ANIMATION STUDIOS

20^TH CENTURY FOX ANIMATION

20^TH Century Fox Animation is the animation division of the film studio 20^TH Century Fox. It was founded in 1997 and owned by News Corporation, with 20^TH Century Fox its parent.

Their industry was traditional animation, CGI animation and motion pictures and they released products such as CGI-animated films and animated television sitcoms.

Their most famous sitcom is The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, debuting in 1989 and still airing to this day. More famous and popular television sitcoms include King Of The Hill, Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and the recent Bob’s Burgers.

Before 20^TH Century Fox started its animation division, they had already released their first six animated films, such as 1977’s Wizards and 1983’s Fire and Ice. They operated Fox Animation Studios starting from 1997, their own traditional animation studio. Not long after that, they were considered competitors to Walt Disney Animation Studios, who were experiencing fantastic, financial and commercial success at the time with films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King.

Unfortunately, Fox was not as successful. Despite their first animation feature Anastasia being critically acclaimed and mistaken at times for a Disney film, it was not commercially successful and barely made a profit, raking in $58 million at the American box office on an estimated $53 million budget. Their next feature Titan A.E. did not fare any better, only taking back $22 million of its estimated $75 million budget. It was a huge financial loss, and with the rise of computer animation, their lack of box office success led to Fox closing down the Fox Animation Studio after 2000, after only three years in the business.