Editing Delgo (section)

{{short description|2008 American animated film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Delgo
| image          = Delgo.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Marc F. Adler<br />Jason Maurer
| screenplay     = Patrick J. Cowan<br />Carl Dream<br />Jennifer A. Jones
| story          = Marc F. Adler<br />Scott Biear<br />Jason Maurer
| narrator       = [[Sally Kellerman]]
| starring       = [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]<br />[[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]<br />[[Anne Bancroft]]<br />[[Chris Kattan]]<br />[[Michael Clarke Duncan]]<br />[[Louis Gossett Jr.]]<br />[[Eric Idle]]<br />[[Val Kilmer]]<br />[[Malcolm McDowell]]<br />[[Burt Reynolds]]<br />[[Kelly Ripa]]
| music          = [[Geoff Zanelli]]
| cinematography = Herb Kossover
| studio         = Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation<br />Fathom Studios
| distributor    = [[Freestyle Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|2008|12|12}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $40 million<ref name=variety-1>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994608.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |last=Thielman|first=Sam|title=Fathom drawn to animated 'Delgo'|date=2008-10-24|access-date=2008-11-19|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]}}</ref>
| gross          = $694,782 – $915,840<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=delgo.htm|title=Delgo (2008) – Box Office Mojo|website=boxofficemojo.com}}</ref><ref name=numbers>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/DELGO.php | title=Movie Delgo – Box Office Data| publisher=The Numbers | access-date=12 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''''Delgo''''' is a 2008 American animated [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[adventure film]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delgo (2008) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64621-DELGO?sid=64ecf072-3cbf-480e-b929-6db9dd7fd362&sr=10.701259&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> directed by Marc F. Adler and Jason Maurer, written by Scott Biear, Patrick J. Cowan, Carl Dream, and Jennifer A. Jones. The film stars [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]], [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Chris Kattan]], [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Eric Idle]], [[Michael Clarke Duncan]], [[Kelly Ripa]], [[Val Kilmer]], and [[Malcolm McDowell]] with narration by [[Sally Kellerman]]. It was the final film for Bancroft and [[John Vernon]], who both died three years before its release, and was dedicated to the former.

The film was distributed by [[Freestyle Releasing]] with music by [[Geoff Zanelli]] and produced by Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation and Fathom Studios, a division of Macquarium Intelligent Communications,<ref name=variety-2>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117906536.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1 |last=Dunkley|first=Cathy|title='Delgo' gets Creatives rep|date=2004-06-15|access-date=2008-11-19|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information}}</ref> which began development of the project in 1999.

Despite winning the Best Feature award at [[Anima Mundi (event)|Anima Mundi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotmomsclub.com/articles/17704 | title=Delgo Comes To You In Theaters | publisher=Hot Moms Club}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref> the film was widely panned by critics and audiences, and its box office was one of the lowest-grossing wide releases in recent history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN&sort=opening&order=ASC&p=.htm | title=Worst Opening at the Box Office for All Wide Releases | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date=2008-12-17 | date=2008-12-15}}</ref> ''Delgo'' grossed under $1 million in theaters against an estimated budget of $40 million. The film was released independently with a large screen count (over 2,000 screens) and a small marketing budget. As a result, it became a massive [[box-office bomb|box office bomb]], losing an estimated $46 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/biggest-box-office-bombs-all-time-1037837|title=The biggest box office bombs of all time|first=Eve Watling On 7/23/18 at 12:22|last=PM|date=23 July 2018|website=Newsweek}}</ref> [[20th Century Fox]] later acquired the film rights for international and domestic home media distribution.<ref name="Digital Chumps">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalchumps.com/movie-news/91-officialmovienews/3404-delgo-fluttering-to-dvd-via-mgm-and-fox.html | title=Delgo Fluttering to DVD via MGM and Fox | publisher=Digital Chumps | date=2009-07-22}}</ref>