Puffle Studio Inc

Puffle Studio Inc (formerly called Spanko Studio) is an American animation studio that is a film division of The Puffle Inc, a company owned by The Walt Disney Company. Founded on June 3, 1994, as Spanko Studio, by Tank Dreamer, the studio is based on New York City, New York. In February 1996, when they almost released their first movie, The Stickman: Treasure, they renamed to Puffle Studio Inc.

As of August 2020, The featured films grossed a combined total of $36 billion worldwide, with an average of $879 million per film. The first film made by the same company that hits $1 billion, Cloudies: Three Space Invaders, is the highest-grossing film in 2004, and it's universally acclaimed The Flame Islands: Conquest, broke the record for the most expensive film, only to be beaten by their own film, Cloudies 8: Apocalypse. Many of their films are among the highest-grossing films of all time.

1994-1999
In Early 1994, Tank Dreamer, who is born from his wealthy parents, wants to wish a movie studio for months. In June of the same year, the dream came true as he saw a large movie studio in Midtown for millions of dollars. He bought it and he decided to add some equipment, and detail there. He hired some of his friends, such as Cylnder Bethrol (his best friend at the time), Frinn Gary, Jay Willy, Robby Smith, Marius Dreamer, Dakota Mistery, Iceland Boss, and Robound Jimmy.

In May of 1995, they decided to reveal their first film, The Stickman: Treasure. Budgeted at $38 million dollars, it is directed by Tank Dreamer, and starred the long-time famous head director, Kreview Dave. The film received mixed reviews, but it was profitable enough for the company to make another film, called The Stickman: Mystery Awaits. The film received better reviews and grossed better. As the film grossed better, more employees are hired, such as Tammy Train, Inker Stillwell, Tom Catty, etc.

2000-2008
After the amazing success of Cloudies: Second Doubt, Tank Dreamer decided to retire from the studio in January 2002. Jay Willy then became the CEO of the studio. The Stickman: The Fifth Part was released on May 24, 2002, to disappointing reviews, and is a box office bomb, losing the studio $100 million dollars. It is considered to be one of the biggest box office bombs at the time, and for the studio.

After the failure of The Stickman: The Fifth Part, 20 employees had to be laid off in June 2002. The next film, Dragon With New Headphones became a minor success. On February 6, 2004, Cloudies: Three Space Invaders was released. The film is a massive success, grossing $1 billion dollars, becoming the highest-grossing film in 2004, and surpassed the previous highest-grossing film for the studio, Cloudies: Second Doubt.

They moved to a better, and bigger location in November 2004 after the success of the latest film. In 2005, the team decided to take a trip to the zoo, where they saw some Rhinos at an exhibit. They got inspired by it, and released Rhinos! Movie Time!. The film has the lowest budget in the studio's history at the time, and is a large success, and especially made a cult following for animal protectors. But after the release of the mixed bagged film, Cloudies: Four Clouds, Jay Willy decided to retire on February 21, 2006, to pursue more interests, and his music career. Kreview Dave then became to CEO of the studio, and the team takes a trip to see the clouds and influence of a much later film in 2019.

Their next two film soundtracks are made without Jay Willy but praised. However, these are criticized for lack of music. In 2007, The Stickman: Lucky Seven was released, and for the first time, Kreview Dave did not star as The Stickman (character). With a budget of $230 million, and a marketing budget is $400 million, The film grossed $560 million, which caused a box office bomb even if it goes against a budget of $230 million dollars. It caused the studio to lose $70 million in Q3 2007, resulting in layoffs.

During the financial crisis of 2007-2008, more layoffs occurred, and the studio needed some films that becomes a hit. In 2008, they released Rhinos! Second Try, and The Flame Islands (2008 film). The former grossed $1.2 billion, which became the second highest-grossing film at the time, behind Titanic (1997 film) and the latter grossed $1.3 billion, which kicked Rhinos! Second Try, becoming the second highest-grossing film at the time. It became one of the most critically acclaimed films on the studio since Cloudies: Three Space Invaders, and is considered one of the best films made by the studio, and also all-time. The film also garnered the highest accolades since Cloudies: Second Doubt.

2009-2013
In 2009, When Disney discovered this company, they made a deal that the company's owner, The Puffle Inc will be bought for $1 billion dollars. Kreview Dave agrees, and in January 2010, it is successfully bought. In the same month, and year, they announced that they will make their own studio distribution company, called Puffle Studio Distrubution Inc. The company is made on April 1, 2010, and will no longer be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, starting from Cloudies 5: The Nightmare Clouds. The film became a huge success, with a $146 million opening domestically, and grossed $1.5 billion. However, the CEO is very disappointed when it didn't beat the highest-grossing film, Avatar. The film is also reviewed bombed because Krag the Cloudie is killed off at the beginning of the movie. In Late August of 2010, they signed a deal with MIT to create a scratch movie, where the deadline is May 2011. Development started in September 2010. On January 2011, they revealed the name of a scratch movie called "The Scratch Programming Movie".

On April 23, 2011, The Scratch Programming Movie was released. It became a success, grossing $575 million against a budget of $87 million. The movie is also praised for its unique plot and visuals of the code blocks. Because the movie is a success, MIT gave the studio the "MIT Award for Film", the only film that got it. It especially got a cult following for many Scratchers, old or new. Later that year, in December 2011, a sequel to The Flame Islands, The Flame Islands: Return was released. Metacritic assigned the film a score of 100, the first to do in a studio since Cloudies: Second Doubt.

In 2012, they released Cloudies 6: Haste. The film was anticipated since September 2010, when there are rumors that the film will be in 48 FPS. The film became the second film to have a frame rate of 48 FPS, after The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The film's gross opening is $200 million domestically and grossed $1.66 billion.

2014-2020
On August 8, 2014, The Life on Internet As An Application was released. For the first time, Kreview Dave is not directing the film. The film grossed $119 million against a budget of $121 million, which causes $260 million in losses when factoring all expenses for Q4 2014, making the film the biggest box office disaster in history. The film is also panned for various reasons, many call it the worst film from the studio since The Stickman: The Fifth Part. Many are laid off because of the issue. In December of 2014, Kreview Dave apologized for his absence, saying "I guess the studio's cracked up from the bad movie I didn't direct. My absence is due to my illness and such."

In 2015, the studio is dealing with the losses since The Life on Internet As An Application. After they are low on money, they released the film Cloudies 7: Solid Fire. Kreview Dave said "It's the last hope. If it's failing, we will all be bankrupt." The film was massively successful commercially, with a $2.01 billion gross. However, the film is bombed critically, both critic, and audience. Many of the employees laid off, returned to the company to mend off the damage. The sequel to The Scratch Programming Movie. The Scratch Programming Movie 2.0 was released on July 3. The film is praised for it's improved visuals and effects but criticized for it's the mean-spirited, and formulaic story.

The last film that is not partnered by The Circley Studio, The Flame Islands: Conquest, was released on September 9, 2016. With a budget of $380 million, it surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to become the most expensive film in history. After receiving an email from ExtracterGames, they are starting to develop the film Sun & Cloud, which will be released in 2019. The first film that is partnered by The Circley Studio and the last film of the Dragon (Franchise), Dragon: The Final Quest, was released on January 20, 2017. Many audiences adore this film, as the protagonist, Header (character, flys off at the end of the movie, which many audiences call it "the saddest moment in the studio's history".

In 2018, they want to have more fans for the Cloudies (franchise) since the franchise is declining. They released Cloudies 8: Apocalypse, on January 25, 2018. The film returned many fan-favorite characters to the film and returned many places absent in the sequels. The film is praised for bringing back the fan-favorite characters, and places. The film budget is $390 million, it surpassed The Flame Islands: Conquest to become the most expensive film in history.

The first Circleyverse film, Sun & Cloud, was released on June 7, 2019. It gained controversy for missing BlueyTheCircley. The next film, Friny Quest was a larger success, but lower critical reception.

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