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The Dubai Mall
دبي مول
The shopping mall's interior
Location
Downtown U.A.E,
United Arab Emirates
Coordinates
25°11′51″N 55°16′45″E / 25.19750°N 55.27917°E / 25.19750; 55.27917Coordinates: 25°11′51″N 55°16′45″E / 25.19750°N 55.27917°E / 25.19750; 55.27917
Opening date
4 November 2008
Developer
Emaar Properties
Management
Emaar Malls Group
Owner
Emaar Properties
Architect
DP Architects Pte Ltd.
No. of stores and services
1,200+
No. of anchor tenants
6
Total retail floor area
502,000 square metres (5,400,000 sq ft)
No. of floors
4
Parking
14,000+
Public transit access
Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro Station
Red Line
Website
www.thedubaimall.com
The Dubai Mall (Arabic: دبي مول "Dubay mwl") is a shopping mall in Dubai and the largest mall in the world by total area. It is the nineteenth largest shopping mall in the world by gross leasable area.[1] Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollar Downtown complex, and includes 1,200 shops.[2][3][4] In 2011 it was the most visited building on the planet, attracting over 54 million visitors each year.[1] Access to the mall is provided via Doha Street, rebuilt as a double-decker road in April 2009.[5]
Twice delayed, Dubai Mall opened on 4 November 2008, with about 1000 retailers, marking the world's second largest-ever mall opening in retail history behind West Edmonton Mall. However it is not the largest in gross leasable space, and is surpassed in that category by several malls including the New South China Mall, which is the world's largest, albeit largely derelict, Golden Resources Mall, SM City North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.
Contents
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1 Statistics
2 Description
2.1 Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo
2.2 SEGA Republic
2.3 Reel Cinemas
2.4 Rainforest Cafe
2.5 KidZania
2.6 Shops
2.7 Offers
3 Construction
3.1 Metro Link
3.2 Expansion
4 World records and achievements
5 Incidents
6 In media
7 Gallery
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Statistics[edit]
The Dubai Mall recorded 61,000 tickets sold for the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre in the first five days, following its opening.[6] The Dubai Mall hosted over 37 million visitors in 2009, and attracts more than 750,000 visitors every week.,[7][8] In 2010 it hosted 47 million, and saw footfall increase by around 27 percent over 2009, despite the economic crisis.[9] In 2012, Dubai Mall continued to hold title of world's most-visited shopping and leisure destination, and attracted more than 65 million visitors, an increase of more than 20 percent compared to the 54 million recorded in 2011. It attracted more visitors than New York City with over 52 million tourists in 2012, and Los Angeles with 41 million.[10][11] The numbers also surpass visitor arrivals to all landmark leisure destinations and theme parks in the world including Times Square (39.2 million), Central Park (38 million), and Niagara Falls (22.5 million).[12]
Statistics
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Number of visitors 39 Million[13] 47 Million[14] 54 Million[14] 65 Million[15] 75 Million[16] 80 Million[17] 92 Million[18]
Description[edit]
Outside Dubai Mall near the Fountain.
Over 13 million square foot (equivalent in size to more than 50 football fields), the Dubai Mall has a total internal floor area of 5.9 million square feet (55 ha) and leasable space of 3.77 million square feet (35 ha), about the same as the West Edmonton Mall.[19]
It also has a 250-room luxury hotel, 22 cinema screens plus 120 restaurants and cafes. The Mall has over 14,000 parking spaces across 3 car parks, with valet services and a car locator ticketing system.[20] The mall has won five awards – two awards at the Retail Future Project Awards at Mapic, Cannes, in 2004, for Best Retail Development Scheme (Large) and Best Use of Lighting in a Retail Environment[21] and the Dubai Mall brochure collected three awards at the Summit Creative Awards 2005 in Portland, Oregon – the Gold award for Best Art Direction / Graphic Design, Silver award for Best 4-colour B2B Brochure, and a Judges Special Recognition award.[21]
Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo[edit]
Dubai Aquarium and Under Water Zoo
Tunnel of Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo
The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo was designed by Peddle Thorp and is managed by Emaar Entertainment. The aquarium, located in The Dubai Mall, showcases more than 300 species of marine animals, including sharks and rays.
The attraction was awarded with the ‘Certificate of Excellence’
and won the ‘Images Most Admired Retailer of the Year – Leisure & Entertainment’ at Images RetailME Awards 2012.[22][23]

SEGA Republic[edit]
SEGA Republic, a 76,000 sq ft (7,100 m2) indoor theme park, was opened on 21 August 2009 where visitors can enjoy over 150 amusement games. It is a park that is mainly dedicated to SEGA's video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog.[24][25]
The 76,000 sq ft indoor park features 15 rides and an array of amusement games, including motion simulators, classic carnival games, skill games, and a wide array of redemption games.
Recent additions to Sega Republic rides include Xyclone, Robotnik and Rope Rush, a form of obstacle course.
The park includes ‘Lazeraze’, a laser maze, as well as ‘Racer’ Bumper Cars. It also features a "soft play area" for smaller children.
The theme park closed on June 1st 2017, after the license to the Sega theme expired.
Reel Cinemas[edit]
Reel Cinemas is a 22-screen cinema, also managed by Emaar Entertainment, in The Dubai Mall.
One of the largest theaters in the region, the megaplex features four cinema suites and 17 commercial halls, including the first THX-certified cinema in Dubai.
Rainforest Cafe[edit]
The interior of the Rainforest Cafe in the mall.
The Dubai Mall is home to one of the newest Rainforest Cafe locations. Having opened in 2009, it faces the aquarium and is made to emulate tropical ruins with moving ruins and light shows, which are only found at this location.
KidZania[edit]
KidZania is an interactive children’s sized edutainment theme park that encourages education through play. It offers youngsters the opportunity to experience adult life through role play in a child-sized city.
Shops[edit]
The Dubai Mall contains more than 1,200 shops.
Offers[edit]
The Dubai Mall, also known as the home of the Dubai Shopping Festival, is one of the world's largest shopping malls in UAE. Lots of things to do in The Dubai Mall like shopping festivals, hotels, restaurants, entertainment, holidays, events and attractive offers.[26]
In October 2009 it was reported that the world's largest candy store had opened in Dubai Mall.[27]
Construction[edit]
The mall was built by a joint venture of Dutco Balfour Beatty, Al Ghandi/CCC[28] and Turner Construction[citation needed] for Emaar Properties and was scheduled to be completed in 2006, claiming to be the size of 50 "international-sized football (soccer) pitches". Most of the workers used in construction of the mall were Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan guest workers.
Metro Link[edit]
In December 2012, Emaar Properties have announced the completion of the Metro Link which is an 820 m long elevated, air-conditioned footbridge that connects Burj Khalifa/The Dubai Mall Metro Station to the Dubai Mall.[29][30]
Expansion[edit]
In June 2013, the Dubai Mall commenced its phase one of its expansion plan by increasing the total retail floor area by 1 million sq. ft. so as to accommodate more visitors. The project is set for completion for the beginning of 2017[31]
World records and achievements[edit]
Dubai Mall near the Fountain at Dusk.
Largest mall in the world with total area 1,124,000 m².[32]
Worlds fifteenth largest mall with Gross Leasable Area (GLA) 350,000 m².[32]
World’s largest acrylic panel (Aquarium) inside Dubai Mall, which is (32.88 m wide × 8.3 m high × 750 mm thick and weighing 245 tons).[32][33]
The world’s largest sweet shop, "Candylicious", spanning over 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) inside Dubai Mall.[34][35]
Dubai Mall records more than 5 million visitors in the month of March 2010 during the one-month Dubai Shopping Festival, setting an all-time record in visitor footfall[36]
Dubai Mall was named the best shopping experience on 29 April 2010 by Grazia Style Awards.[37]
The Dubai Mall hosted a record 37 million visitors in its first year of operation in 2009,[7] and attracts more than 750,000 visitors every week.[38]
The Dubai Mall hosted a record 47 million visitors in 2010, and broke the record of 37 million visitors received last year, an increase of 27 percent despite the economic crisis.[9]
In 2011, Dubai Mall becomes the world's most-visited shopping and leisure destination, and attracted more than 56 million visitors, an increase of 15 percent from the visitors of last year.[12]
In 2012, Dubai Mall continued to hold title of world's most-visited shopping and leisure destination, and attracted more than 65 million visitors, an increase of more than 20 percent compared to the 54 million recorded in 2011.[10][11]
In 2017, Dubai Mall unveiled the world's largest OLED screen.
Incidents[edit]
On 25 February 2010 the aquarium sprung a leak which led many shops to temporarily close down and forced shoppers to evacuate the mall immediately. It reopened the following day.[39]
In March 2015, more than a hundred foreign labourers protested in front of Dubai Mall due to overtime wages not being paid, causing disruption to traffic in the area. The situation came under control within an hour by the police.[40]
On 31 December 2015 the mall was evacuated because of a major fire at the nearby The Address Hotel.
On 24 April 2017 a power outage occurred, causing the mall to go into a blackout for 90 minutes. No other nearby areas were affected
In media[edit]
The Dubai Mall was featured in the documentary show called Megastructures that aired on the National Geographic Channel[41] In January 2017, Forbes recognized Dubai Mall as one of the top shopping malls in Dubai.[42] The mall was also featured in the popular BBC One programme The Apprentice (UK series nine) Week 5: Dubai Discount buying; where the candidates had to purchase items for the least amount of prices by utilising their negotiation skills.[43]
Gallery[edit]
Dubai Mall's Gold Souk
Dubai Mall as seen with Dubai Fountains
Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue
Dubai Dinosaur
Dubai Mall at night from Dubai Fountains lake
The Dubai Mall's gold souk
Dubai Mall Main entrance door
The Village
See also[edit]
Dubai portal
Dubai Fountain
List of shopping malls in Dubai
List of the world's largest shopping malls
Mall of Arabia (Dubai)
Mall of the Emirates
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External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dubai Mall.
The Dubai Mall – Official website
Dubai Photo Story
The Dubai Mall: The Largest Mall in the World – A Complete Dubai Mall Review
The Dubai Mall, Profile
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The Road to El Dorado
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The Road to El Dorado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Don Paul
Eric "Bibo" Bergeron
Produced by
Brook Breton
Bonne Radford
Screenplay by
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Based on
El Dorado
Starring
Kevin Kline
Kenneth Branagh
Rosie Perez
Armand Assante
Edward James Olmos
Music by
Hans Zimmer
John Powell
Edited by
John Carnochan
Dan Molina
Vicki Hiatt
Lynne Sutherland
Production
company
DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by
DreamWorks Pictures1
Release date
March 31, 2000 (2000-03-31)
Running time
89 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$95 million[1]
Box office
$76.4 million[1]
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure musical[2] fantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul; Will Finn and David Silverman directed additional sequences. The film stars Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Armand Assante, Jim Cummings, Edward James Olmos, Tobin Bell and Rosie Perez. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice (the Oscar winning songwriting team of Disney's The Lion King), as well as composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell.
The film follows two con artists, who after winning the map to El Dorado escape from Spain. After washing ashore in the New World, they use the map to lead them to the city of El Dorado, where its inhabitants mistake them for gods. Released on March 31, 2000, The Road to El Dorado grossed $76.4 million worldwide on a $95 million budget.
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1 Plot
2 Voice cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Animation
4 Music
4.1 Soundtrack
4.1.1 Track listing
5 Release
5.1 Marketing
5.2 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Critical response
6.2 Box office
6.3 Accolades
7 Video game
7.1 Game Boy Color version
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
In Spain 1519, two con artists, Miguel and Tulio, win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged dice gamble. After their con is exposed, the two evade the guards and hide aboard one of the ships to be led by Hernán Cortés for the New World. During the voyage, they are caught as stowaways and imprisoned, but break free and take a rowboat with the help of Cortés' horse, Altivo.
They reach an unknown shore at the edge of Guatemala, where Miguel begins to recognize landmarks from the map, leading them to a totem marker near a waterfall that Tulio believes is a dead end. As they prepare to leave, they encounter a native woman, Chel, being chased by guards. When the guards see Tulio and Miguel riding Altivo as depicted on the totem, they escort them and Chel to a secret entrance behind the falls, into El Dorado. They are brought to the city's elders, kindhearted Chief Tannabok and wicked high priest Tzekel-Kan. The pair are mistaken for gods and given luxurious quarters, along with the charge of Chel. Chel discovers the two are conning the people but promises to remain quiet if they take her with them when they leave the city. The two are showered with gifts of gold from Tannabok, but disapprove of Tzekel-Kan attempting to sacrifice a civilian as the gods' ritual.
Tulio instructs Tannabok to build them a boat so that they can leave the city with all the gifts they have been given. During the three days this will take, Miguel explores the city, and Chel gets romantically close to Tulio. Miguel comes to appreciate the peaceful life the citizens seem to enjoy. When Tzekel-Kan sees Miguel playing a ball game with children, he insists the gods demonstrate their powers against the city's best players in the same game. Tulio and Miguel are far outmatched, but Chel is able to substitute the ball with an armadillo, allowing them to win. Miguel spares the ritual of sacrificing the losing team and chastises Tzekel-Kan, much to the crowd's approval. Tzekel-Kan notices Miguel received a small cut and realizes the two are not gods, because gods do not bleed. Tzekel-Kan conjures a giant stone jaguar to chase them through the city. Tulio and Miguel outwit the jaguar, causing it and Tzekel-Kan to fall into a giant whirlpool, thought to be the entrance to Xibalba. Tzekel-Kan then surfaces in the jungle, where he encounters Cortés and his men. Thinking Cortés is a god, he offers to lead them to El Dorado.
With the boat completed, Miguel says he will stay in the city. As Tulio and Chel board the boat, they see smoke on the horizon and realize Cortés is close. Tulio suggests using the boat to ram rock pillars under the waterfall and block the main entrance to the city. The plan succeeds with the citizens pulling over a statue in the boat's wake to give it enough speed. As the statue starts to fall too quickly, Tulio has difficulty in preparing the boat's sail. Giving up on staying in the city, Miguel and Altivo jump onto the boat to unfurl the sails, assuring the boat clears the statue in time. The group successfully crashes against the pillars, causing a cave-in but losing all their gifts in the process. They hide near the totem, just as Cortés' men and Tzekel-Kan arrive. When Tzekel-Kan finds the entrance blocked, Cortés brands him a liar, and takes Tzekel-Kan prisoner as they leave.
Tulio and Miguel, though disappointed they lost the gold (unaware that Altivo still wears the golden horseshoes with which he was outfitted in El Dorado), head in a different direction for a new adventure with Chel.
Voice cast[edit]
Kevin Kline as Tulio, one of the con artists who pretend to be gods so they can get gold. He is the planner who wants to leave El Dorado with the treasure.
Kenneth Branagh as Miguel, one of the con artists who pretend to be gods so they can get gold. He is the fun-loving one who wants to stay in El Dorado.
Rosie Perez as Chel, a young beautiful native girl from El Dorado who discovers Tulio and Miguel's con and decides to play along.
Armand Assante as Tzekel-Kan, the fanatically vicious high priest who has a religious fixation for human sacrifices.
Edward James Olmos as Chief Tannabok, the kind chief of El Dorado who believes that Tulio and Miguel are gods, though he at one point implies that he has figured out Miguel is not actually a god, though only after Miguel demonstrates kindness to his people.
Jim Cummings as Hernán Cortés, the merciless and ambitious leader of the expedition to find the empires of the New World.
Frank Welker as Altivo, Cortés' horse who befriends Tulio and Miguel.
Tobin Bell as Zaragoza, a sailor on the voyage to the new world of El Dorado and the original owner of the map, which he loses to Tulio and Miguel after the rigged dice game.
Duncan Marjoribanks as Acolyte.
Elijah Chiang as Kid #1.
Cyrus Shaki-Khan as Kid #2.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The idea for The Road to El Dorado began with Jeffrey Katzenberg who envisioned the film as a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby-style buddy comedy about two con-men who set out for the Lost City of Gold after acquiring a map to its location.[3] The film entered development in 1995 with Will Finn and David Silverman originally as the film’s directors with a tentative release scheduled for a fall 1999 release.[4] Originally, the story was conceived as a dramatic film due to Katzenberg's penchant for large-scale animated films, which conflicted with the film's light-hearted elements and was also meant to be rated PG-13.[5] This version of the story had Miguel initially conceived as a raunchy Sancho Panza-like character who died, but came back to life so much that the natives assumed he was a god, as well as steamier love sequences and scantly clothing designed for Chel.[6] However, while The Prince of Egypt was in production, Katzenberg decided that their next animated project should be a departure from its serious, adult approach, and desired for the film to be a comedy adventure.[7] Because of this, the film was put on hold, where it was jokingly referred to as El Dorado: The Lost City on Hold due to several rewrites.[6] Miguel and Tulio were rewritten as petty swindlers, and the setting of the film was changed to a more luscious paradise.[7] Additionally, the romance was toned down, and new clothing was designed for Chel. Finn and Silverman left the project in 1998 following disputes over the film's creative direction,[3] and were replaced by Don Paul and Eric "Bibo" Bergeron.[6]
Casting[edit]
On August 15, 1998, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh and Rosie Perez had signed onto the film.[8] Because the characters and film drew from the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... films, producer Bonne Radford remarked that "[t]he buddy relationship [between the duo] is the very heart of the story. They need each other because they're both pretty inept. They're opposites — Tulio is the schemer and Miguel is the dreamer. Their camaraderie adds to the adventure; you almost don't need to know where they're going or what they're after, because the fun is in the journey." Unusual for an animated film, Kline and Branagh recorded their lines in the same studio room together, in order for the two to achieve more realistic chemistry. This resulted in a good deal of improvised dialogue, some of which ended up in the film.[9]
Animation[edit]
Early into production, a team of designers, animators, producers, and Katzenberg embarked on research trips to Mexico where they studied ancient Mayan cities of Tulum, Chichen-Itza, and Uxmal in hopes of making the film's architecture look authentic.[6] By January 1997, one hundred animators were assigned onto the project.[10] However, because the animation department was occupied with The Prince of Egypt, the studio devoted more animators and resources on the film than on Road to El Dorado.[3][6]
Music[edit]
Marylata Jacob, who started DreamWorks' music department in 1995, became the film's music supervisor before the script was completed. Consulting with Katzenberg, Jacob decided the musical approach to the film would be world music.[11] In late 1996, Tim Rice and Elton John were asked to compose seven songs, which they immediately worked on.[12] Their musical process began with Rice first writing the song lyrics, and giving them to John to compose the music. John then recorded a demo, which was given to the animators whom storyboarded to the demo, as the tempo and vocals would remain intact. Eventually, the filmmakers decided not to follow the traditional musical approach by having the characters sing. Co-producer Bonne Radford explained, "We were trying to break free of that pattern that had been kind of adhered to in animation and really put a song where we thought it would be great...and get us through some story points."[11] On February 20, 1999, before the release of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, it was announced that ten songs had been composed for El Dorado, and that the release date had been pushed to March 2000.[13]
Soundtrack[edit]
The Road to El Dorado
Soundtrack album by Elton John
Released
March 14, 2000
Recorded
1997-99
Studio
Various[show]
Johnny Yuma Recording, The Enterprise (Burbank, California)
Silent Sound Studios, Purple Dragon Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
The Town House (West London)
Airborne Audio (Lenexa, Kansas)
Cello Studios, Mix This! Studios, Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, California)
Sound Chamber (North Hollywood, California)
The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Air Studios (London)
Genre
Rock, pop
Length
62:14
Label
DreamWorks Records
Producer
Patrick Leonard, Hans Zimmer, Gavin Greenaway
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"Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)"
Released: 2000
"Friends Never Say Goodbye"
Released: 2000
The Road to El Dorado is an album released by singer Elton John to accompany the DreamWorks animated motion picture The Road to El Dorado. The songs were composed mainly by John with lyricist Tim Rice, with score contributions by Hans Zimmer and John Powell. John, Rice and Zimmer had previously collaborated on the soundtrack to Disney's The Lion King, another animated movie. Zimmer had also previously composed the music score to The Prince of Egypt.
In some instances (such as "The Trail We Blaze"), the songs have been altered musically and vocally from the way they appeared in the film. A "Cast & Crew Special Edition" recording of the soundtrack exists, but was never released to the public. It includes the theatrical versions of the songs, including "It's Tough to be a God" recorded by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, and several of the score tracks by Hans Zimmer.
Backstreet Boys provided backing vocals on "Friends Never Say Goodbye",[14] but were uncredited due to record label problems.[citation needed] The group is "thanked" by John following the credits in the CD booklet. Eagles members Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit are credited as background vocalists on the song "Without Question".
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "El Dorado" Elton John, Tim Rice 4:22
2. "Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)" Elton John, Patrick Leonard, Tim Rice 4:48
3. "Without Question" (featuring Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit) Elton John, Tim Rice 4:47
4. "Friends Never Say Goodbye" (featuring Backstreet Boys) Elton John, Tim Rice 4:21
5. "The Trail We Blaze" Elton John, Tim Rice 3:54
6. "16th Century Man" Elton John, Tim Rice 3:40
7. "The Panic in Me" Elton John, Tim Rice, Hans Zimmer 5:40
8. "It's Tough to Be a God" (Duet with Randy Newman) Elton John, Tim Rice 3:50
9. "Trust Me" Elton John, Tim Rice 4:46
10. "My Heart Dances" Elton John, Tim Rice 4:51
11. "Queen of Cities (El Dorado II)" Elton John, Tim Rice 3:56
12. "Cheldorado" (with Heitor Pereira) Hans Zimmer 4:26
13. "The Brig" (with Triology) Hans Zimmer 2:58
14. "Wonders of the New World (To Xibalba / Save El Dorado / The Ball Game)" John Powell 5:56
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No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
15. "Perfect Love" Elton John, Tim Rice 4:09
16. "Hey, Armadillo" Elton John, Tim Rice 3:46
Release[edit]
Marketing[edit]
The film was first revealed in a double trailer with fellow DreamWorks animated feature Chicken Run on the home video of The Prince of Egypt. It was accompanied by a promotional campaign by Burger King.[15]
Home media[edit]
The Road to El Dorado was released on DVD and VHS on December 12, 2000. The DVD release includes an audio commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, music video of "Someday Out of Blue", production notes, interactive games, and trailers and television spots.[16]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 104 reviews and an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Predictable story and thin characters made the movie flat."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[19]
Reviewing for the Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington summarized that "This movie is fun to watch in ways that most recent cartoons aren't. It's also more adult, though it's the same cartoonish sensuality as the original "Road" movies, with their heavily coded prurience. It's a high-spirited movie, though it's not for all tastes. The John-Rice score isn't as rousingly on-target as The Lion King. The script, while clever, often seems too cute and show-biz snazzy, not emotional enough."[20] Lisa Schwarzbaum, reviewing for Entertainment Weekly, remarked that "this trip down The Road to El Dorado proceeds under the speed limit all the way. Our Tulio and Miguel aren't big enough, nor strong enough, nor funny enough to buckle any swashes. They're as lost to us as the lost city into which they stumble."[21] Similarly, animation historian Charles Solomon remarked on the lack of character development writing "Tulio and Miguel move nicely, but the animators don't seem to have any more idea who they are than the audience does. Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh supply their voices, but the characters say and do similar things in similar ways. Who can tell them apart?"[22] Paul Clinton of CNN wrote, "The animation is uninspiring and brings nothing new to the table of animation magic," praising the Elton John/Tim Rice songs, but noting the weak plot.[23]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and commented that although it wasn't "as quirky as Antz or as grown up as The Prince of Egypt", it was "bright and has good energy, and the kinds of witty asides that entertain the adults in between the margins of the stuff for the kids."[24] Joel Siegel, reviewing on the television program Good Morning America, called it "solid gold," claiming the film was "paved with laughs."[citation needed] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel stated "The Road to El Dorado is borderline entertaining, I suppose, with animation that is, at times, truly impressive. And if the six Elton John/Tim Rice songs are thoroughly forgettable, they lack sufficient distinction to actually become annoying."[25]
Box office[edit]
The film grossed $12,846,652 on opening weekend ranking second behind Erin Brockovich's third weekend.[26][27] The film closed on June 29, 2000, after earning $50,863,742 in the United States and Canada and $25,568,985 overseas for a worldwide total of $76,432,727. Based on its total gross, The Road to El Dorado was a box office bomb, unable to recoup its $95 million budget.[1]
Accolades[edit]
Award
Category
Winner/Nominee Recipient(s)
Result
Annie Awards[28] Animated Theatrical Feature Won
Individual Achievement in Storyboarding Jeff Snow (Story supervisor) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Production Design Christian Schellewald (Production Designer) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Character Animation David Brewster (Senior Supervising animator - Miguel) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Character Animation Rodolphe Guendonen (Supervising Animator - Chel) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Effects Animation Doug Ikeler (Effects Lead - Crashing the Gate) Nominated
Individual Achievement in Voice Acting Armand Assante ("Tzekel-Kan") Nominated
Individual Achievement in Music Hans Zimmer (Music)
John Powell (Music) Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards[29] Best Composer Hans Zimmer Won
Saturn Awards Best Music Hans Zimmer and John Powell Nominated
Video game[edit]
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado was the video game tie-in, developed by Revolution Software, released on PlayStation, Game Boy Color, and Microsoft Windows.[30]
The PlayStation & Microsoft Windows version of the game is drastically different to the Game Boy Color version. The main difference between the two games is that the PlayStation & Microsoft Windows version is a 3D adventure game with similarities to Resident Evil, while the Game Boy Color version is a more traditional 2D side-scrolling platformer.[30]
Versions of the game were intended to be released for the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast, but were eventually cancelled.[31][32]
Reception
Review scores
Publication
Score
GBC
PC
PS
Adventure Gamers N/A [33] N/A
AllGame [34] N/A N/A
EGM N/A N/A 7/10[35]
Game Informer 4.5/10[36] N/A 1/10[37]
Game Revolution N/A N/A C−[38]
GameSpot 7.3/10[39] N/A 3/10[40]
IGN 5/10[41] 4.2/10[42] 4.8/10[43]
Nintendo Power 7.3/10[44] N/A N/A
OPM (US) N/A N/A [45]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings 59%[46] 60%[47] 52%[48]
Metacritic N/A N/A 34/100[49]
The PlayStation version received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[49]
Game Boy Color version[edit]
This version of the game is an 8-bit 2D side-scrolling platformer, where the player takes control of either Tulio or Miguel. The main objective in the first part of the game is to find nine separate map pieces that will eventually lead to the lost city of El Dorado. The player explores many settings in each different level such as a Spanish town, a ship, jungles, caves or the city of El Dorado. During the gameplay, there are two choices for weapons, a sword, the close range option, or bags, which can be thrown at enemies from a distance. Throughout each level, there are many bags which can be picked up, and replenish the "ammunition" count of the player. While moving through the different settings, you must fight off animals, plants, human enemies, or evading natural dangers. Inside each level there are many things to collect such as extra lives, or coins, which help boost your score.
Notes[edit]
^ In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation and transferred to Universal Pictures.[50]
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