Crystal: Coming of Darkness

Crystal: Coming of Darkness is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation for 20th Century Fox. It is a direct sequel to the 2008 film Crystal and was written and directed by Mike Minchin from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow with a story by Minchin, and stars the reprised voices of Selena Gomez, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonah Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, John Cleese, and Emily Blunt, along with new additions to the cast including Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin, Jane Lynch, Gary Oldman, and Alfred Molina.

The film premiered on October 30, 2011 in Hollywood, California, and was released in theaters in RealD 3D and select IMAX theaters on November 4, 2011. Like its predecessor, Crystal: Coming of Darkness received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its animation, voice acting, songs, musical score and character development and grossed $657 million worldwide against its $109 million budget. The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards.

A sequel, titled The Lost Realms, and directed by Kevin Lima, was released on May 29, 2015.

Plot
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Voice cast
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Production
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Release
In the United States, it premiered on October 30, 2011, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, in Hollywood, California. The film was widely released in the United States on November 4, 2011, in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2011, and in Australia on January 12, 2012. It was also released in IMAX 3D theaters.

A short animated film based on the Puppet Pals franchise titled Camp Toby accompanied Crystal: Coming of Darkness during its theatrical release.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2012, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Crystal: Coming of Darkness was released on 4K Blu-Ray on September 3, 2019.

Marketing
Fox has partnered with McDonald's, Best Buy, General Mills (cereals), Sun-Maid (raisins), and Airheads (candy).

The film's teaser trailer was released on March 3, 2011, and was attached into Rango in theaters. The film's official trailer was released on June 22, 2011, and was attached into Cars 2 in theaters, followed by the final trailer on September 20, 2011 and was attached into Nepola's Odyssey in theaters.

Merchandise was also produced for the film: Fisher-Price (toys), Activision (video games), Hallmark (cards), and Jem Sportswear (apparel). Dalmatian Press and Ape Entertainment released books tied to the film.

Reception
On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 164 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Box office
Crystal: Coming of Darkness grossed $223.3 million in the United States and Canada and $434.6 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $657.9 million worldwide.