Melting ice
Disney has come under fire for promoting the upcoming Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild on Disney+, only six months after closing Blue Sky Studios, its subsidiary that created Ice Age and its four sequels. Disney took control of the studio when it acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019. To put this into context, the last instalment to the declining franchise was released half a decade ago, and its better days are even longer gone.
The franchise has been going downhill since the second instalment, but 2016's Ice Age: Collision Course was particularly poorly received. Judging by IMDB user ratings, and Rotten Tomatoes audience and critics ratings, the franchise hasn't seen a quality entry for over a decade.
Time to move on, folks.
| Title | Year | IMDb | RT Aud. | RT Crit. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Age | 2002 | 7.5 | 82 | 77 |
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | 2006 | 6.8 | 71 | 57 |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009 | 6.9 | 62 | 46 |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | 2012 | 6.5 | 62 | 37 |
| Ice Age: Collision Course | 2016 | 5.7 | 39 | 18 |
| IMDB ratings (out of 10), RT ratings (%) | ||||