Boonie Bears: To the Rescue

Boonie Bears to the Rescue
Poster
Directed by Leon Ding
Produced by Fantawild Animation Inc.
Le Vision Pictures
Written by Fuyuan Liu
Based on Boonie Bears
Starring Rick Jay Glen
Justin J. Wheeler
Paul "Maxx" Rinehart
Toni Thompson
Siobhan Lumsden
Production
company
Fantawild Animation Inc.
Distributed by Mr. Cartoon Pictures
Release date
  • 17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) (China)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin and English
Box office CN¥248 million
(US$40 million)[1]

Boonie Bears to the Rescue (Chinese: 熊出没之夺宝熊兵) is a 2014 Chinese animated comedy adventure family film based on the animated television series Boonie Bears.[2] A second film, Boonie Bears: Mystical Winter, was released in 2015.

Plot

The story starts when two boxes are switched mistakenly during a car accident, in the middle of a stormy night. Logger Vick retrieves a suitcase from the scene of the accident and reveals what is inside. Since he brings back this mysterious box, the forest is no longer peaceful and the Bear Brother's lives change dramatically. Vick and the Bear Brothers become super dads to take care of a mysterious little girl who suddenly appears. They will have to fight with the bad guys in order to bring the girl back home safe and sound. At the same time, this unexpected adventure reveals big secrets. They will discover who the evil mastermind is.

Reception

The film had grossed RMB 103 million (US$17 million) at the Chinese box office three days after being released. It had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Chinese animated film and the third highest-grossing opening day for any animated film at the Chinese box office.[3] More than a week after being released, it had grossed CN¥183 million (US$30.3 million). It is the highest grossing Chinese animated film in the country, beating the record previously held by Mission Incredible: Adventures on the Dragon's Trail.[4]

English dub

Rick Jay Glen as Briar / Ted Marshall Jr. / Ted Marshall Sr. / Arnold / Babu / Vick's Father / additional voices
Justin J. Wheeler as Bramble / Policeman / additional voices
Paul "Maxx" Rinehart as Logger Vick / Tiki / Mr. Lee
Toni Thompson as Maurice / Vick's Mom / additional voices
Siobhan Lumsden as additional voices

References

  1. ↑ "Weekly box office". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "熊出没之夺宝熊兵 Boonie Bears: To the Rescue (2014)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Kevin Ma (20 January 2014). "Boonie Bears sets China animation record". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Kevin Ma (28 January 2014). "Boonie Bears atop China B.O. for second weekend". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 6 February 2014.


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