SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill

January 25, 2007 —

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown brought in the best profit out of all movies for 2006. It is estimated to cost $256.4 million (USD) and brought in $1.1 billion (USD) during its release.

Although Scrat and his preshistoric buddies from Fox/Blue Sky's Ice Age: The Meltdown may have been snubbed by many of the year-end critics and awards groups, they are laughing all the way to the bank. According to a report released last week by Kagan Research, the movie was the most profitable, widely released feature of 2006. Produced with an estimated price tag of $256.4 million, Ice Age: The Meltdown brought in $1.1 billion during its all-release windows, placing it high on the list of Kagan's profitability index.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha, Ice Age: The Meltdown is joined by three other CG-animated features on Kagan's Top 10 list. Disney/Pixar's Cars is at No. 8, while DreamWorks Animation's Over the Hedge and Warner Bros.' Happy Feet ranked ninth and tenth respectively.

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