Written by SkulShurtugalTCG :

There's barely enough to cover here, so this should be short. First of all, Box Office Mojo announced release dates for several new Fox animated films. Several sequels have been announced, but the soonest releases are all original films: Underdogs in early 2015, Boss Baby in 2016, Captain Underpants in 2017, and Larrakins in 2018. The sequels to be released are The Croods 2 in 2017, Madagascar 4 in 2018, and Puss in Boots 2: 9 Lives and 40 Thieves in late 2018. Remember, these release dates are tentative and may change.

For now, Puss in Boots 2 is the farthest-out movie with a set release date, animated or not. This will, of course, change in the months and years ahead. It's not uncommon for film studios to announce release dates for animated films several years in the future; since animation is a time-consuming process, it takes anywhere from three to ten times as long to make an animated film as it would to make the same film in live-action form. As of right now, Fox (which distributes films made by Dreamworks, which will make most of the films listed above) will be releasing an average of two or three animated films each year between now and 2018, making it the largest animation studio in terms of quantity. In comparison, Disney Animation and Pixar both average just one a year. 

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is being released worldwide. So far, it has a 93% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and is opening in over 4,000 screens in the US (the 16th-most in history). It's looking at a huge opening weekend domestically, potentially reaching $60 million or more. $80 million isn't out of the question. Be sure to keep visiting Animation Source in the next week or so to check out our next site-wide contest, with the grand prize being a free digital download of the film when it's released on DVD and Blu-ray!