Tabletopolis

Tabletopolis is a 2005 American Computer-Animated Science Fiction Action-Comedy Film produced by Jinjo Animation for Walt Keynote Pictures. The third feature film from Jinjo Animation, it was directed by Audel LaRoque and David Silverman from a screenplay by Michael Wildshill and a Story by LaRoque and Wildshill, and stars the voices of Jesse McCartney, David Spade, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Fogler, David Hyde Pierce, Jodi Benson, Jon Lovitz, Jennifer Tilly, and William Shatner. The film follows a young iPad game designer named Percy Cazz, who attempts to publish his own game named Blizzard to the internet and suddenly stumbles upon an eponymous online universe deep inside the realms of his computer. He joins Justin Billton, a scavenger hunter and the protagonist of the Blizzard game, on a risky mission to eliminate Omega iPad, a virus capable of corrupting the entirety of the Global System.

Tabletopolis held its world premiere on July 25, 2005 at the Fox Village Theater, and was released on August 3, 2005 in the United States. It received universal acclaim from critics, who praised its concept, screenplay, animation, and voice acting, and was a box office success, grossing $687 million worldwide on its $65 million budget, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2005. Tabletopolis won the 2005 Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for David Spade, for his voice performance as Justin Billton, and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film's success helped spawn an expanded franchise, with three sequels — Tabletopolis 2, Tabletopolis 3, and Tabletopolis: The Deep Internet — and a television series.