The Powerpuff Girls Movie

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The Powerpuff Girls Movie
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byCraig McCracken
Screenplay by
  • Charlie Bean
  • Lauren Faust
  • Craig McCracken
  • Paul Rudish
  • Don Shank
Story by
  • Charlie Bean
  • Lauren Faust
  • Craig McCracken
  • Amy Keating Rogers
  • Paul Rudish
  • Don Shank
Based onThe Powerpuff Girls
by Craig McCracken
Produced byDonna Castricone
Starring
  • Cathy Cavadini
  • Tara Strong
  • Elizabeth Daily
  • Roger L. Jackson
  • Tom Kane
  • Tom Kenny
  • Jennifer Hale
  • Jennifer Martin
Narrated byTom Kenny
Edited byRob Desales
Music byJames L. Venable[1]
Production
companies
Cartoon Network Studios
Munich Animation
Rough Draft Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03) (United States)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$16.4 million[2]

The Powerpuff Girls Movie is a 2002 American animated comedy-mystery action superhero adventure family movie based on the Cartoon Network animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. This movie is directed by series creator Craig McCracken and produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros Pictures.

Story[change | change source]

Townsville has been through crime. The Professor is buying ingredients to make girls for his experiment. As his lab monkey Jojo pushed him, breaking a vat of Chemical X, the girls were created. The Professor gave them their names; Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

Voice Cast[change | change source]

  • Cathy Cavadini - Blossom
  • Tara Strong - Bubbles
  • Elizabeth Daily - Buttercup
  • Tom Kane - Professor Utonium
  • Tom Kenny - Mayor Barney, Narrator, Cha-Ching, Pappy Wappy
  • Jennifer Hale - Ms. Keane
  • Jennifer Martin - Ms. Sara Bellum

Release Dates[change | change source]

 Canada 3 July 2002
 United States 3 July 2002
Mexico 19 July 2002
 Chile 16 December 2004
 Germany 25 December 2003
 Brazil 12 July 2002
 Australia 30 September 2002
 New Zealand 30 October 2002
 Panama 7 January 2005
 Czech Republic 24 October 2002
 Poland 20 January 2005
 Netherlands 3 December 2003
 France 28 August 2002
 Russia 19 September 2002
 Singapore 2 April 2004
 Philippines 9 July 2002, 10 July 2002
 Indonesia 16 April 2004
 Turkey 15 May 2003
 Denmark 20 September 2002
 Sweden 20 September 2002
 Greece 15 September 2003
 Italy 8 November 2002
 South Korea 15 August 2002
 Japan 3 August 2002

Home media release[change | change source]

The movie was released on VHS and DVD on November 5, 2002. It is also available to stream on Cartoon Network On Demand and the Cartoon Network mobile app.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Detail view of Movies Page". afi.com. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  2. "The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 17, 2015.