Delgo is a 2008 American animated fantasy adventure film[4] directed by Marc F. Adler and Jason Maurer, written by Scott Biear, Patrick J. Cowan, Carl Dream, and Jennifer A. Jones. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Louis Gossett Jr., Burt Reynolds, Eric Idle, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Ripa, Val Kilmer, and Malcolm McDowell with narration by Sally Kellerman. It was distributed by Freestyle Releasing with music by Geoff Zanelli and produced by Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation and Fathom Studios, a division of Macquarium Intelligent Communications,[5] which began development of the project in 1999.
Despite winning the Best Feature award at Anima Mundi,[6] the film was widely panned by critics and audiences, and its box office was one of the lowest-grossing wide releases in recent history.[7] Delgo grossed under $1 million in theaters against an estimated budget of $40 million. The film was released independently with a large screen count (over 2,000 screens) and a small marketing budget. As a result, it became a massive box office bomb, losing an estimated $46 million.[8] 20th Century Fox later acquired the film rights for international and domestic home media distribution.[9]
Delgo was the final film for actors Anne Bancroft and John Vernon, both of whom died three years before its release. The film is dedicated to Bancroft.
- ↑ Thielman, Sam. "Fathom drawn to animated 'Delgo'", Variety, Reed Business Information, 2008-10-24.
- ↑ Delgo (2008) – Box Office Mojo.
- ↑ Movie Delgo – Box Office Data. The Numbers.
- ↑ Delgo (2008).
- ↑ Dunkley, Cathy. "'Delgo' gets Creatives rep", Variety, Reed Business Information, 2004-06-15.
- ↑ Delgo Comes To You In Theaters. Hot Moms Club.[dead link]
- ↑ Worst Opening at the Box Office for All Wide Releases. Box Office Mojo (2008-12-15).
- ↑ PM, Eve Watling On 7/23/18 at 12:22 (23 July 2018). The biggest box office bombs of all time.
- ↑ Delgo Fluttering to DVD via MGM and Fox. Digital Chumps (2009-07-22).