Plucky Chicken

Plucky Chicken is a 2014 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Frenzy Animation for Paramount Pictures with animation services provided by Reel FX Animation Studios. The film was written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and co-directed by Gary Trousdale and written by Josh Klausner, Len Blum, David Hoselton, and Lorne Cameron, and features the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Bell, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Charlie Day, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Moynihan, Ed Helms, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons, Jennifer Aniston, Danny Trejo, and Albert Brooks. It tells the story of a chicken named Plucky (Reynolds), who is an outcast on the farm, where the farm's chickens are threatened upon the arrival of fried chicken restaurant CEO Victor Lucksbottom (Baldwin) on their farmer's property.

Plucky Chicken was released in the United States on September 12, 2014 in 3D and conventional formats. The film grossed $297 million worldwide on a budget of $63 million and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and Reynolds, Baldwin, and Bell's vocal performances, but criticism for its story and writing.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Ryan Reynolds as Plucky, a chicken.
 * Kristen Bell as Lucile, a smart-going and kind hen.
 * Alec Baldwin as Victor Lucksbottom, the greedy CEO of the Fry'd Chicken Pit restaurants.
 * Danny McBride as Bessie, a cow mistaken for a female.
 * Charlie Day as Tommy, a mouse.
 * Seth Rogen as Piggy Pig, a pig who's obsessed with food.
 * Bobby Moynihan as Sean, a squirrel who hardly says anything and is Plucky's best friend and partner.
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Spottie, a dog, who is Farmer Bob's pet.
 * Ed Helms as Shawn Munoz, an exterminator.
 * Anna Kendrick as Emily Lucksbottom, Victor's young teenage daughter.
 * J. K. Simmons as Reuben, Lucile's father and the leader of the farm chickens.
 * Danny Trejo as Preston, the co-leader of the farm chickens who despises Plucky and his antics.
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Zug, a Russian-accented brown mouse who leads a colony of other territorial brown mice.
 * Albert Brooks as Farmer Bob
 * Jennifer Aniston as Madison, Plucky's mother who raised him.
 * Mila Kunis as Stephanie, a female dog who is Victor Lucksbottom's pet who falls in love with Spottie.
 * Jenny Slate as Katie the Hen
 * Will Forte as Steven, a mouse who's scared of running out of food and death of starvation.
 * Bill Hader as Lenny, a cat who secretly lives on the farm, who is usually chased by Spottie.
 * Jess Harnell, Cam Clarke, Vanessa Marshall, and Daryl Sabara as Exterminators
 * Harnell also voices Ronald, Floyd, and Ivan the Pig
 * Phil LaMarr as Tony, a cow.
 * Tom Kenny as Benny, a playful dog.
 * Emily Hahn and Ariel Winter as Girl Scouts

ADR Loop Group

 * Ava Acres
 * Newell Alexander
 * Steve Alterman
 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Dave Boat
 * Mitch Carter
 * June Christopher
 * David Cowgill
 * Holly Dorff
 * Eddie Frierson
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Richard Horvitz
 * Josh Klausner
 * Scott Menville
 * Paul Pape
 * Michael Sorich
 * Kelly Stables
 * Pepper Sweeney
 * Marcelo Tubert

Production
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Release
Plucky Chicken was originally scheduled to be released on August 8, 2014; however, in September 2012, the date was pushed back to September 12, 2014, with Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles taking its release slot. The film was later released in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2014. It was also released in the IMAX 3D format and was released in select international IMAX theatres in the United Kingdom, Australia, China, and other territories.

Marketing
The first teaser trailer was released on November 20, 2013 and was attached into screenings of Frozen. The first official trailer was released on March 4, 2014 and was attached into screenings of Mr. Peabody & Sherman. The final trailer was released on July 1, 2014 and was attached into theatrical screenings of Planetokio.

In late summer 2014, American burger chain Burger King announced that they will be the official partner of the film.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on September 9, 2014 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS.

Home media
Plucky Chicken was released on Digital HD on January 16, 2015. It was then released on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD on January 27 the same year, by Paramount Home Media Distribution.

Critical response
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 56% based on 144 reviews; the average rating is 5.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Plucky Chicken ' s clever humor and Ryan Reynolds's charisma do entertain younger viewers, but the premise is too familiar -- and slightly staler than some would expect." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
Plucky Chicken grossed $118.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $178.8 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $297.4 million.

In the United States and Canada, Plucky Chicken was released alongside No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2 and The Drop, and was projected to gross $25–30 million from 3,905 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $8.5 million on its first day, including $930,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $26.8 million, finishing first at the box office. It made $18.4 million in its second weekend and $12.6 million in its third, dropping 31% each time and finishing second and fourth, respectively.

Main
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Trailers
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