When
Ice
Age:
Dawn
of
the
Dinosaurs—commonly
dubbed
Ice
Age
3—premiered
in
the
Netherlands
on
July 1, 2009,
Dutch
audiences
flocked
to
cinemas
to
follow
Manny,
Sid,
Diego,
Ellie,
and
Scrat
into
a
secret
dinosaur‑infested
world
beneath
the
ice.
Directed
by
Carlos
Saldanha
and
Mike
Thurmeier,
and
written
by
Michael
Berg,
Peter
Ackerman,
Mike
Reiss,
and
Yoni
Brenner,
the
film
was
produced
by
Blue
Sky
Studios
for
20th
Century
Fox.
It
became
a
tremendous
global
hit—earning
$886.7 million
worldwide
on
a
$90 million
budget—making
it
the
highest‑grossing
Ice
Age
film,
the
top
animated
release
of
2009,
and
one
of
the
highest‑grossing
animated
films
ever.
In
the
Netherlands,
it
opened
at
number
one
at
the
weekend
box
office
with
nearly
$2.9
million,
reflecting
its
local
popularity.
Dutch
critics
praised
its
lively
slapstick
humor,
fresh
visual
gags,
and
the
quirky
new
character
Buck
the
weasel,
while
audiences
were
delighted
by
its
family‑centered
story
and
cinematic
spectacle.
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