Sony Pictures Animation

American computer-animated film production company

Sony Pictures Animation is an American computer-animated movie production company. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company was founded in May 2002. It is working closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which takes care of the digital production. Theatrical releases are distributed by Columbia Pictures, and direct-to-video releases are distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Their first movie Open Season was released on September 29, 2006, it's latest release was Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on January 14, 2022, and it's next release being Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on June 6, 2023. The studio's most successful movie to date is The Smurfs. However, its most critically acclaimed movie is Arthur Christmas, which was co-produced with Aardman Animations.


MoviesEdit

Title Release Date Co-production with Animation services
1 Open Season November 3, 2006 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
2 Surf's Up July 13, 2007 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
3 Open Season 2 September 24, 2008 N/A Reel FX Creative Studios
4 Open Season 3 October 21, 2010 N/A Reel FX Creative Studios
5 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs October 23, 2009 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
6 The Smurfs September 2, 2011 The Kerner Entertainment Company Sony Pictures Imageworks
7 Arthur Christmas December 28, 2011 Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Imageworks
8 The Pirates! Band of Misfits June 1, 2012 Aardman Animations Aardman Animations
9 Hotel Transylvania November 2, 2012 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
10 The Smurfs 2 September 4, 2013 The Kerner Entertainment Company Sony Pictures Imageworks
11 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 November 1, 2013 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
12 Hotel Transylvania 2 October 30, 2015 LStar Capital Sony Pictures Imageworks
13 Open Season: Scared Silly December 18, 2015 N/A Rainmaker Entertainment
14 The Angry Birds Movie June 24, 2016 Rovio Animation Sony Pictures Imageworks
15 Surf's Up 2: Wavemania March 1, 2016 WWE Studios Rainmaker Entertainment
16 Smurfs: The Lost Village May 12, 2017 The Kerner Entertainment Company Wanda Pictures LStar Capital Sony Pictures Imageworks
17 The Emoji Movie September 1, 2017 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
18 The Star December 22, 2017 The Jim Henson Company Franklin Entertainment Walden Media Affirm Films Cinesite
19 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation August 17, 2018 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
20 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse December 21, 2018 Marvel Entertainment Arad Productions Pascal Pictures Lord Miller Productions Sony Pictures Imageworks
21 The Angry Birds Movie 2 August 13, 2019 Rovio Animation Sony Pictures Imageworks
22 The Mitchells vs. The Machines April 30, 2021 Lord Miller Productions Sony Pictures Imageworks
23 Wish Dragon June 11, 2021 Tencent Pictures

Flagship Entertainment Group

Titmouse
24 Vivo August 6, 2021 Laurence Mark Productions Sony Pictures Imageworks
25 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania January 14, 2022 N/A Sony Pictures Imageworks
26 Tut TBA TBA TBA
27 Black Knight TBA TBA TBA
28 Fixed TBA TBA TBA
29 K-Pop: Demon Hunters TBA TBA TBA
30 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse June 6, 2023 Marvel Entertainment Sony Pictures Imageworks

TV SeriesEdit

Title Aired Co-production with
1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2017–2018 Corus EntertainmentDHX Media
2 Hotel Transylvania: The Series 2017–2020 Corus Entertainment

Nelvana

3 Young Love 2023 Blue Key Entertainment

Lion Forge Animation

4 Agent Elvis 2023–present Titmouse, Inc.

Short moviesEdit

Title Release Date Animation Services Franchise
The ChubbChubbs! July 3, 2002 Sony Pictures Imageworks The ChubbChubbs!
Early Bloomer May 9, 2003 Sony Pictures Imageworks N/A
Boog & Elliot's Midnight Bun Run October 30, 2006 Sony Pictures Imageworks Open Season
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas August 8, 2007 Sony Pictures Imageworks The ChubbChubbs!
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol December 2, 2011 Sony Pictures Imageworks The Smurfs
Goodnight Mr. Foot October 26, 2012 Rough Draft Studios Hotel Translyvania
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow September 10, 2013 Duck Studios The Smurfs
Puppy! July 28, 2017 Sony Pictures Imageworks Hotel Translyvania
Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham March 19, 2019 Titmouse Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Hair Love August 14, 2019 Lion Forge Animation N/A
Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short April 3, 2021 Sony Pictures Imageworks Hotel Translyvania

FranchisesEdit

Sony Pictures Animation franchises
Titles Movies Release dates
Open Season 4 2006–2016
Surf's Up 2 2007–2017
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2009–2018
The Smurfs 3 2011–2017
Hotel Transylvania 4 2012–2022
The Angry Birds Movie 2 2016–2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (1 coming soon) 2018–present

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