The studios continue their run of releasing films either packed with animation and VFX or family fare ‘both elements embodied by Fox’s Aliens in the Attic.
The goofy family movie’s visual effects were created by CIS Vancouver,
Rhythm and Hues, Gentle Giant Studios and Soho VFX.
Attic, a mix of live-action and animated aliens directed by John Schulz and starring Robert Hoffman and Ashley Tisdale, opens in some 3,100 theater this weekend. It edges out by a mere 100 venues the R-rated Judd Apatow comedy Funny People, which stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen.
Aliens in the Attic enters a crowded field and will have to do strong business to take on last week’s top-grosser, G-Force, as well as holdovers Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Also out this weekend is Freestyle Releasing’s horror film The Collector, opening in 1,500 theaters.
