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Ice Age: The Meltdown(2006)
Released
2006 · FILM

Ice Age: The Meltdown

When a crumbling ice dam threatens to drown their valley, Manny, Sid, and Diego must race against a three‑day flood and prehistoric predators to reach a distant rescue boat—while Manny confronts the fear of being the last mammoth alive.

“Kiss your nuts goodbye.”

Directed by
Carlos Saldanha
Written by
Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
91 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

Diego, Manny, and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated film *Ice Age*. In this installment, the ice age has ended, and the melting of the ice-covered earth threatens to upend the lives of the trio.

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A crew of 80+ credited

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Harry HitnerShot by Craig GrassoScored by Will EdwardsDesigned by Marcin Jakubowski

Box Office

2006 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$661.0M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$661.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $195.3M — 30% of worldwide · International: $465.7M (70%)

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Also known as

  • Ice Age 2de
  • Ice Age 2 - Jetzt taut'sde
  • Ice Age 2en
  • Ice Age 2: The Meltdownen
  • Ice Age The Meltdownen
  • L'Âge de glace 2fr
  • L'era glaciale 2 - Il disgeloit

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