Open Season (film)

Open Season is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy film, written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman and directed by Jill Culton, Roger Allers, and Anthony Stacchi. The film stars Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Gordon Tootoosis, Jon Favreau, Matthew W. Taylor, Jane Krakowski, Cody Cameron, Danny Mann, Billy Connolly, Georgia Engel, and Patrick Warburton and was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Columbia Pictures on September 29, 2006. The story centers around woodland creatures that are traditionally hunted teaming up against hunters. It has also been released in the IMAX 3D format.^[2] It was Sony Pictures Animation's first theatrical film. A video game for the film was released on multiple platforms.

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Directed by	Jill Culton Roger Allers Anthony Stacchi
Produced by	Michelle Murdocca Amy Jupiter Steve Moore John B. Carls
Written by	Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman
Story by	Steve Moore
Starring	Martin Lawrence Ashton Kutcher Gary Sinise Debra Messing Billy Connolly Cody Cameron Jane Krakowski Patrick Warburton Jon Favreau Georgia Engel
Music by	Ramin Djawadi
Editing by	Ken Solomon Pam Ziegenhagen
Studio	Sony Pictures Animation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	September 29, 2006
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85 million[1]
Box office	$197,309,027[1]