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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Ben Stassen |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Eric Dillens (CEO) |
| Products | Animated films |
| Owner | MZM (majority stake) |
| Website | www |
nWave Studios is an animation studio based in Brussels, Belgium with an office in Los Angeles, California.
nWave Studios was founded on 28 October 1994 by Ben Stassen. [1]
In September 2018, Matthieu Zeller's production group MZM acquired a majority stake in nWave Pictures. [2]
| Title | Release date | Co-production with | Distributor(s) | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Me to the Moon | 30 January 2008 | Illuminata Pictures uMedia uFilm | Kinepolis Film Distribution Summit Entertainment | $46.6 million |
| A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | 4 August 2010 | StudioCanal | $70.6 million | |
| A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | 15 August 2012 | $49.2 million | ||
| The House of Magic | 25 December 2013 | StudioCanal Anton Capital Entertainment uMedia | Belga Films StudioCanal | $64.1 million |
| Robinson Crusoe | 30 March 2016 | Illuminata Pictures uFilm | $40 million | |
| The Son of Bigfoot | 16 February 2018 | StudioCanal Belga Productions Illuminata Pictures Waterman Entertainment | $47 million | |
| The Queen's Corgi | 3 April 2019 | Belga Films | $35.5 million | |
| Bigfoot Family | 5 August 2020 | Octopolis | Charades Netflix | $11 million |
| Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness | 16 February 2022 [3] | Sony Pictures International Productions Netflix | $11 million | |
| The Inseparables | 10 August 2023 [4] | Belga Films A Contracorriente Films | $2.3 million | |
| Title | Release date | References |
|---|---|---|
| Untitled Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness sequel | 2025 | [5] |
| Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross | Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
| Fly Me to the Moon | $25 million | |||||
| A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | — | |||||
| A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | — | |||||
| The House of Magic | $34 million | |||||
| Robinson Crusoe | $13 million | |||||
| The Son of Bigfoot | $20 million | |||||
| The Queen's Corgi | $25 million | |||||
| Bigfoot Family | $25 million | |||||
| Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness | $20 million | — | — | — | — | [10] |
| Film | Critical | Public | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||
| Fly Me to the Moon | 20% | |||
| A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | 44% | |||
| A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | 20% | |||
| The House of Magic | 71% | |||
| Robinson Crusoe | 17% | |||
| The Son of Bigfoot | 76% | |||
| The Queen's Corgi | 0% | |||
| Bigfoot Family | 76% | |||
| Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness | 60% | |||
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