CircleCity Worldwide

CircleCity Worldwide is a 2004 American adult animated action-comedy film based on the animated series CircleCity. Directed by series creator Dab-mcgee, the film stars the regular television cast of Nolan North, Rob Paulsen, Vicki Lewis, Dee Bradley Baker, Wayne Knight & Stephen Merchant.

The film follows the protagonists of the television series trekking across the nations of the world in their attempt to stop a new world order established by the current world leaders and restore their nation's identity. The film tackles the current state of world relations at the time - such as the War on Terror - as well as culture's influence on society, and is itself a parody of action films of the era.

CircleCity Worldwide was released on April 16, 2004, by Paramount Pictures, and grossed $72 million worldwide on a budget of $15 million, receiving generally favorable reviews from critics. Despite the film's initial success, the show itself would later be canceled by Comedy Central due to strained staff relations, before eventually being revived on Vision in 2012. A stand-alone sequel titled CircleCity: Civil War was released on June 3, 2016.

Premise
CircleCity Worldwide follows a mysterious new world order being formed - comprised of respected world leaders and people in power - under the guise that they have found a way to finally attain world peace: the enforced removal of culture. With no real saying in the matter, the denizens of the planet are forced to strip themselves of any substance or character for the greater good. Now on the run for keeping their traditions intact, Lloyd (Nolan North) and Benny (Rob Paulsen) must trek the planet and confront the mysterious Legion of President Pals in order to make life much less boring for everyone on the planet.

Cast

 * as Lloyd
 * as Benny
 * Ralf Hat as George Bush
 * Destroyer as Osama Bin Laden
 * as Madison
 * as Moe
 * as Fat Bob
 * as Dr. Hurt
 * as Dustin

Music
The film's score was composed by, as regular series composer Ralf Hat had prior commitments related to the film. A soundtrack containing songs and related music from the film was released on April 13, 2004.

Release
The film was released on April 16 alongside martial arts film , action film The Punisher and comedy film Connie and Carla

Box office
Pre-release tracking and studio expectations suggested that the film would debut with $10-15 million during opening weekend. The film grossed $6,302,156 on opening day, debuting at #2 behind Kill Bill Vol. 2, and remained at #2 throughout the weekend with a total gross of $16,378,117. It went on to gross $50 million in North America and $22 million in foreign territories, with a worldwide gross of $72 million.

Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70%, based on 91 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "CircleCity Worldwide humorously sheds light on real-world issues and will ultimately appeal to its built-in fanbase - even if it doesn't do as much as it should with its concept." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.