All Hell Breaks Loose

All Hell Breaks Loose is a 2006 American adult animated comedy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and ArtStar Animation.

Directed by Robert Thomas from a screenplay by Trevor Wells, John Stukabov and Thomas, the film focuses on four friends that work at a theme park who stupidly decide to open a satanic portal with a possessed device and all get sucked into the nine circles of hell. It stars Mark Webber, Jesse Bradford, Drake Bell, Scott Halberstadt, and Aaron Eckhart.

The film was released in the United States on August 25, 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, recieved mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb only grossing $14 million against its $30 million budget.

Plot
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Cast

 * Mark Webber as Jack
 * Jesse Bradford as Curtis
 * Drake Bell as Louie
 * Scott Halberstadt as Bruce
 * Kathleen Herles as Janice
 * Aaron Eckhart as The Devil

Production
ArtStar Animation originally set up the project in 2002 as an R-rated animated comedy for Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, but were later dropped from the project in February 2004 due to MTV's involvement in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.

A month later, ArtStar announced that All Hell Breaks Loose was picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the film's new co-producer and distributor. MGM and ArtStar also confirmed that the film would still have an R rating and be released in theaters. Production began in mid-2004 with Mark Webber, Jesse Bradford, and Drake Bell joining the main voice cast.

Box office
All Hell Breaks Loose ended up grossing $14 million in North America and $3 million worldwide.

Possible reasons for its box office flop included that it was overshadowed by much more successful animated films such as Cars and Barnyard, the film's R-rating which prevented younger audiences from seeing the film, and lackluster marketing.

The film also tanked in other countries, where it only grossed $172,468 in Australia. This is mostly attributed to the film's R18+ rating (with "High impact themes" as the description) in that country, which was primarily used for Japanese anime and hentai material at the time.

Critical response
Upon its release, All Hell Breaks Loose received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 44%, based on 68 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

Home media
All Hell Breaks Loose was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 16, 2007 by MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.