer |
Harry Gregson-Williams | … | composer: additional music |
Richard Harwood | … | musician: principal cello / musician: solo cello |
Jody Jenkins | … | music programmer |
The London Metropolitan Orchestra | … | orchestra |
Hummie Mann | … | composer: additional music |
Laura Nakhla | … | assistant music supervisor |
Samuel Pegg | … | midi preparation |
Maggie Rodford | … | music supervisor |
Marc Shaiman | … | composer: additional music |
Aaron C. Shang | … | composer: additional music |
Tommy Sica | … | composer: additional music |
Hilary Skewes | … | musician contractor |
Jonathon Stevens | … | music editor |
Graham Walker | … | music producer |
Tommy Wazelle | … | singer |
Nick Wollage | … | score engineer & mixer |
Other crew
Maria Andreotti | … | photoshop pa |
Hamilton Barrett | … | junior systems administrator |
Maggie Begley | … | publicist |
Ron Bottitta | … | ADR Voice Artist |
Sara Crowley | … | marketing coordinator / script supervisor |
Phil Dale | … | development director |
John Henry Frankenhauser | … | desktop systems administrator |
Chris Goodson | … | production assistant |
Miriam Hess | … | script coordinator |
Stephanie Keske | … | jr. technical director |
Tom Knott | … | recruiter |
Kyle Melton | … | media engineer |
Jocelyn Pascall | … | production coordinator |
Kelli Sawyer | … | runner |
Franklin Scheu | … | systems administrator |
Nicholas Guy Smith | … | adr loop group |
Dustin Sohn | … | assistant puppet fabricator |
Doug Young | … | production assistant |
Emma Gessow | … | reception coordinator (uncredited) |
Thanks
Peter Jackson | … | thanks |
Greg Mottola | … | thanks |
Edgar Wright | … | thanks |
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