Ice Age: Collision Course#Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

After the events of the previous film, Peaches is engaged to marry a benign mammoth named Julian, but Manny disapproves of this as he finds Julian annoying and incapable of protecting her. The concern escalates when Peaches reveals her wish to travel and explore the world as their honeymoon, which both Manny and Ellie oppose. Diego and Shira want to have children but worry they will not make friends, as the other kids becoming scared saber-tooth tigers. Sid is about to propose marriage to his girlfriend, Francine, but is dumped by her and laments his solitude.

During Manny and Ellie's wedding anniversary, asteroids strike the place, and the herd barely escapes and takes shelter in a cave. Meanwhile, in the underground lost world, Buck returns a Chasmosaurus egg to its mother after it was stolen by a trio of flying dromaeosaurs named Gavin, Gertie, and Roger. Buck discovers an ancient stone pillar and takes it to the surface, where he reunites with the herd.

Buck explains that according to the pillar, asteroids have caused two extinctions in the past, and with the next one incoming, he believes that the only place they could find a clue to stop it is on the site of the previous ones' impact: a nearby volcano, as according to its engravings, they always fall in the same place.

However, the trio overhear their conversation, and Gavin and Gertie decide to stop them. They believe that they could easily avoid the impact due to their natural ability to fly, thus not only getting their revenge on Buck but also eradicating Earth's population and securing domination over the planet for the dinosaurs. Roger is reluctant, but Gavin and Gertie strong-arm him to cooperate.

During the herd's journey to the crash site, Buck discovers that asteroids have electromagnetic properties. He theorizes that if a large number of smaller asteroids were gathered and launched into orbit, they could attract the main asteroid away from Earth.

After facing several obstacles and the interference of the dromaeosaurs, the herd arrives at Geotopia, a community of immortal animals formed inside one of the asteroids that fell long ago. There, Sid meets Brooke, a ground sloth who instantly falls in love with him.

Shangri Llama, the leader of Geotopia, refuses to cooperate with Buck's plan to use the city's crystals to stop the asteroid, as they are the key to the residents' longevity. Sid inadvertently destroys the entire city when he attempts to remove one of the crystals to present Brooke with, immediately aging them to their real ages and revealing their actual crone-like appearances, much to Shangri Llama's annoyance.

After Brooke convinces the other Geotopians that stopping the asteroid is more critical than their lost youth, they and the herd fill up a volcano with a gigantic ball made up of all the crystals so that the pressure launches them into space to draw the asteroid away. The dromaeosaurs attempt to intervene but soon discover they will not survive the asteroid's impact. Buck convinces them to help and tells them that the dinosaurs can live harmoniously with them.

After a small meteor hits Gavin, they accidentally drop the last and biggest crystal. Still, Manny and Julian work together to throw it back into the volcano, causing Julian to earn Manny's approval. The volcano then erupts, sending the magnetic crystal shards to the sky, which sends the oncoming asteroid back into space, away from Earth.

The herd then departs for home, including Sid, who parts ways with Brooke. Still, just after they leave, a small crystal shard falls inside a hot spring, giving it rejuvenating properties and making the Geotopians and Granny, who stayed behind with them, regain their youth. After the herd returns, Manny and Ellie reconcile with Peaches, encouraging her to chase her dreams. Peaches and Julian marry afterwards, while Diego and Shira become heroes to the kids, and a rejuvenated Brooke appears during the wedding ceremony to reunite with Sid, much to his delight.

Scrat accidentally crashes onto Mars and deliberately annihilates out all life before returning to his ship and fleeing back to Earth.

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• Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth and the leader and co-founder of the Herd{{cite news|last1=Truitt|first1=Brian|title=Exclusive: 'Ice Age' squirrel to make Macy's debut|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/10/22/exclusive-ice-age-scrat-balloon-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/74366580/|access-date=October 29, 2015|work=USA Today|date=October 22, 2015}}
• John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth and the co-founder of the Herd
• Denis Leary as Diego, a smilodon and the co-leader and co-founder of the Herd
• Adam DeVine as Julian, a woolly mammoth and Peaches's fiancé{{cite news |last=Truitt |first=Brian |title=Jesse Tyler Ferguson is a limber llama in new 'Ice Age' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/11/05/jesse-tyler-ferguson-ice-age-collision-course-exclusive-character-reveal/75184240/ |access-date=November 5, 2015 |work=USA Today |date=November 5, 2015 |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920142737/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/11/05/jesse-tyler-ferguson-ice-age-collision-course-exclusive-character-reveal/75184240/ |url-status=live }}{{cite tweet|last1=Devine|first1=Adam|title=Look at me Mom I'm a walking talking Woolly Mammoth! I'm playing Julian in the new #IceAge movie #CollisionCourse !|user=ADAMDEVINE|number=662379612563898372|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Shangri Llama, a yoga-loving llama and the spiritual leader of Geotopia
• Max Greenfield as Roger, a freaky and cowardly dromaeosaur{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Dwight|title=Ice Age: Collision Course|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dwight-brown/ice-age-collision-course_b_11047824.html|access-date=November 12, 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=July 20, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816174905/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dwight-brown/ice-age-collision-course_b_11047824.html|url-status=live}} and Gavin's son{{cite tweet|last1=Greenfield|first1=May|title=IM A DINOSAUR Follow #CollisionCourse to see who's joining my dino bird family in #IceAge!|user=iamgreenfield|number=662284336809414656|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Jessie J as Brooke, a ground sloth who is a resident of Geotopia and the love interest of Sid{{cite tweet|last1=J|first1=Jessie|title=You 'Herd' it here first! I'm in #IceAge! Follow #CollisionCourse to see who's joining me! So excited!|user=JessieJ|number=662282787366416384|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Nick Offerman as Gavin, a dromaeosaur and the father of Roger and Gertie
• Keke Palmer as Peaches, a young female woolly mammoth – Manny and Ellie's daughter{{cite tweet|last1=Palmer|first1=Keke|title=Ice, Ice, Baby. Follow #CollisionCourse today to see who's joining me in the #IceAge|user=KekePalmer|number=662275849320689664|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Crash and Eddie, two opossums and Ellie's brothers
• Simon Pegg as Buck, a one-eyed weasel and a dinosaur hunter who reunites with the Herd to warn them of the coming asteroid{{cite tweet|last1=Pegg|first1=Simon|title=Buck's back in the herd! Follow #collisioncourse and keep an eye out for who else is joining the Ice Age family.|user=simonpegg|number=662277177623359488|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Wanda Sykes as Granny, an aging ground sloth and Sid's grandmother{{cite tweet|last1=Sykes|first1=Wanda|title=Granny's back! Follow #CollisionCourse today to see who's joining me in #IceAge! |user=iamwandasykes|number=662516923331145728|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 6, 2015}}
• Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a female saber-tooth tiger – Diego's wife and former first mate pirate
• Queen Latifah as Ellie, a female woolly mammoth – Manny's wife
• Stephanie Beatriz as Gertie, a dromaeosaur and Gavin's daughter{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/94tGYSQmiT/|title=This is #Gertie. She's a dino bird in the next #IceAge movie #CollisionCourse AND IM HER VOICE!!! also in the fam are #maxgreenfield as my bro and #nickofferman as our pops! Can't wait for you to see it: coming July 22, 2016!!|work=Instagram|access-date=April 2, 2016}}
• Neil deGrasse Tyson as Neil deBuck Weasel, a weasel astronomer who exists in Buck's mind
• Lilly Singh as Bubbles and Misty, a pair of "minicorns" who reside in Geotopia
• Michael Strahan as Teddy, a fearless rabbit and a resident of Geotopia{{cite tweet|last1=Strahan|first1=Michael|title=Ready to get this party HOP'n. Lol. Follow #CollisionCourse to see who else is joining the #IceAge cast!|user=michaelstrahan|number=662364570443452416|access-date=November 6, 2015|date=November 5, 2015}}
• Melissa Rauch as Francine, a ground sloth who has a close relationship with Sid as she is his former girlfriend{{cite tweet|last1=Rauch|first1=Melissa|title=So excited to join the cast of #IceAge #CollisionCourse as Francine...Gotta say, I've never looked better.|user=MelissaRauch|number=662792832856395776|access-date=November 8, 2015|date=November 6, 2015}}
• Chris Wedge as Scrat, a saber-tooth squirrel

The concept of Collision Course was deeply rooted in a scene from the first film where Manny, Sid, Diego and Roshan are walking through an ice cave and they spot a spaceship that's encased in ice, an item that inspired this film in the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.heyuguys.com/ice-age-collision-course-set-visit/|title=HeyUGuys visit Blue Sky Studios to go 'on set' with Ice Age Collision Course|first=Micah|last=Phillips|work=HeyUGuys|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804011137/http://www.heyuguys.com/ice-age-collision-course-set-visit/|url-status=live}} As with the third film, which was also inspired by the ice cave scene in which the Herd comes across a dinosaur that was encased in ice, the team went back to the first film to search for a possible inspiration for this next installment.{{cite web|url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/07/exclusive-interview-with-galen-chu-co-director-of-ice-age-collision-course-about-the-new-adventure-simon-peggs-return-and-the-franchises-continued-popularity/|title=Exclusive interview with Galen Chu, co-director of Ice Age: Collision Course, about the new adventure, Simon Pegg's return and the franchise's continued popularity|first=Scott J.|last=Davis|work=Flickering Myth|date=July 8, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418225632/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/07/exclusive-interview-with-galen-chu-co-director-of-ice-age-collision-course-about-the-new-adventure-simon-peggs-return-and-the-franchises-continued-popularity/|url-status=live}} The characters were first hand-drawn on animation software, complete with color and animated clips of the characters doing specific actions. They were then sent to be hand-sculpted with clay, and ultimately scanned into CGI software and animated around the model.

The "Figaro's Aria" sequence which involved Buck saving an egg from a trio of dromaeosaurs proved to be one of the most challenging sequences for Blue Sky Studios' animators, as it involved a continuous uninterrupted shot that ran for around two minutes. It was one of the first scenes put into production but also one of the last to exit production due to its time-consuming and difficult structure, as the team would only be able to produce three or four seconds of footage a week.

The recording sessions took place in Los Angeles, California since most of the actors live there while the studio is based in New York. Director Michael Thurmeier and co-director Galen Tan Chu would take turns travelling to L.A. to head the recording sessions.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickreel.com/ice-age-collision-course-interview-with-co-director-galen-t-chu/|title=ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE INTERVIEW WITH CO-DIRECTOR GALEN T. CHU|first=Cassam|last=Looch|work=Flickreel|date=June 27, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2016}} In the film, Simon Pegg sang a rendition of "Figaro". Jesse Tyler Ferguson was offered the role of Shangri Llama after the producers saw his performance in Modern Family. It is his first time working in an animated film.{{cite web|url=http://parade.com/491269/paulettecohn/photos-ice-age-collision-course-will-a-meteor-end-their-world/|title=Photos: Ice Age: Collision Course: Will a Meteor End Their World?|first=Paulette|last=Cohn|work=Parade|date=July 12, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715074523/http://parade.com/491269/paulettecohn/photos-ice-age-collision-course-will-a-meteor-end-their-world/|url-status=live}} Ferguson blew out his voice on the first day of the recording session because he did a lot of yelling. He then took a few days off and came back later to finish his part. He admitted that he struggled the first time he heard his voice come out of his character's mouth. As a result, he decided to stop watching interviews of himself on television because he found them to be "too weird".

A promotional poster, shown in June 2015, at the Licensing Expo, revealed the film's full title: Ice Age: Collision Course.{{cite web|last1=Lesnick|first1=Silas|title=Exclusive Promo Poster Gallery from Licensing Expo 2015!|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/448587-exclusive-promo-poster-gallery-from-licensing-expo-2015#/slide/15|publisher=ComingSoon.net|access-date=June 9, 2015|date=June 9, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610105924/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/448587-exclusive-promo-poster-gallery-from-licensing-expo-2015#/slide/15|url-status=live}}

The film score was composed by John Debney, who replaced John Powell from the previous three films due to Powell being busy with other projects.{{cite news|title=John Debney to Score 'Ice Age: Collision Course'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/03/27/john-debney-to-score-ice-age-collision-course/|access-date=March 27, 2016|work=Film Music Reporter|date=March 27, 2016|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603131953/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/03/27/john-debney-to-score-ice-age-collision-course/|url-status=live}} However, most of Powell's score from the third film was included, along with David Newman's score from the first film. Jessie J performed a song dubbed "My Superstar" with Blaze n Vill{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/blazenvill/posts/734514196723605 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=www.facebook.com}} as a contribution to the film. Other songs in the film include Simon Pegg's rendition of "Largo al factotum".

Ice Age: Collision Course was originally scheduled for release on July 15, 2016.{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title='Ice Age 5' to Hit Theaters Summer 2016|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ice-age-5-hit-theaters-667319|access-date=May 12, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 20, 2013|ref=THRHit2016|archive-date=April 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411035101/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ice-age-5-hit-theaters-667319|url-status=live}} However, it was delayed to July 22,{{cite web|last1=Lowe|first1=Kinsey|title='Ice Age 5′ Gets Title, Date Change; Weinstein Co. Adjusts 'About Ray'|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/ice-age-collision-course-underdog-about-ray-1201495681/|publisher=Deadline|access-date=August 8, 2015|date=August 7, 2015|archive-date=August 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808092338/http://deadline.com/2015/08/ice-age-collision-course-underdog-about-ray-1201495681/|url-status=live}} to avoid competition with the Ghostbusters reboot that was also scheduled for July 15. An extended sneak peek of the movie in the form of a short film called Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe was attached to theatrical showings of Blue Sky Studios' The Peanuts Movie on November 6, 2015.{{cite news|last1=Truitt|first1=Brian|title=Sneak peek: Scrat heads to space for 'Ice Age' short|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/11/05/sneak-peek-scrat-ice-age-short-exclusive/75184342/|access-date=November 6, 2015|work=USA Today|date=November 6, 2015|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209175506/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/11/05/sneak-peek-scrat-ice-age-short-exclusive/75184342/|url-status=live}} The teaser poster of the film was revealed on November 6, 2015, with the words "Bring Scrat Home" spoofing The Martian.{{cite news|last1=Hunter|first1=Craig|title=Scrat In Space As First ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE Poster Riffs THE MARTIAN|url=http://www.screenrelish.com/2015/11/06/scrat-in-space-as-first-ice-age-collision-course-poster-riffs-the-martian/|access-date=November 6, 2015|work=Screen Relish|date=November 6, 2015|archive-date=February 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229231249/http://www.screenrelish.com/2015/11/06/scrat-in-space-as-first-ice-age-collision-course-poster-riffs-the-martian/|url-status=usurped}} The short film was released later on November 9, 2015, on 20th Century Fox's official YouTube page.{{cite AV media |author1=Fox Family Entertainment |title=Ice Age: Collision Course | "Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe" Animated Short [HD] | FOX Family |url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgSNlmkJCpg |publisher= YouTube |access-date=November 10, 2015 |date=November 9, 2015}}

Ice Age: Collision Course was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Blu-ray and digital download on October 11, 2016. Special features include a new short film titled Scrat: Spaced Out,{{cite web|title='Ice Age: Collision Course' Lands on Blue-ray October 11|url=https://www.awn.com/news/ice-age-collision-course-lands-blue-ray-october-11|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=May 30, 2017|date=September 22, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111153505/https://www.awn.com/news/ice-age-collision-course-lands-blue-ray-october-11|url-status=live}} which is primarily made up of Scrat's scenes from the film, with a few unique scenes at the end.

Ice Age: Collision Course was released on The Walt Disney Company's streaming service Disney+ on July 3, 2020.

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe is a five-minute short film, with the majority of its footage, minus the closing scene, taken from the beginning of Ice Age: Collision Course.{{cite web|last1=Campbell|first1=Christopher|title=HomeMovies Ice Age: Collision Course Review|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/ice-age-collision-course-review-17ca523b4fbf/|publisher=Film School Rejects|access-date=May 30, 2017|date=2016|archive-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711144321/https://filmschoolrejects.com/ice-age-collision-course-review-17ca523b4fbf/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Noyes|first1=Mike|title=DVD Review: Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade|url=http://insidepulse.com/2017/03/15/dvd-review-ice-age-the-great-egg-scapade/|publisher=Inside Pulse|access-date=May 30, 2017|date=March 15, 2017|archive-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526004041/http://insidepulse.com/2017/03/15/dvd-review-ice-age-the-great-egg-scapade/|url-status=live}} Directed by Michael Thurmeier and Galen Chu, the short premiered on November 6, 2015, along with the film The Peanuts Movie. In the short, Scrat, trying to bury his acorn, accidentally activates an abandoned alien ship that takes him into deep space, where he unwittingly sends several asteroids en route to a collision with Earth.

Scrat: Spaced Out is a short film that compiles all Scrat's scenes from Ice Age: Collision Course with a few unique scenes at the end.{{cite web |last= Jacobson |first= Colin |title= Ice Age: Collision Course (Blu-Ray 3D) (2016) |url= http://www.dvdmg.com/iceagecollisioncourse.shtml |publisher= DVD Movie Guide |access-date= April 27, 2017 |date= October 17, 2016 |archive-date= March 6, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170306150917/http://dvdmg.com/iceagecollisioncourse.shtml |url-status= live }} The short was included on the film's home media releases.

Following the events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is heading back to Earth in the saucer. An acorn-shaped ship appears and pulls the acorn, with Scrat holding onto it. In the ship, three alien squirrels (A.K.A Scratazons) are surprised by finding Scrat, and blast him away from the acorn. Scrat tries to take it back with a tractor beam in a nearby saucer, but the alien leader pulls it back with another tractor beam. Being pulled to both sides, the nutrogen inside the acorn snaps, creating a massive explosion, which destroys the ship and creates a black hole sucking everything nearby into it. Scrat jumps out of the saucer, knocks the Scratazon alien leader into the black hole while trying to save the acorn, but gets pulled in the hole nonetheless. He emerges in space along with the acorn, only for the black hole appearing again, snatching the acorn and leaving Scrat alone again. The short ends with the latter screaming in frustration.

Ice Age: Collision Course grossed $64 million in North America and $344 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $408.5 million, against a production budget of $105 million. In terms of total earnings, its biggest markets outside of North America were China ($66 million) (with the country being also its largest territory overall), France ($26.3 million), Brazil ($25 million), Germany ($24.7 million) and Mexico ($22.2 million).{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=iceage5.htm|title= Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) - International Box Office Results|access-date= November 29, 2016|work= Box Office Mojo|archive-date= November 22, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161122081754/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=iceage5.htm|url-status= live}}

In the United States and Canada Ice Age: Collision Course opened on July 22, 2016, alongside Star Trek Beyond and Lights Out, and was projected to gross $30–35 million from 3,997 theaters in its opening weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-ghostbusters-lights-out-box-office-comic-con-1201788846/|title='Star Trek Beyond' To Blast Off Fueled By Comic-Con World Premiere – Box Office Preview|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 19, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-date=July 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720163355/https://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-ghostbusters-lights-out-box-office-comic-con-1201788846/|url-status=live}} It made $850,000 from Thursday night previews and $7.8 million on its first day.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-ice-age-lights-out-1201820167/|title=Box Office: 'Star Trek Beyond' Blasts Off With $5.5 Million on Thursday|first=Dave|last=McNarry|work=Variety|date=July 22, 2016|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=July 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723160546/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-ice-age-lights-out-1201820167/|url-status=live}} It had a $21 million debut in its opening weekend, finishing fourth at the box office. The film finished its theatrical run with a domestic gross of $64 million. Produced on a budget of $105 million, the film became the lowest-grossing film of the franchise as well as Blue Sky's lowest-grossing film, causing the film to become a box-office bomb in the North American market.{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4209&p=.htm|title= 'Star Trek Beyond' Debuts at #1, 'Lights Out' Opens Strong and 'Ice Age 5' Bombs|website= Box Office Mojo|access-date= February 19, 2020|archive-date= June 15, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191304/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4209&p=.htm|url-status= live}}{{cite web |first1= Anita |last1= Busch |first2= Anthony |last2= D'Alessandro |title= 'Star Trek Beyond' Launches To $59M; 'Lights Out' Electrifies; 'Ice Age' Tepid; 'Ghostbusters' No Cinderella Story – Box Office Final |url= https://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-ice-age-collision-course-lights-out-box-office-preview-1201790073/ |work= Deadline Hollywood |date= July 25, 2016 |quote= The fifthquel earned a B+, the lowest in the series |access-date= June 21, 2020 |archive-date= August 14, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170814021538/http://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-ice-age-collision-course-lights-out-box-office-preview-1201790073/ |url-status= live }}{{cite web |first= Pamela |last= McClintock |title= Box Office: 'Star Trek Beyond' Beams Up $59.6M; 'Ice Age 5' Bombs With $21M |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-914002 |website= The Hollywood Reporter |date= July 24, 2016 |access-date= October 27, 2019 |archive-date= July 24, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160724215658/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-star-trek-beyond-914002 |url-status= live }}

The film began its international theatrical run two weeks prior to its North American release, earning $18 million from seven markets on about 5,286 screens.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/tarzan-independence-day-resurgence-secret-life-of-pets-finding-dory-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-china-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201782497/|title='Tarzan' Takes $19.3M In First Offshore Swing; 'Resurgence' Rises To $175.8M; China Shells Out For 'TMNT2' – Intl B.O. Final|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227164948/https://deadline.com/2016/07/tarzan-independence-day-resurgence-secret-life-of-pets-finding-dory-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-china-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201782497/|url-status=live}} In its second weekend, it added $32.2 million from 25 countries. As a result, it only topped the international box office for a non-Chinese film but also helped Fox pass the $2 billion mark internationally, making this the eighth consecutive calendar year Fox has surpassed this milestone, and the tenth time in the studio's history.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/ice-age-sultan-salman-khan-finding-dory-tarzan-cold-war-independence-day-bollywood-china-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201784674/|title='Ice Age' Leads Studio Pics; Chinese Summer & 'Sultan' Kick Off – Intl B.O. Final|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 12, 2016|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227152114/https://deadline.com/2016/07/ice-age-sultan-salman-khan-finding-dory-tarzan-cold-war-independence-day-bollywood-china-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201784674/|url-status=live}} The film came in third place overall, behind the two Chinese films Cold War 2 and Big Fish & Begonia.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-cold-war-909675|title=China Box Office: 'Cold War 2' Leads Weekend Dominated by Local Films|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 10, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712122413/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-cold-war-909675|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/china-box-office-weekend-cold-war-winner-1201811527/|title=China Box Office Weekend: 'Cold War II' Heads Trio of Local Winners|first=Patrick|last=Frater|work=Variety|date=July 10, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712122600/https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/china-box-office-weekend-cold-war-winner-1201811527/|url-status=live}} By its third weekend, after grossing another $53.5 million from 15,132 screens in a total 51 markets, it finally topped the international box office and became the biggest grosser of the weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/ghostbusters-ice-age-collision-course-sultan-secret-life-of-pets-finding-dory-tarzan-independence-day-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201787698/|title='Ice Age' Charts $53.5M Course To Lead Frame; 'Ghostbusters' Calls Up $19.1M In Offshore Bow – International Box Office|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 17, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718135611/https://deadline.com/2016/07/ghostbusters-ice-age-collision-course-sultan-secret-life-of-pets-finding-dory-tarzan-independence-day-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201787698/|url-status=live}}

It recorded the biggest opening of all time for Fox in Argentina ($3.77 million), where its debut is also the third biggest of all time behind Furious 7 and Captain America: Civil War; Colombia ($2.18 million), Central America ($2.2 million) and Uruguay ($620,618); the second biggest in Mexico ($8.4 million), behind Ice Age: Continental Drift; Peru, Chile and Ecuador; the biggest opening among the series in Brazil ($4.5 million) and the biggest non-holiday animated opening ever in India ($1.66 million). Elsewhere, it had No. 1 openings in Russia ($5.9 million), Italy ($4.5 million), Germany ($4.2 million), Austria ($893,350) and Switzerland ($514,789) and No. 5 in Australia ($3.1 million). In France, it opened amidst the 2016 Nice truck attack and delivered an opening weekend of $7.1 million. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it debuted in second place with $5.2 million, behind Ghostbusters which also opened the same weekend. In China, it opened on Tuesday, August 23, alongside Jason Bourne and delivered a six-day opening of $42.7 million and a Friday to Sunday debut of $23.1 million. The debut makes it the top non-local animated opening in the country that year and is also the franchise's best debut.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/jason-bourne-ice-age-collision-course-china-secret-life-of-pets-suicide-squad-mechanic-weekend-foreign-results-international-box-office-1201809853/|title='Bourne' Back At #1; 'Ice Age' Skates Across $300M Offshore; 'Pets' Prances Past $700M WW – Intl Box Office|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 28, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217053205/https://deadline.com/2016/08/jason-bourne-ice-age-collision-course-china-secret-life-of-pets-suicide-squad-mechanic-weekend-foreign-results-international-box-office-1201809853/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-jason-bourne-923896|title=China Box Office: 'Jason Bourne,' 'Ice Age' Neck-and-Neck as Hollywood Releases Return After Blackout Period|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217053228/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-jason-bourne-923896|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/china/?yr=2016&wk=35&p=.htm|title=China Box Office (August 26 – 28, 2016)|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=August 30, 2016|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217053235/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/by-year/2016/?area=CN|url-status=live}} It has so far grossed a total of $63.6 million there.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/sully-mil-jeong-suicide-squad-international-box-office-1201817102/|title=Warner Bros.' Weekend Trifecta With 'Mil-Jeong,' 'Sully' And 'Suicide Squad' – Int'l Box Office|first=Anita|last=Busch|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808153609/http://deadline.com/2016/09/sully-mil-jeong-suicide-squad-international-box-office-1201817102/|url-status=live}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Unoriginal and unfunny, Ice Age: Collision Course offers further proof that not even the healthiest box office receipts can keep a franchise from slouching toward creative extinction.|ref=yes|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} Rotten Tomatoes also ranks Collision Course as the worst-reviewed of all the five films in the Ice Age franchise.{{cite web |title= Franchises - Ice Age |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/ice_age/ |website= Rotten Tomatoes |access-date= April 2, 2020 |archive-date= November 18, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201118160050/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/ice_age |url-status= live }} {{Metacritic film prose|34|27|ref=yes|access-date=12 April 2025}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Katie Walsh of Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review, writing that "Collision Course is simply a perfunctory, watered-down entry in the series that feels like it should have been released on home video."{{cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ice-age-collision-review-20160718-snap-story.html |title= The fifth 'Ice Age' cometh, but feel free to misseth |first= Katie |last= Walsh |work= Los Angeles Times |date= July 21, 2016 |access-date= February 19, 2020 |archive-date= March 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200301233352/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ice-age-collision-review-20160718-snap-story.html |url-status= live }} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one out of four stars, saying, "The fifth entry in the Ice Age series is a loud, lazy, laugh-starved cash grab that cynically exploits its target audience (I use the term advisedly) by serving them scraps and calling it yummy."{{cite magazine |date= July 22, 2016 |first= Peter |last= Travers |authorlink= Peter Travers |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/ice-age-collision-course-review-w430287 |title= 'Ice Age: Collision Course' Review: Thaw and Order |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= September 1, 2017 |archive-date= September 13, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170913080328/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/ice-age-collision-course-review-w430287 |url-status= live }} Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it 2/5 stars, writing, "the time to call it a day probably came way back in the Jurassic period of 2002, when the credits were rolling on the (perfectly decent) first film. Now it's running on empty."{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2016-07-14 |title=Ice Age: Collision Course review – animated franchise loses its cool |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/14/ice-age-collision-course-review |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The Washington Post's Stephanie Merry wrote, "Lazy, scattershot and excruciatingly unfunny, the movie is a hazard to the very young, who might come away with the erroneous impression that movies don't get any better than this."{{Cite news |last=Merry |first=Stephanie |date=2016-07-21 |title=‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: It’s time for this franchise to become extinct |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/ice-age-collision-course-its-time-for-this-franchise-to-become-extinct/2016/07/21/84bfe3a8-4ddb-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying that "The long-running series returns to form with an infectious chatterbox comedy about the end of the world as we know it."{{cite news |last= Gleiberman |first= Owen |authorlink= Owen Gleiberman |title= Film Review: 'Ice Age: Collision Course' |url= https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ice-age-collision-course-review-1201797243/ |access-date= November 12, 2016 |work= Variety |date= June 18, 2016 |archive-date= January 2, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180102163620/http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ice-age-collision-course-review-1201797243/ |url-status= live }} Stuff's Kate Robertson wrote, "The familiar voices of Ray Romano, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Max Greenfield make for some distinct and headstrong characters - a winning formula, if there ever was one."{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Kate |date=June 11, 2021 |title=Disney+'s The Cave is a painfully beautiful film that needs to be seen |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stuff-to-watch/125366463/disneys-the-cave-is-a-painfully-beautiful-film-that-needs-to-be-seen |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Stuff}} Ed Potton of The Times gave it 4/5 stars, calling it "a rare case of the classic sequel formula — same again but bigger and louder — being rather effective."{{Cite web |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2016-07-14 |title=Ice Age: Collision Course |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/ice-age-collision-course-vsptmkpv5?region=global |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=The Times |language=en}}

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On the possibility of a sequel, co-director Galen T. Chu stated in June 2016 that there were some ideas for the sixth installment. In July 2016, Bustle noted that the chances of a sixth entry were relatively high but would depend on the box office performance of the fifth film.{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/172484-will-there-be-another-ice-age-movie-this-franchise-is-staying-strong|title=Will There Be Another Ice Age Movie? This Franchise Is Staying Strong|first=Johnny|last=Brayson|work=Bustle|date=July 21, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418225815/https://www.bustle.com/articles/172484-will-there-be-another-ice-age-movie-this-franchise-is-staying-strong|url-status=live}}

In February 2022, Forte discussed the possibility of a sequel while promoting The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, saying, "I think it's a little premature. We hope that people will respond to this, and that will promote us to be able to do another movie. If the audiences want it, we've got plenty of ideas. There's no end to ideas and adventures and characters, so we're ready if they're ready."{{Cite web |last=Sarah Sheer |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Ice Age 7: Producers Talk Future Franchise Possibilities |url=https://screenrant.com/ice-age-7-franchise-future-response/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126140622/https://screenrant.com/ice-age-7-franchise-future-response/ |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=Screen Rant |publisher=Valnet Inc.}}

In September 2024, while making a guest appearance on the Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! podcast, Leguizamo suggested that a sixth main Ice Age film could be in development.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/ice-age-6-john-leguizamo/|title=John Leguizamo Says Another Sequel in This Popular Kid’s Franchise Is on the Way|first=Aidan|last=Kelley|date=September 11, 2024|website=Collider}} In November 2024, a sixth film was confirmed to be in the works with Romano, Leguizamo, Latifah, Leary, and Pegg set to reprise their voice roles. The film is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=November 8, 2024 |title=Disney Sets ‘Ice Age 6’ for 2026 With Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo Returning |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ice-age-6-coming-2026-disney-d23-brazil/}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f93TgnGk66k |title=Ice Age 6 {{!}} In Theaters in 2026 |author=Disney |publisher=YouTube |date=November 8, 2024}}

{{main|The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild}}

A spin-off film, developed for streaming on Disney+, was titled The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild and centered around Buck going on an adventure in the Dinosaur World with Crash and Eddie. Simon Pegg reprised his role as the title character, being the only cast member from the film series to do so. The film was released on January 28, 2022, to generally negative reviews from critics.{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Jay|date=December 10, 2020|title=Here are all the new Marvel, Star Wars, and other projects Disney announced at its investor day|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22167976/disney-investor-day-2020-biggest-announcements-plus-marvel-star-wars-pixar-animation|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211081613/https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22167976/disney-investor-day-2020-biggest-announcements-plus-marvel-star-wars-pixar-animation|url-status=live}}

{{main|Ice Age: Scrat Tales}}

On May 4, 2021, it was revealed that a short series produced by Blue Sky Studios known as Scrat Tales would be coming to Disney+, having been completed by the company before their dissolution the previous month. The series follows the titular Scrat, who discovers that he has his own son.{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2021 |title=📷 RUMOR: Ice Age Scrat Themed Shorts Coming Soon To Disney+? |url=https://disneytvanimation.com/post/650273422956462080/rumor-ice-age-scrat-themed-shorts-coming-soon-to |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115080635/https://disneytvanimation.com/post/650273422956462080/rumor-ice-age-scrat-themed-shorts-coming-soon-to |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |website=Tumblr |publisher=Walt Disney Television Animation News}} Footage was later leaked onto YouTube, with former Blue Sky animators revealing that the series would be coming to Disney+ in 2022 after The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. A plush for the character of Scrat's son was also unveiled via Just Play Products' website, with the second image featuring a blue tag containing the logo for Scrat Tales, although the listing was retitled under The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild to promote the spin-off film.{{Cite web |title=The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild Baby Scrat Animated Feature Plush |url=https://justplayproducts.com/products/the-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild-baby-scrat-animated-feature-plush/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112190618/https://justplayproducts.com/products/the-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild-baby-scrat-animated-feature-plush/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=January 13, 2022 |website=Just Play | Toys for Kids of All Ages}} The series was released as a Disney+ original series on April 13, 2022.{{Cite tweet|number=1496152815277850640|user=disneyplus|title=The nut doesn't fall far from the tree. Ice Age: Scrat Tales starts streaming on #DisneyPlus April 13!|date=February 22, 2022|access-date=February 22, 2022}}

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