Ice Age: The Meltdown

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Ice Age: The Meltdown
Directed byCarlos Saldanha
Written byPeter Gaulke
Gerry Swallow
Produced byLori Forte
Chris Wedge (Executive Producer)
Chris Meledandri (Executive Producer)
Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer)
StarringRay Romano
John Leguizamo
Denis Leary
Queen Latifah
Jay Leno
Seann William Scott
Josh Peck
Will Arnett
Edited byHarry Hitner
Music byJohn Powell
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
March 31, 2006
Running time
91 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million
Box office$651,899,282

Ice Age: The Meltdown (also called Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply known as Ice Age 2) is an American 2006 animated comedy drama epic movie and is the second film in the Ice Age series. It was produced by Lori Forte and Chris Wedge. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha.

The movie was released on March 31, 2006. Despite receiving mixed reviews from film critics, the film was positively welcomed from audience who praised its animation, humor, characters, emotional weight, soundtrack, action scenes, character development, and the visuals.

This movie is the first sequel to the 2002 movie, Ice Age. The other four sequels to the film are Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022).[1][2] The first sequel to this movie was even more positively welcomed from audience who often calls it the best Ice Age movie, the second one is called good, but not like the previous films while the fifth is hated by both film critics and audience.

Cast[change | change source]

The characters are all prehistoric animals. Unlike real life, the animals can talk and understand each other.

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Belgium March 29, 2006
 Indonesia March 29, 2006
 Jamaica March 29, 2006
 Netherlands March 29, 2006
 Philippines March 29, 2006
 Armenia March 30, 2006
 Argentina March 30, 2006
 Belarus March 30, 2006
 Dominican Republic March 30, 2006
 Hungary March 30, 2006
 Kazakhstan March 30, 2006
Malaysia Malaysia March 30, 2006
 Puerto Rico March 30, 2006
 Portugal March 30, 2006
 Serbia March 30, 2006
 Russia March 30, 2006
 Singapore March 30, 2006
 Uruguay March 30, 2006
 Bulgaria March 31, 2006
 Brazil March 31, 2006
 Ecuador March 31, 2006
 Spain March 31, 2006
 Finland March 31, 2006
 Mexico March 31, 2006
 Panama March 31, 2006
 Poland March 31, 2006
 Romania March 31, 2006
 Sweden March 31, 2006
 United States March 31, 2006
 South Africa March 31, 2006
 Taiwan April 1, 2006
 Israel April 4, 2006
  Switzerland April 5, 2006 (French speaking region)
  Switzerland April 5, 2006 (German speaking region)
 Egypt April 5, 2006
 France April 5, 2006
 Trinidad and Tobago April 5, 2006
 Austria April 6, 2006
 Australia April 6, 2006
 Chile April 6, 2006
 Czech Republic April 6, 2006
 Germany April 6, 2006
 Greece April 6, 2006
 New Zealand April 6, 2006
 Peru April 6, 2006
 Slovakia April 6, 2006
 Thailand April 6, 2006
 Colombia April 7, 2006
 Denmark April 7, 2006
 Estonia April 7, 2006
 United Kingdom April 7, 2006
 Ireland April 7, 2006
 Iceland April 7, 2006
 Lithuania April 7, 2006
 Norway April 7, 2006
 Venezuela April 7, 2006
 United Arab Emirates April 12, 2006
 Kuwait April 12, 2006
 Hong Kong April 13, 2006
 Croatia April 13, 2006
 Lebanon April 13, 2006
 Slovenia April 13, 2006
 Cyprus April 14, 2006
 Latvia April 14, 2006
 Turkey April 14, 2006
 South Korea April 20, 2006
  Switzerland April 21, 2006 (Italian speaking region)
 India April 21, 2006
 Italy April 21, 2006
 Japan April 22, 2006
 North Macedonia May 12, 2006

References[change | change source]

  1. Pamela McClintock (December 20, 2013). "Ice Age: Collision Course to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. Gleiberman, Owen (June 18, 2016). "Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

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