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67-464: The Nut Job is a 2014 animated heist comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis , who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett , Brendan Fraser , Liam Neeson , Katherine Heigl , Stephen Lang , Jeff Dunham , Gabriel Iglesias , and Sarah Gadon . The film is loosely based on Lepeniotis' 2005 short animated film Surly Squirrel . Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and ToonBox Entertainment , it

134-470: A buoy in the ocean, surrounded by hungry sharks circling them. The film's concept originated as a 2005 short film titled Surly Squirrel . A second short film, Nuts & Robbers , was released as a teaser for The Nut Job. On January 17, 2011, it was announced that Lorne Cameron would write the screenplay for the film, along with Peter Lepeniotis . On November 15, 2012, it was announced that Katherine Heigl , Will Arnett and Brendan Fraser had joined

201-595: A Million (1966). In France Rififi spawned a number of lower-budget crime films which often used Rififi as part of their title. These include films such as Rififi in Tokyo (1963) and Du rififi à Paname (1966). As the decade continued, the French also began to produce more glossy heist films which served as star vehicles for big names of the time, such as Any Number Can Win (1963) starring Alain Delon and Greed in

268-471: A by-the-numbers animated feature. But it is, and there is, and it is wholly predictable." Linda Barnard of the Toronto Star gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "If The Nut Job fails to connect through its characters it deserves praise for being a visually inspired effort, with clear homage paid to 1950s animation styles, especially Warner Bros. classics." Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine gave

335-415: A criminal hideout used by Lucky, Fingers, their boss, who was recently released from jail, Percy "King" Dimpleweed, and Knuckles, who plan to break through the wall and replace the bank's cash with nuts. King's girlfriend Lana believes that King has gone straight after his release from prison and the nut store is legitimate. Raccoon sends Andie and Grayson to the city to find food, but they get separated when

402-470: A failed heist. Another popular trope is "one last job", whereby a criminal looking to quit the life enlists the team to commit one last heist so they will have money for the rest of their days. This can be seen in early films such as The Asphalt Jungle (1950) as well as more recent like Heat (1995). While elements of the heist film can be seen in movies as early as The Great Train Robbery (1903),

469-563: A handful made in France were influenced by and responding to the American style. Two notable examples are Rififi (1955), which is known for its detailed 30 minute heist sequence, and Bob Le Flambeur (1956), known for an ending which plays with the conventions of the genre. The 1950s also marked the beginning of British heist film, including The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and The Lady Killers (1955) , pictures which introduced comedy to

536-475: A little less dislikable by the end credits sets an awfully low bar for this sort of thing." Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "The overall mood resembles a furry, nut-based version of Stanley Kubrick's The Killing ." Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "Someone spent a lot of time making

603-451: A nut cart run by Lucky and Fingers who are casing a bank. The squirrels' efforts inadvertently end with the cart's propane tank exploding in the park after its cord was bitten by Fingers' pug Precious. The runaway cart ends up destroying the animals' food supply, resulting in Surly's banishment from the park. In the city, Surly and Buddy find Maury's Nut Shop. Adjacent to the bank, it is

670-416: A significant robbery . One of the early defining heist films was The Asphalt Jungle (1950), which Film Genre 2000 wrote "almost single-handedly popularized the genre for mainstream cinema". It featured robbers whose personal failings ultimately led to the failure of their robbery. Similar films using this formula were Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Killing (1956), and The Getaway (1972). By

737-550: A singer could repeat an aria, but fell out of favor in the 1920s due to rising emphasis on dramatic storytelling rather than vocal performance. The first general release film to feature a post-credits scene is The Silencers , released in March 1966. The scene depicts lead character Matt Helm (played by Dean Martin ) lying shirtless on what appears to be a rotating sofa along with 10 scantily-clad women. He kisses two women before rubbing his face and muttering, "Oh my god." During

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804-449: A single heist. It also devotes a large amount of time to the recruiting of variously skilled criminals to form a team. Two earlier films that some consider prior examples of the genre, and others just key to its development, are Criss Cross (1949) and The Killers (1946). While these do follow the planning, execution, and aftermath of a single heist from the criminals' perspective, some critics argue that they devote too much time to

871-454: A street rat approaches them. Andie recovers Fingers' dog whistle , which Knuckles threw out and Surly had used against Precious, and threatens to dispose of it if Surly does not share the nuts he is going to take. Surly accepts and unwittingly befriends Precious after threatening her with the whistle. Andie informs the park community of the plan. Raccoon reluctantly goes with the plan (though planning to deny Surly his share) and assigns Mole and

938-422: Is EarthBound , in which the main character receives a message that a main villain has escaped. A game may contain a scene or voiceover after the credits, of one or more characters speaking, revealing new information that gives a new perspective to the previous events as well as setting up part of the next game in the series. As the credits for modern games get longer, added cut scenes that maintain interest during

1005-470: Is also still common for more serious films, as in the film Daredevil , in which Bullseye is shown after his defeat by Daredevil in a full body cast. Other films eschew the comedy in favor of a twist or revelation that would be out of place elsewhere in the film, as in X-Men: The Last Stand ' s post-credits scene in which Professor X is shown to be alive after his apparent death by

1072-448: Is merely shrill and frantic, chock-full of uninspired characters and tedious wackiness." Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "A whimsical period setting helps this 3D animated caper escape some overly familiar trappings." Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic wrote, "Arnett is a great comedic actor, an acidic wit. But here his Surly is just a selfish jerk. If there weren't some redemption involved, this wouldn't be

1139-478: Is pervasive, with many of the jokes sounding like they were ripped off from other movies." Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the film an F, saying, "The most egregious problem with The Nut Job is how shamelessly it fills in the gaps left by expanding Lepeniotis' short with generic and tedious rogue-to-hero cliché." Scott Bowles of USA Today gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "When

1206-411: Is to fulfill contractual obligations. In order to secure the personality rights to produce The Disaster Artist , a biopic of Tommy Wiseau , the filmmakers were obligated to include a cameo by Wiseau himself. This scene was filmed, but relegated to the post-credits sequence of the film. Video games , particularly those with complex stories, sometimes also use post-credits scenes. An early example

1273-526: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "The burnished backgrounds are pleasant to look at, but finding something to savor in the story is a tough nut to crack." Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one out of four stars, saying, " The Nut Job fights its protagonist's own charmlessness from the first scene. Turning a dislikable leading character

1340-468: The "assembling the team" trope that later became a common characteristic of heist films. The period between 1955 and 1975 is considered by scholars to be the most productive for the heist genre. It began with American filmmakers continuing the noir heist trend in films like 5 Against the House (1955) and The Killing (1956). The ‘50s also saw the release of the first international heist films. Notably,

1407-453: The 1990 episode Rocket Attack U.S.A. , continuing until the end of the series. With few exceptions, they highlighted moments from the films that were either particularly nonsensical or had simply caught the writers' attention. Stingers lacking the metafictional aspects also gained prominence in the 1980s, although they were still primarily used for comedy films. Post-credits scenes became useful places for humorous scenes that would not fit in

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1474-451: The 1990s, heist films began to "experiment and play with these conventions," incorporating elements such as comedy into their stories. While there is no unanimous agreement on what constitutes a heist film, there are some common characteristics that most films in the genre share. The most basic is that films in the genre tend to follow the planning, execution and aftermath of one large robbery. While there can be smaller crimes leading up to

1541-544: The 2000s. These range from British efforts like Snatch (2000) and Sexy Beast (2000) to kids' films like Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) to popular Hollywood films like Inside Man (2006) and remakes of heist classics like The Italian Job (2003). Some of the most popular heist films of this era are the remake of Ocean's 11 (2001) and its sequels Ocean's 12 (2004) and Ocean's 13 (2007), which remain so today. Mid-credits scene Sometimes, one or more mid-credits scenes are also inserted partly through

1608-672: The 2014 Directors Guild of Canada Awards. Paul Hunter won for The Nut Job in the Best Editing in Animation category at the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards. The French ATAA awarded the film Best Dubbing Adaptation for an Animated Film for 2015. The film's score was composed by Paul Intson. The soundtrack was released on January 17, 2014. On January 23, 2014, The Nut Job 2 was announced, with an initial release date of January 15, 2016. On April 11, 2016,

1675-417: The American film Seven Thieves (1960). Despite having conventional heist plots about gathering together a group to commit a heist, both films balance comedy and drama, unlike the darkness of the earlier noir heist films. The mainstream shift as well as a growing cultural interest in travel led to a wave of glossy heist films involving exotic international locals, such as Topkapi (1964) and How to Steal

1742-487: The Bruisers to go with her. Surly confronts, interrogates, and eventually learns from Mole that Raccoon's policy is to control the food supply in order to remain as the park community's leader, and is planning on sabotaging the heist to do so. When Andie does not believe him, Surly storms off after Grayson reunites with them. While collecting the nuts, Surly is captured by King, but he gets freed by Lana since he does not have

1809-486: The Sun (1964) starring Jean-Paul Belmondo . The most celebrated French heist films of this time where directed by Jean-Pierre Melville , whose heist film Le Cercle Rouge (1970) is often regarded as one of the greatest heist movies of all time. This expansion of the genre in the 1960s also led to remakes of older heist movies, with an early example being Cairo (1963) , which is a remake of The Asphalt Jungle . In 1968,

1876-464: The Universe (1987), Skeletor's head emerges from the water at the bottom of the pit, saying "I'll be back!" The Muppet Movie also began a trend of using such scenes to break the fourth wall , even when much of the rest of the film had kept it intact. The scenes were often used as a form of metafiction , with characters showing an awareness that they were at the end of a film, and sometimes telling

1943-524: The architecture and production design match the era. Grandparents getting dragged to The Nut Job will be appreciative." Annlee Ellingson of the Los Angeles Times wrote, " The Nut Job features decent CG animation, especially of animals, but the writing isn't particularly clever, relying on obvious puns and slapstick humor." Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "That feeling of been-there-done-that

2010-470: The audience directly to leave the theatre. Films using this technique include Ferris Bueller's Day Off (in which the title character frequently breaks the fourth wall during the film) and the musical remake of The Producers . The post-credits scene in the latter film also includes a cameo appearance by Producers screenwriter Mel Brooks . Post-credits scenes also appeared on the long-running television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 , introduced in

2077-405: The cast as territorial street mouse gang leader Mr. Feng. In December 2016, the film was pushed back to August 11, 2017. In October 2020, Toonbox announced that a television series based on the film titled "Nut Jobs!" was in development. Heist film The heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime films and the caper story , focused on the planning, execution, and aftermath of

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2144-562: The cast of the film, and on March 1, 2013, it was announced that Liam Neeson had also joined. On December 19, 2013, it was announced that South Korean entertainer PSY makes a cameo appearance as himself during the film's ending credits, which also features his hit song " Gangnam Style ". The film's production art was featured in a Brampton, Ontario exhibit. The film was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, and distributed by Open Road Films . International distribution

2211-412: The closing credit, typically for the purpose of maintaining the audience's attention so they don't have to wait for the entire credit roll to finish for a teaser. Post-credits scenes may have their origins in encores , an additional performance added to the end of staged shows in response to audience applause. Opera encores were common practice in the 19th century, when the story was often interrupted so

2278-432: The credits during the main action of the film. In this example, the characters perform a song in the last minutes of the film, and the credits run inconspicuously until one character sings the line "the movie is over/but we're still on screen". The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made extensive use of mid- and post-credits scenes (often both) which typically serve as a teaser for a future Marvel Studios film. For example,

2345-471: The credits, Animal yells at the audience to "GO HOME!" before sighing "buh-bye" and passing out from exhaustion. The use of such scenes gained popularity throughout the 1980s at the end of comedy films. In 1980, Airplane! ended with a callback to an abandoned taxicab passenger who was not a primary character. Enhanced application continued in 1985 with Young Sherlock Holmes (see below); in Masters of

2412-488: The ending of the supernatural horror film Annabelle: Creation (2017), where we see a post-credits clip set in Romania, 1952 and see the character of Valak , the demon nun from The Conjuring 2 (2016) gliding towards the viewer before it darkens, teasing the spin-off prequel The Nun (2018). Some films, including Richard Linklater 's School of Rock , take the idea of the post-credits scene to its limit by running

2479-813: The explosion. Raccoon tries to kill Surly, but the nuts' and water's weight begins to break the log, and push it over a waterfall. The animals arrive to rescue Surly, but Surly, deciding to be selfless in order to protect his friends, lets himself fall into the waterfall with Raccoon. Now seeing the good side of Surly, the park community mourns him as they go home on the river. The nuts and the flood make their way to Liberty Park, where King and his associates are arrested, as Lana breaks up with King. Andie and Buddy are still mourning over Surly, and when Precious learns what happened, she has Buddy come look at an unconscious Surly, who wakes up and hugs Buddy. Afterward, Precious leaves to meet Lana, who plans to run Maury's Nut Shop. Finding Surly alive, Andie embraces him and suggests to tell

2546-465: The film The Cannonball Run , bloopers from the film are shown. One of the stars in that picture, Jackie Chan , later featured outtakes during the credits of many of his films, often showing him getting injured doing his own stunts. Even when post-credits scenes started to be used by films with little comedy development, the same format of giving closure to incomplete storylines or inconsequential characters remained in use. Using humor in such scenes

2613-509: The film one out of four stars, saying, "There's no personality in the design or the script, which only renders the cynical aftertaste of this convoluted one-squirrel-against the-world story all the more potent." Jordan Hoffman of the New York Daily News gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "The cartoon is stuffed with exhausting visual mayhem. Some jokes land, but most kids over 10 will roll their eyes." Joe Williams of

2680-491: The film stayed at number three, grossing an additional $ 12 million. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number four, grossing over $ 7 million, and in its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number eight, grossing over 3 million. The Nut Job won the Audience Award for Best Children's Animation at the 2015 Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Sound Editing – Feature Film at

2747-528: The film two out of five stars, saying, "The richly hued CG animation is quite nice – a mix of hyperdetailed character work and painterly cityscapes and pastorals – and the script putters along with small but regular amusements." Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "The plot doesn't take clever turns, the visual thrills aren't all that thrilling, and you're ultimately left to get your heist-movie kicks elsewhere." Joel Arnold of NPR wrote, "Once Surly and Buddy case

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2814-617: The film two out of four stars, saying, "Only a multilevel chase sequence involving Surly and some glowing-eyed street rats has any real kinetic excitement, and the supporting characters lack visual distinction." Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "The bottom line: Kids may be mildly amused by The Nut Job , but adults accompanying them won't find much to capture their interest." Kimberley Jones of The Austin Chronicle gave

2881-420: The genre didn't become fully fledged until the late 1940s and the early 1950s. The film widely agreed upon as the first to do so is John Huston's 1950 The Asphalt Jungle , starring Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffee (with Marilyn Monroe in a supporting role). It contains many of the heist hallmarks, focusing from the criminal's perspective on the elaborate planning, flawed execution, and calamitous aftermath of

2948-462: The genre. A notable Italian heist film from this period is Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), a parody of the genre. In the 1960s heist stories became more mainstream, with glossier and higher-budget heist films which moved away from the fatalism and darkness present in the earlier noir heists. Two examples of this from the early 1960s are the British film The League of Gentlemen (1960) and

3015-427: The genre. The 1990s would see the return of the heist film, with a number creating new interest. While pictures like John Woo 's Once a Thief (1991) and Steven Soderbergh 's Out of Sight (1998) would bring some attention to the genre, the three returned the genre to prominence were Reservoir Dogs (1992), Heat (1995) and The Usual Suspects (1995). This led to a large output of heist films throughout

3082-644: The hands of the Phoenix . Another example is the stinger at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which features a post-memory loss Lockhart . A third example occurs in Young Sherlock Holmes : during the entire credits, a sleigh is seen traveling in the Alps to a mountain inn; at the end of the credits, the passenger Professor Rathe (presumed to be dead), also known as "Eh-Tar", signs

3149-419: The heist and most of its planning, choosing instead to focus almost exclusively on the aftermath. Another example of this is The Italian Job (1969), which shows the planning and execution of the heist but doesn't fully show the aftermath. Other tropes of the genre include the failure of the heist due to fate, or the traits of the criminals involved. Among them is one of the participants getting injured during

3216-642: The heist, or betraying the others during or after. This trend started as a result of the initial films in the genre being made in Hollywood during the Motion Picture Production Code , which prohibited criminals from getting away with their crime. While this has changed since the disappearance of the code, the trope of failed heists still remains. One of the most dynamic examples is Reservoir Dogs , which focuses solely on trying to figure out which of their group members betrayed them after

3283-557: The joint, develop a plan, and deal with the inevitable surprises, The Nut Job could be any classic caper flick." The Nut Job grossed $ 64 million in North America, and over $ 56 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of over $ 120 million. In North America, the film opened at number three in its first weekend, with $ 19,423,000, behind Ride Along and Lone Survivor . It had the biggest opening weekend ever for an independent animated feature film. In its second weekend,

3350-573: The least demanding moviegoers." On Metacritic , which calculates a normalized rating from reviews, the film has an average weighted score of 37 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a "B" grade, on an A+ to F scale. Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, " The Nut Job comes up short compared with a film like Ratatouille , which, despite its less-than-adorable rodents, won audiences over through appealing voicework and writing." Alonso Duralde of The Wrap wrote, " The Nut Job

3417-483: The main body of the film. Most were short clips that served to tie together loose ends—minor characters whose fates were not elaborated on earlier in the film, or plot lines that were not fully wrapped up. For example, all five Pirates of the Caribbean films include such scenes. Napoleon Dynamite features a stinger that reveals that Kip and LaFawnduh get married, a scene that was included in its wide release . In

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3484-435: The major crime, this major crime is the centerpiece of the film and is the event which informs much of the film's plot. As a result of this, heist films tend to focus on the process of the crime, often planned in great detail, followed by extended exposition of the heist itself. The genre is also distinct for almost exclusively following those committing the crime rather than whoever is trying to stop them. This often leads to

3551-521: The motion picture production code was abolished, paving the way for a number of heist films that didn't shy away from portraying graphic violence. This included films like Charley Varrick (1973) and The Getaway (1972). The period between 1975 and the early 1990s is considered a low point for productivity in the heist genre. While some were made, such as Thief (1981) and a remake of Big Deal on Madonna Street called Crackers (1984), some critics do not consider them as meaningful developments of

3618-399: The other animals of his heroism. However, Surly declines, yet gains a willingness to work with others, and goes into the city with Buddy, allowing Grayson to take credit for the nuts making it to the park. In a mid-credits scene , PSY enters and dances to " Gangnam Style " with the other characters. Raccoon and Cardinal are revealed to still be alive and are plotting revenge, while stuck on

3685-419: The park community. King and Knuckles use the dynamite inside the empty truck to blow up a police barricade at a dam, but the police shoots the tire on the truck that falls from the dam. It explodes after Surly gets himself and Andie off it, causing the dam to collapse, a flash flood to happen, and everyone falling into the river below. Surly makes it to a log, but finds out that Raccoon, King, and Knuckles survived

3752-486: The planning and aftermath of the crime and too little to the actual job. All of these films are also notable for having elements which are indebted to film noir , including their moody, expressionistic black and white cinematography and dark fatalistic tone. As a result, scholars such as Daryl Lee refer to such examples as “noir heists”. Anne Billson of the BBC cites Akira Kurosawa 's Seven Samurai (1954) as an influence on

3819-613: The post-credits scene in The Avengers , which has the team eating shawarma in a derelict restaurant in the aftermath of the film's climactic battle, or Spider-Man: Homecoming , which features Captain America educating the audience on patience. The credits of many Pixar films, including A Bug's Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Finding Dory (2016) have included humorous mid-credits scenes. A Bug's Life (1998), for example, parodied

3886-614: The post-credits scene of Iron Man 2 shows S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson locating a large hammer at the bottom of a crater in a New Mexico desert, thus teasing the release of Thor the following year. The post-credits sequence of Captain America: The Winter Soldier introduces the characters of Pietro and Wanda Maximoff , who join the franchise in Avengers: Age of Ultron . Other times these mid- and post-credits scenes serve primarily as gags, such as

3953-456: The register as " Moriarty ". With the rise of pre-planned film franchises , post-credits scenes have been adopted in order to prepare the audience for upcoming sequels, sometimes going so far as to include a cliffhanger ending where the main film is largely stand-alone. The cinematic release of The Matrix Reloaded demonstrated the sequel set-up use of stingers by featuring the trailer for The Matrix Revolutions . Another example would be

4020-406: The release date was pushed back to May 19, 2017. Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl and Maya Rudolph reprised their roles. The film details the park animals banding together to prevent a crooked mayor from bulldozing Liberty Park and replacing it with a dangerous amusement park. On May 25, 2016, Heitor Pereira was hired to score the film. On July 5, 2016, Jackie Chan joined

4087-470: The scene, text overlays reads "Coming Up Next" and "Matt Helm Meets Lovey Kravezit." In 1979, The Muppet Movie uses a framing device in which the characters themselves watch the movie unfold in a theater. During the credits, the Muppets get up from their seats, talk to each other and joke around (thus incentivizing the real audience to stick around and see what happens next). In the final moment after

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4154-443: The story gets stale, the movie inserts a 'nuts' pun or, worse, resorts to a gas or burp joke. It doesn't work the first time, nor the fifth." Miriam Bale of The New York Times wrote, " The Nut Job features muddy-colored and often ugly animation, a plot that feels too stretched out and loaded with details to hold the attention of most children, and more flatulence jokes than anyone deserves." Adam Nayman of The Globe and Mail gave

4221-415: The trend of bloopers at the end of movies by including fake blooper scenes of the characters making mistakes or goofing around on the "set" of the movie. Toy Story 2 (1999) and Monsters, Inc. (2001) followed suit. Other Pixar films, such as Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Inside Out (2015) have included an epilogue that plays during the credits. An unusual use of the post-credits scene

4288-414: The viewer building some form of sympathy or respect for the criminals. Another common characteristic is the assembling of a team to complete the heist, with each member contributing a unique skill or trait needed to complete the job. Over time filmmakers have taken these characteristics and changed them to create interesting plays on the genre. For example, Reservoir Dogs (1992) skips the execution of

4355-491: The whistle anymore and she finds out that King has not changed his criminal ways. She then leaves King. After fending off street rats who work for Raccoon, Surly and Grayson chase the criminal gang's getaway truck, which carries Raccoon and the others. Surly fights off Cardinal and tosses him straight into a fancy cat show, and Mole defects from Raccoon and reveals the truth to the animals, resulting in Raccoon being voted out of

4422-805: Was handled by The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures . The first teaser trailer for the film was released on September 27, 2013. The film had its premiere at a Regal Cinemas theater in Los Angeles on January 11, 2014. The Nut Job was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 15, 2014, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 13%, based on 98 reviews, and an average score of 4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hampered by an unlikable central character and source material stretched too thin to cover its brief running time, The Nut Job will provoke an allergic reaction in all but

4489-754: Was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, by Open Road Films . The film received negative reviews. It grossed $ 120.9 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 30 million. A sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature , was released on August 11, 2017. In October 1959, in a fictional town named Oakton City, a squirrel named Surly and his mute rat partner Buddy reside in Liberty Park where their thieving reputation has made them outcasts. A group of urban animals led by Raccoon and his assistant Cardinal are running low on food for winter. Compassionate squirrel, Andie, and glory hogging squirrel, Grayson, compete with Surly and Buddy to scavenge from

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