Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls (film)

Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls is an American hand-drawn animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and was released on July 4, 2034. It is the 68th feature film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It directed by Lauren Faust and written by Lauren Faust alongside Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, the creators of Phineas and Ferb, and executive produced by John Lasseter, with original music provided by Henry Jackman. The film focuses on Milky Way as she moves to outer space and befriends Pluto, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus Most of the entire voice cast from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic voice their character roles. Hikaru Utada,the singer of the Square Enix series Kingdom Hearts, sings the theme song of Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls for the film's end credits and soundtrack album. The film was a huge box office success, and was praised by critics, garnering a 95% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Characters
Milky Way (Tara Strong) - The main protagonist

Pluto (Ashleigh Ball) -

Jupiter (Ashleigh Ball) -

Venus (Andrea Libman) -

Mars (Andrea Libman) -

Uranus (Tabitha St. Germain) -

The Moon (Christina Ricci) -

Blackhole (Mark Acheson) - The main antagonist



Release
The film was originally announced in 2030 as an untitled film for a release date of July 4, 2034, then at the 2032 D23 Expo, the film's title and premise were revealed by Disney and Pixar's Chief Creatice Officer, John Lasseter and character creation Lauren Faust during their Walt Disney Animation Studios panel. The theatrical release was accompanied by the short film, Frozen Ever After, based on the 2013 computer-animated feature Frozen.

Box office
The film was a massive box office success, grossing over $650,409,594 domestically, and landing at #1 on opening weekend (the first hand-drawn animated offering from Disney to do so since 2009's The Princess and the Frog). The film ended up earning $359,583,790 overseas, brining the film's total earnings to $3,009,993,384 worldwide. This makes it the first traditionally-animated film to reach the $1 billion mark, overtaking previous disney films The Lion King, Mickey Mouse, and Frozen as the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time.

The film's budget was $30 million.