Stella: An Angry Birds Movie

Stella: An Angry Birds Movie is a 2022 American-Finnish computer-animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds video game series and a spin-off of 2016's The Angry Birds Movie and its 2019 sequel. Directed by Sean Charmatz and Rich Moore and written by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, the film is loosely based on Angry Birds Stella, and it stars Kate McKinnon, Rachel Bloom, Kate Micucci, Javon Walton, Charli XCX, Alison Brie, and Rashida Jones.

Stella: An Angry Birds Movie premiered on August 9, 2022 at Empire, Leicester Square and was theatrically released in the United States on August 19, 2022 by Sony Pictures Releasing in 3D and Dolby Cinema. The film received generally positive reviews with praise on the cast as well as the faithfulness to the source material and humor, with several critics deeming the film superior to the previous installments, although its lack of ambition and its plot issues received criticism. The film grossed over $502 million worldwide and became the highest grossing Angry Birds movie worldwide.

A sequel has been announced and is currently in development.

Plot
Stella is a pink bird who lives on Bird Island, and eventually gets bored of living on the island. After a long time in planning and investigating, Stella decides to go to the ancient Golden Island and invites her friends Silver, Gale, Poppy, Luca, Willow, and Dahlia, while being warned about the dangers of that island by Red, but Stella ends up ignoring his warnings and goes anyways.

They build a boat to sail from Bird Island to Golden Island. They all find a tree and they all built their treehouses there. The next morning, Stella, Silver, Poppy, Luca, Willow, and Dahlia all got up, but Gale was still asleep. Upon seeing this, Stella tries to wake up Gale, but Gale ignored her. So, she brought down Gale, and all the other birds eventually woke her up to join their usual morning hike. Gale also got her umbrella for hiking. However, Stella and Gale argue that whether way they go, causing Stella to ignore what Gale wanted. While Gale goes on her own secret way, she later finds a crown and a book of the Golden Egg, then the pigs eventually followed Gale, but she was terrified, and she ran away to reunite with her friends. After the flock tries to prepare for the camp in the mountains, Gale gets distracted daydreaming of being the golden queen of this island, but Stella alerted her about the rope ripping from the tent, causing Gale to fix the tent. Stella and Gale felt relieved and laugh over a close call, until both realize the tent burns, leaving Stella and her other friends shocked.

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Cast

 * Kate McKinnon as Stella
 * Rachel Bloom as Silver
 * Kate Micucci as Poppy. The character was briefly voiced by Maya Rudolph in The Angry Birds Movie.
 * Javon Walton as Luca
 * Charli XCX as Willow
 * Alison Brie as Dahlia
 * Rashida Jones as Gale
 * Cree Summer also provides singing voice of Gale.
 * Jason Schwartzmann as Handsome Pig
 * Nicki Minaj as Pinky
 * Dove Cameron as Ella
 * Ian Hecox as Bubbles
 * Pierce Gagnon, JoJo Siwa and Owen Wilder Vaccaro as The Blues
 * Tony Hale as Mime
 * Rich Moore as Minion Pig 1 and Artist Pig
 * Sean Charmatz as Minion Pig 2
 * Jason Sudeikis as Red
 * Josh Gad as Chuck
 * Danny McBride as Bomb

Additional Voices

 * David Beron
 * Jeff Fischer
 * Grey Griffin
 * Jess Harnell
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Lex Lang
 * Caitlin McKenna
 * David Michie
 * Andrew Morgado
 * Juan Pacheco
 * Ashley Peldon
 * Jim Pirri
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Shane Sweet
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Amanda Troop
 * Debra Wilson

Production
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Music
Heitor Pereira, who previously composed the first two Angry Birds film, returned to compose the score of Stella: An Angry Birds Movie. On September 4, 2021, David Schweitzer, who previously composed the Angry Birds Stella game, Angry Birds Stella POP! (now Angry Birds POP!), and the TV series, revealed that he also joined Pereira to co-score the movie.

Release
The film was released on August 19, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film was originally scheduled to be released on June 10, 2022, July 15, and July 29. Early access screenings occurred in the United States on August 6, 2022. It is the first Sony Pictures Animation film since Ico (2019) to receive a worldwide theatrical release after The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Wish Dragon (2021), Vivo (2021), and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) were assigned VOD and direct-to-streaming releases in response to the closure of cinema theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as their first animated film to be theatrically released since The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).

Marketing
A teaser poster was released on April 12, 2022. The film's official trailer was released online on April 20, 2022. The film's second full trailer and theatrical poster were later released online on June 30.

Home media
Stella: An Angry Birds Movie was released on digital on October 18, 2022, and was released on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD on November 8, 2022.

In April 2021, Sony signed deals with Netflix and Disney for the rights to their 2022 to 2026 film slate, following the films' theatrical and home media windows. Netflix signed for exclusive "pay 1 window" streaming rights, which is typically an 18-month window and included the sequels to Araceli and Ico; this deal built on an existing output deal that Netflix had signed with Sony Pictures Animation in 2014. Disney signed for "pay 2 window" rights for the films, which would be streamed on Disney+ and Hulu as well as broadcast on Disney's linear television networks.

Box office
Stella: An Angry Birds Movie grossed $153.2 million in the United States and Canada and $349.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $502.9 million. It is the highest grossing film of the Angry Birds franchise as well as Sony's highest grossing film of 2022. On October 15, 2022, Stella reached $500 million worldwide, becoming Sony Pictures Animation's first fully animated film, since Araceli in 2019, to do so.

Stella: An Angry Birds Movie was released alongside Beast and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and was initially projected to gross $20 million in its opening weekend at 4,100 locations. After making $15.9 million on its first day, including $4.5 million in Thursday previews, the biggest for the Angry Birds franchise, weekend estimates were raised to $50 million. It ended up topping box office and making $53.7 million, the biggest opening for an Angry Birds movie and more than the total lifeline gross of The Angry Birds Movie 2 ($41.7 million). The film dropped a larger than expected -64.3% and made $18.6 million in its second weekend, dropping to second behind holdover Hailey. On September 2, 2022, its 15th day of release, the film surpassed The Angry Birds Movie ($107.5 million) lifeline gross to become the highest grossing Angry Birds film domestically. It remained in second behind Hailey once again in its third this time dropping -26.2% making an estimated $13.8 million over the weekend and $17.7 million during the extended Labor Day weekend. In its fourth weekend, it dropped -44.4%, while making $7.6 million, placing third behind Barbarian and Hailey. In its fifth weekend, the film dropped -52.4% and made $3.6 million. The film dropped -25.8% and made $2.7 million in its sixth weekend placing seventh and $1.6 million in its seventh with a 10th place finish. It fell out of the top 10 in its eighth weekend with $635,972 from a hefty -69.4% drop after getting taken out of 1,097 theaters.

Internationally, the film opened up to $58.1 million for a worldwide debut of $111.8 million. In its second weekend, the film's overseas and worldwide gross surpassed The Angry Birds Movie 2's respective $110.1 million and $152.8 million grosses. In its third, it made $35 million. In its fourth, it opened up in China and Australia to $48.9 and $16.2 million respectively, both the biggest for the franchise, propelling the film past The Angry Birds Movie to become the highest grossing Angry Birds movie worldwide. In its fifth international weekend, it opened in Japan and made $15.9 million in its opening weekend while crossing $300 million overseas.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 76% based on 252 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Stella: An Angry Birds Movie is arguably a delightful spin-off to its title mobile video game and movie that soars over its golden yet funny adventure." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the main films' "B+", while those at PostTrak gave it an 84% positive score.

Sequel
Before the film's release, Kate McKinnon stated that a sequel could be produced as long as enough audiences show up to see the original film. On April 24, 2023, during Sony Pictures' presentation at 2023's CinemaCon, Sony CEO Tom Rothman announced that a sequel to Stella: An Angry Birds Movie has been green-lit and currently in production with Kate McKinnnon slated to reprise her role as Stella.