Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (known internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The third installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, it is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers, and features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, and Mel Brooks reprising their roles, as well as new additions to the cast, including Kathryn Hahn and Jim Gaffigan.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 13, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 13, 2018. It received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $116 million worldwide, against a budget of $80 million. It was also the first animated film that was dubbed into Arabic for Saudi Arabian audiences.
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Plot
The film begins in 1897, where Dracula (Adam Sandler) and his friends disguised as humans are travelling on a train to Budapest. Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan), a monster hunter, boards the train with his proton pack and unveils the monsters. The monsters escape by climbing through the roof of the train and jumping off. Van Helsing has a special interest in destroying Dracula, but is constantly outsmarted by him.
In the present day, a few months after the events of the previous film, Dracula is running his hotel business smoothly when his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), announces that they will be going on a cruise so he can get a vacation from giving vacations and spend more time with his family. The next day, Dracula, Mavis, Johnny (Andy Samberg) and the rest of their family board a cruise ship called the Legacy. Dracula sees the ship's human captain, Ericka (Kathryn Hahn) and falls in love with her.
Ericka goes to a secret room on the lower decks, where she meets Abraham Van Helsing, who is revealed to be her great-grandfather and is almost completely mechanized to avoid death. Van Helsing has plans to eliminate all the monsters in the cruise upon it's arrival at the lost city of Atlantis, despite Ericka attempting to secretly assassinate Dracula beforehand. After failing to kill Dracula at an underwater volcano, Ericka moans about being unable to get a hold of him. Dracula's friends hear this, and thinking that Ericka likes Dracula, inform him about what they overheard. Dracula asks Ericka out on a date and they dine on a deserted island, where Ericka becomes infatuated with Dracula's charm.
Mavis finds out Dracula is interested in Ericka and becomes worried, due to suspicion of Ericka's motives. The tour reaches Atlantis, which has been converted into a casino. Dracula decides to tell Mavis the truth about his affections, but gets distracted upon seeing Ericka going into a crypt below the city. He follows her, with Mavis close behind, and discovers that Ericka is after an object that her great-grandfather told her to get in order to carry out his plans. With Dracula's constant help, she gets past the numerous booby traps around the object and escapes. Mavis arrives, and Dracula tells her that he is in love with Erica, but Ericka leaves Dracula, saying she can't be with a monster.
A depressed Ericka gives Van Helsing the object of destruction, and he proceeds to set a trap for them at a DJ party. Noticing that Dracula is still upset, Mavis advises her father to talk to Ericka. Suddenly, Van Helsing shows up and pushes away the DJ, and a saddened Ericka reveals she is his great-granddaughter. Van Helsing unveils his weapon, a case for a musical note sheet, and plays a song that drives a friendly Kraken that lives near the island to attack the monsters. Ericka announces her love to Dracula before saving him from the Kraken. In order to pacify the Kraken, Johnny opens up a portable DJ kit and starts playing positive songs to beat Van Helsing's song. Upon playing Macarena, the Kraken is relaxed and happy for good; Van Helsing is unable to counter the song as everyone begins to dance, including the music sheet (which shreds itself in the process).
Van Helsing ends up dancing too and accidentally slips and falls down to the sea, but is saved by Dracula. Touched by this act of kindness, Van Helsing apologizes and gives everyone a refund before sending them back. Later, back at Hotel Transylvania, Dracula proposes to Ericka, who agrees to marry him.
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Voice cast
- Adam Sandler as Count Dracula: The 540-year-old lord of the vampires and founder of Hotel Transylvania. Dracula is the son of Vlad, husband of the late Martha, father of Mavis, father-in-law of Johnny, maternal grandfather of Dennis, and Ericka's love interest.
- Andy Samberg as Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran: A 29-year-old human, who is Mavis's husband and Dennis' father.
- Selena Gomez as Mavis: The 126-year-old daughter of Dracula and the late Martha, and the granddaughter of Vlad. She is the wife of Johnny, and Dennis's mother.
- Kevin James as Frankenstein: The monster famously created from reanimated dead tissue, by Dr. Frankenstein. His friends call him "Frank".
- David Spade as Griffin, the Invisible Man
- Steve Buscemi as Wayne: A werewolf who is overwhelmed by his large number of children.
- Keegan-Michael Key as Murray: An ancient mummy.
- Molly Shannon as Wanda: Wayne's werewolf wife.
- Fran Drescher as Eunice: Frankenstein's wife.
- Kathryn Hahn as Ericka Van Helsing: The captain and cruise director of the cruise ship Legacy. She is secretly continuing her great-grandfather's wishes in eliminating monsters and is Dracula's love interest.
- Jim Gaffigan as Professor Abraham Van Helsing: Ericka's great-grandfather who is a legendary monster hunter and Dracula's archenemy.
- Mel Brooks as Vlad: An ancient, more experienced and traditional vampire, who is Dracula's father, the grandfather of Mavis, the grandfather-in-law of Johnny, and the great-grandfather of Dennis.
- Asher Blinkoff as Dennis Loughran: Mavis and Johnny's 6-year-old son who is a human/vampire hybrid, inheriting a combination of traits from his parents. He has a mutual crush on his best friend, Winnie.
- Sadie Sandler as Winnie: The werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda. Winnie is Dennis's best friend, and she has a mutual crush on him.
- Genndy Tartakovsky as Blobby: A green blob monster. He was previously voiced by Jonny Solomon in Hotel Transylvania 2.
- Tartakovsky also voices Blobby Baby: A spawn of Blobby.
- Tartakovsky also voices Puppy Blobby: Blobby Baby's pet puppy.
- Chrissy Teigen as Crystal: An invisible woman who is Griffin's new girlfriend.
- Joe Jonas as Kraken: A giant sea monster that lives near Atlantis.
- Alison Hammond as Frankenginger: A female whose right arm is related to Frankenstein.
- Chris Parnell as Stan: A fish-man. Parnell previously voiced the Fly in the first two films.
- Joe Whyte as Tinkles: Dennis' giant pet puppy.
- Whyte also voices Bob: one of Gremlins
- Aaron LaPlante as Gremlins, Gremlin Pilot, Gremlin Stewardess
- Michelle Murdocca as Phone Voice, Kelsey, Witch #1, Witch #2
- Joyce Arrastia as Zingr Witch, Witch 3
- Sunny Sandler as Sunny
- Tara Strong as Frankenlady
- Libby Thomas Dickey as Libby
- Patrick Harpin as Austrian Boy
- Craig Kellman as Mr. Hydraberg
- Jaime Camil as Chupacabra
Production
Development
In September 2015, Michelle Murdocca, the film's producer, said before the second film's release that the studio was "talking about number 3 and moving forward and taking the franchise to the next level," but thought that she and director Genndy Tartakovsky would not return, since they were working on Tartakovsky's Can You Imagine? before that project was later shelved. That same month, Tartakovsky stated that he will not return for the sequel, specifying to TheWrap that "two is enough. I have a lot of other ideas, and I kind of have to express them and have them come out." In November 2015, Sony Pictures Animation announced that the third film, under the tentative title of Hotel Transylvania 3, had been set for release on September 21, 2018.
Despite leaving the series, Tartakovsky later announced that he would return as the director for the third installment. Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg also reprised their previous roles, as Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny, respectively, and the film was written by Tartakovsky and Austin Powers writer Michael McCullers. In June 2016, Sony Pictures Animation also confirmed Tartakovsky's return, after his taking a leave of absence to work on the final season of his show Samurai Jack. According to Tartakovsky, he returned after he received inspiration from a "miserable" family vacation, and from the Chevy Chase National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as the film takes place aboard a cruise ship. By early November 2017, the film had been entitled as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
Music
Mark Mothersbaugh returned to score the third film, having previously scored the first two installments, while Sony Classical has released an official soundtrack of the trilogy. DNCE's song "Cake by the Ocean" was used in promotional material.
Release
Summer Vacation was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2018, a date that was later moved up two months, to July 13, 2018. A video game adaptation, titled Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on July 10, 2018. On June 21, 2018, Amazon announced it was offering its Amazon Prime members an early showing of the film on June 30, at about 1,000 theaters, similar to fellow Sony release Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle the previous December.
Marketing
The first teaser trailer was released online on November 16, 2017, and the official trailer for the film was released on March 21, 2018. A 95-second sneak peek of the film was released online via Sony Pictures Entertainment's YouTube channel on May 7, 2018.
Reception
Box office
As of July 18, 2018, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation has grossed $63.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $53 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $116.6 million, against a production budget of $80 million.
In the United States and Canada, Summer Vacation was released alongside the opening of Skyscraper, as well as the wide expansion of Sorry to Bother You, and was projected to gross $38-45 million from 4,267 theaters in its first weekend. The film made $1.3 million from its early 3PM screenings held by Amazon on June 30, and $2.6 million from screenings beginning at 5PM the Thursday before its official release. It went on open to $44.1 million, finishing first at the box office and landing in-between the debuts of the first and second Hotel Transylvania films.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation delivers exactly what fans will expect - which means another 97 agreeably lightweight minutes of fast-paced gags and colorful animation." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale, the same score earned by both its predecessors.
Sarah Melton from Exclaim! thought the film was predictable but not entirely unappealing, writing, "not a shipwreck... Mostly, the film rests on putting familiar, likeable characters in a goofy setting and seeing what gags ensue."
References
External links
- Official website
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation on IMDb
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation on Rotten Tomatoes
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