Pop Team Epic: The Movie

Pop Team Epic: The Movie is a 2021 American animated comedy film produced by King Records and Funimation and directed by Mike Mitchell. It is is based on the manga and anime of the same name. In Pop Team Epic: The Movie, Popuko and Pipimi must find an ultimate reason why their manga and anime was cancelled.

The film was released on July 23, 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2D, IMAX, and Dolby Cinema formats. Upon release, the film received critical acclaim with it's humor, casting, voice acting, darker tone, and emotional weight being praised as well. The critics say that the film is faithful to the source material. The film grossed over $1.9 billion worldwide breaking various box office records making it the 2nd highest grossing animated film of 2021 behind Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood as well as the ninth highest grossing film of all time while also being the highest grossing animated film of all time domestically and worldwide.

Box office
Pop Team Epic: The Movie grossed $842.9 million in the United States and Canada and $1.104 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.946 billion.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Daniel: Bigger, Badder, and Meaner, Old, Joe Bell and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins and was projected to gross $40–60 million from 5,000 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after it made $60.9 million on its first day, including $10.6 million from Thursday previews projections were increased to $60 million. It ended up grossing $63 million in its opening weekend.

Critical response
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 95%, with an average score of 9.5/10, based on 291 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "A ride that will get you emotional, but Pop Team Epic: The Movie is what you need for a fun popcorn movie, Pop Team Epic: The Movie is something that’ll get you crying and overall getting some great laughs." Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 94 out of 100, based on 80 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

Release
The film was released on July 23, 2021 in Dolby Cinema and IMAX formats.

Marketing
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Production
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Cast

 * Nicole Byer as Popuko


 * Anna Akana as Pipimi


 * Bill Murray as Mr. Director


 * Bobby Moynihan as Mike


 * Alex Borstein as Popuko and Pipimi’s Mom


 * Mila Kunis as Popuko’s sister


 * Ashley Tisdale as Pipimi’s sister


 * Patrick Warburton as The C.E.O/Popuko and Pipimi’s Dad

Plot
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