But reviewers have slammed the movie, which has just a 30 per cent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 20 mostly negative reviews.
"It's like paying to watch a dumbed-down mash-up of the least creative parts of Teletubbies, Barney & Friends and Pee-wee's Playhouse," said Amy Biancolli from the
San Francisco Chronicle.
Sean Means from the Salt Lake Tribune said the movie's stars were "a trio of the most cloyingly unbearable characters a parent could ever introduce to their preschool child," while Slant Magazine's Nick Schager said: "Enduring this brainless kid's film is akin to witnessing the end of the world."
Those comments haven't stopped producer Kenn Viselman from already planning a sequel.
"Seeing those kids get up and dance without anyone telling them to stop, or running down to the front of the screen and freaking out - the movie's already successful for me," he told Entertainment Weekly.
"Now whether we make our money back from movie one or not, that was never a part of the process. It was about, 'Can we get children to respond to them? Can we get them to react? Will there be a connection?'
"And if there is, movie two is the movie we plan on making money on. It's the one we're releasing merchandise with. Movie one was really just, 'We're the Oogieloves. Get to know us and love us and let's play together'."
- Herald online