Tom and Jerry (2002 animated film)

Tom and Jerry (sometimes marketed and released as Tom and Jerry: The Movie in select countries) is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film based on the cat-and-mouse duo created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Directed by Scott Jeralds in his feature directorial debut and produced by Jordan Kerner based on a screenplay by Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi and written by Chris Viscardi and Julie McNally, it is the second theatrical Tom and Jerry film following the first film in 1992. It stars the voices of Richard Kind as Tom and E.G. Daily as Jerry, with Betty White, Cathy Cavadini, Jim Carrey, Frank Welker, Billy West, Corey Burton, and Carol Burnett.

The film follows iconic cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry (voiced by Kind and Daily respectively) as they know that, while they have been long rivals for decades, must put their differences aside. But all of that changes when they meet a 15-year-old girl named Christina (voiced by Cathy Cavadini) who is escaping from her evil mother named Jennifer (voiced by Carol Burnett). The film was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, The K Entertainment Company and Turner Entertainment Co., with animation provided by Rough Draft Studios and Munich Animation.

Tom and Jerry premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on May 2, 2002 and was theatrically released on May 17, 2002 in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received positive reviews, with praise for its animation, voice cast (particularly Kind, Daily, Cavadini and Carrey), faithfulness to the source material, score by James Horner, story and screenplay, though criticized the plot and runtime. It was a box office success, grossing $286 million against its budget of $30 million. A sequel was planned, but changed after Tom and Jerry 's eventual switch to home video releases.