Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
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| Directed by | David Soren |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Stoller |
| Based on | Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey |
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| Edited by | Matthew Landon |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation[1] |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[a] |
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Running time | 88 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $38 million[4] |
| Box office | $125.4 million[5] |
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, based on the children's novel series Captain Underpants. The film was directed by David Soren and written by Nicholas Stoller, and stars the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, and Nick Kroll. In the film, two fourth-grade pranksters, named George and Harold, hypnotize their humorless principal, named Mr. Krupp, into thinking he is a superhero named Captain Underpants.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theater, in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2017, and was released theatrically in theaters in the United States, on June 2 by 20th Century Fox.[a] The film received positive reviews from critics, and grossed $125 million against a budget of $38 million.
A sequel television series, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, premiered in 2018, and a spin-off film, Dog Man, was released in 2025.
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- ^ "Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie (2017)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (June 1, 2017). "Box Office Preview: 'Wonder Woman' Readies for $95M-Plus U.S. Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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