A Quick Tip by Trekscribbler

Mars Needs Moms earned only $1,725,000 on its first day, for a weekend total of $6,825,000. This was the tenth worst opening ever for a film playing in 3000+ theaters.  Due to its very high budget of $150 million, the film is a massive box office bomb and is on track to see losses of well over $100 million for parent studio Disney.

Take out the trash, eat your broccoli—who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green) finds out just how much he needs his mom (Joan Cusack) when she’s nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Produced by the team behind “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express,” “Mars Needs Moms” showcases Milo’s quest to save his mom—a wild adventure in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader (Mindy Sterling). With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a rebel Martian girl called Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), Milo just might find his way back to his mom—in more ways than one. Based on the book by Berkeley Breathed.

Cast: Joan Cusack, Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Billy Dee Williams, Breckin Meyer, Mindy Sterling, Tom Everett Scott, Elisabeth Harnois, Ryan Ochoa, Jacquie Barnbrook

Director: Simon Wells

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Release Date: 11 March 2011 (USA)

MPAA Rating: PG

Screen Writer: Simon Wells, Wendy Wells

Runtime: 88 min