Jack and the Multiverse Dimension

Jack and the Multiverse Dimension is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The film was written and directed by Hiro K.O. Sr. (in his directorial debut) and co-directed by Gareth Dunce, and co-written by Gareth Dunce, Hiro K.O. Jr., Mike Dunce, Jack Massey, and Jill Massey. Jill wrote and executive produced the film, but decided not to direct it, therefore, Hiro K.O. was selected to direct. The film stars Tom Kenny, Jason Marsden, Jeff Bennet, Bill Farmer, Billy West, Jeff Bergman, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Tara Strong, and Frank Welker, with guest roles from TBA

Jack and the Multiverse Dimension was initially set to be released as a Direct-to-video movie, but was instead theatrically on September 17, 1995 by Warner Bros. Pictures, and received positive reviews from critics and didn't fall short of Warner Bros.'s financial expectations earning over $230 million on its $80 million budget.

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Development
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Animation
The animation was provided by in-house at Warner Bros. Animation in Burbank, California, Film Roman in Burbank, California, and Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California. Additional animation was done overseas at AKOM Production Co. in Korea, Wang Film Productions/Cuckoo's Nest Studio in Taiwan, and Bardel Animation in Canada.

The team of animation directors was supervised by Bradley Raymond and lead by Genndy Tartakovsky, and directed by Gary Trousdale, Larry Leker, Robert Alvarez, John Rice, Craig McCracken, Jim Reardon, and David Silverman, respectively.

The layouts for the movie were done between Studio B Productions in Canada and Walt Disney Animation Japan.

Marketing
Coinciding with the film's release, Burger King released eight toys in their Kids' Meals. A video game adaptation was released on the PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, TBA, Game Boy, PC, and Macintosh and was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Acclaim on September 28, 2004.


 * The film's teaser trailer was released on July 15, 1994, and was later released with TBA.
 * The first theatrical trailer was released on December 16, 1994, and was shown with TBA.
 * The second theatrical trailer was released on May 19, 1995, and was shown before TBA.
 * TV Spots began to air between August and September 1995.

Release
Jack and the Multiverse Dimension was originally slated for release on September 29, 1995, but by November 1994, it was later pushed back a month back to September 8, 1995 to avoid competition with DreamWorks' TBA.

Jack and the Multiverse Dimension premiered at the TBA Theater on August 25, 1995, and was theatrically released on September 8, 1997 in the United States and Canada and in the United Kingdom on October 27, 1995. The film made its television debut on Cartoon Network on May 30, 1997.

Box office
Jack and the Multiverse Dimension earned $17.7 million on its opening day (Friday, September 8, 1995), in the United States, finishing first at the box office. It grossed a total of $57.6 million during its opening weekend, at 3,603 theaters.

Critical reception
Jack and the Multiverse Dimension received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 179 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "TBA." Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives the film a score of 83 out of 100 from 52 critics, indicating "Universal acclaim".

Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 28, 2005, both in widescreen and full-screen editions, by Warner Home Video. The DVD release included an audio commentary by Hiro K.O. Sr., Hiro K.O. Jr., Steven Speilberg, and the cast, isolated audio tracks, trailers and TV spots, deleted scenes, DVD-ROM features, a sneak preview of the 2005 Warner Bros. animated film TBA, and a THX optimizer. The film was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in October 2005 and on UMD for the PlayStation Portable. A new 2-disc release with extra features was released on July 14, 2006, in time for the release of TBA.