Open Season (film series)

Open Season film series
A DVD boxset with all three films
Directed by	Jill Culton Roger Allers Anthony Stacchi (1) Matthew O'Callaghan Todd Wilderman (2) Cody Cameron (3)
Produced by	Michelle Murdocca Amy Jupiter Steve Moore John B. Carls (1) Kirk Bodyfelt Matthew O'Callaghan Michelle Murdocca (exec.) Andrea Miloro (exec.) (2) Kirk Bodyfelt (3)
Written by	Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman (1) David I. Stern (2 & 3)
Starring	Martin Lawrence Ashton Kutcher Debra Messing Gary Sinise Jon Favreau (More)
Music by	Ramin Djawadi (1 & 2) Jeff Cardoni (3)
Studio	Sony Pictures Animation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1: September 29, 2006 2: September 24, 2008 3: October 21, 2010
Running time	237 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Open Season film series from Sony Pictures Animation consists of a number of films including: Open Season (2006), Open Season 2 (2008), and Open Season 3 (2010), along with a short film, Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run.

Films

Open Season (2006)

Main article: Open Season (film)

In the tranquil town of Timberline, a 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog (Martin Lawrence) has his perfect world turned upside down after he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a one-horned mule deer. They both ended up stranded together in the woods during hunting season and it's up to them to rally all the other forest animals and turn the tables on the hunters.

Open Season 2 (2008)

Main article: Open Season 2

After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle (Jane Krakowski), a slightly aged Elliot (Joel McHale)'s road to the altar takes a slight detour when his friend Mr. Weenie (Cody Cameron) is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners. Elliot (who leads the way), a slightly aged Boog (Mike Epps) (who also leads the way), Giselle, McSquizzy (Billy Connolly) (who is referred to as "The Squizzmeister" by Elliot), Buddy (Matthew W. Taylor), and Serge (Danny Mann) and Deni (Matthew W. Taylor) go on a long, epic journey to rescue Weenie. However, the pets lead by a short-tempered toy poodle named Fifi (Crispin Glover) will not let Weenie go without a fight.

Open Season 3 (2010)

Main article: Open Season 3

Boog (Matthew J. Munn) thinks that Elliot (Matthew W. Taylor) has distanced from himself since he started a family with kids of his own. In search for real friends, Boog stumbles upon a circus in Russia where he meets a talented female bear named Ursa (Melissa Sturm) (whom he falls madly in love with) and a devious look-a-like named Doug (Matthew J. Munn), whom Boog switches places with while Doug escapes. When Elliot and the other wilds find out about Boog's disappearance from Doug (as well as Fifi and the other pets who must put aside their differences), they all go on a rescue mission to save Boog and Ursa, with Elliot being the leader once again.

Short film

Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run

Main article: Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run

Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run is a short film featured on the Open Season DVD.

Releases

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Revenue			Rank (Domestic)	Budget	Reference
		United States	Outside United States	Worldwide
Open Season	September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	$85,105,259	$112,203,768	$197,309,027	#600	$85,000,000	[1]
Open Season 2	September 24, 2008 (2008-09-24)	N/A	$8,716,950	$8,716,950	N/A	N/A	[2]
Open Season 3	October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21)	N/A	$7,399,925	$7,399,925	N/A	N/A	[3]

Critical reaction

Film	Rotten Tomatoes		Metacritic	Yahoo! Movies
	Overall	Cream of the Crop
Open Season	47% (99 reviews)[4]	54% (52 reviews)[4]	49% (18 reviews)[5]	C (11 reviews)[6]
Open Season 2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Open Season 3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cast and characters

• Italics indicate a transition to a minor role, such as an extended flashback, after the initial appearance.
• A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear in the film.

Character	Open Season films and short films
	Open Season (2006)	Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007)	Open Season 2 (2008)	Open Season 3 (2010)
Boog	Martin Lawrence		Mike Epps	Matthew J. Munn
Elliot	Ashton Kutcher		Joel McHale	Matthew W. Taylor
Giselle	Jane Krakowski		Jane Krakowski	Melissa Sturm
Mr. Weenie	Cody Cameron
McSquizzy	Billy Connolly		Billy Connolly
Serge	Danny Mann		Danny Mann
Deni	Matthew W. Taylor		Matthew W. Taylor
Buddy	Matthew W. Taylor		Matthew W. Taylor
Ian	Patrick Warburton		Matthew W. Taylor
Rosie and Maria	Nika Futterman (Rosie) Michelle Murdocca (Maria)		Nika Futterman (Rosie) Michelle Murdocca (Maria)
Reilly	Jon Favreau		Jon Favreau
O'Toole	Fergal Reilly
Rabbits	Frank Welker		Frank Welker
Bob and Bobbie	No voice actor (Bob) Georgia Engel (Bobbie)
Beth	Debra Messing
Shaw	Gary Sinise
Gordy	Gordon Tootoosis
The Furry Tail Clan			Carlos Alazraqui
Fifi			Crispin Glover
Roberto	Mentioned Only		Steve Schirripa
Stanley			Fred Stoller
Roger			Sean Mullen
Rufus			Diedrich Bader
Charlene			Olivia Hack
Fifi's Owner			Jacquie Barnbrook
Nate				Cody Cameron
Doug				Matthew J. Munn
Ursa				Melissa Sturm
Alistair				Dana Snyder
Gisela				Karley Scott Collins
Giselita				Ciara Bravo
Elvis				Harrison Fahn

References

1. ^ "Open Season (2006)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=openseason06.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
2. ^ "Open Season 2 (2008)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2009W7&id=_fOPENSEASON201. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
3. ^ "Open Season 3 (2010)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W53&id=_fOPENSEASON301. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Open Season". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/open_season/. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
5. ^ "Open Season". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/open-season. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 
6. ^ "Open Season (2006) - Critics Reviews". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808757097/critic. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 

External links

• Official website