Charlotte's Web is a 2014 American animated musical comedy fantasy film based on the 1952 novel by E. B. White. Directed by Craig Wright, written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, and produced by Chris Meledandri, it is the third film adaptation of E. B. White's book, the CGI animated reboot of Paramount's 1973 animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the 2006 live-action/CGI remake produced by Nickelodeon Movies. The film stars an ensemble voice cast that includes Natasha Lyonne, Madeleine Curry, Iain Armitage, Robin Williams (in his final animated feature), Rosie O'Donnell, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Samuel E. Wright, Rachel Bloom, Bill Hader, and Rowan Atkinson as the narrator. Bruce Broughton composed the film's score.
Produced by Illumination Entertainment, the film premiered in Australia on July 7, 2014 and was released theatrically by Universal Pictures on July 25, 2014 in the United States. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, yet was only modestly commercially successful. It grossed $83 million at the US box office and $61 million elsewhere for a worldwide total of $144 million against an $85 million budget, as well as grossing an additional $95.2 million in home media sales.
