Ice Age: Continental Drift#Music

Manny and Ellie are living happily with their now teenage daughter Peaches. While Ellie tries supporting her daughter, Manny becomes exceedingly overprotective. Meanwhile, Sid's family returns, but only to drop off the elderly Granny before promptly abandoning them both. Manny then catches Peaches hanging out with a group of mammoths he does not approve of, causing a fight between him and Peaches. Shortly after, a sudden continental break-up (caused by Scrat trying to bury his acorn again) separates Manny from The Herd. Trapped on a moving chunk of ice with Sid, Granny, and Diego, Manny has no choice but to ride out the current. At the same time, a giant land shift encroaches on Ellie, Peaches, and those remaining on land, forcing them to make their way towards a land bridge in order to get to safety.

After extremely violent weather pushes them further away from land, Manny's group is captured by a band of pirates sailing on a floating iceberg led by a Gigantopithecus, Captain Gutt, who attempts to press them into his crew. When they refuse, Gutt tries to execute them; this leads to their escape, which inadvertently causes the ship and food supplies to sink. Gutt's first mate, a female sabretooth named Shira, joins them after she is rescued after being left for dead by her mates.

The Herd washes ashore on Switchback Cove, which gives a current back to their home. After learning that Gutt has enslaved a group of hyrax and is using them to build a new iceberg ship, Manny coordinates a plan with some more hyrax to free their comrades and steal the ship, and they are able to create a diversion. Just before they manage to escape aboard the ship, Diego tries to convince Shira to leave the pirates and join The Herd so she can live a better life, but Shira, while initially accepting, instead stays behind and slows Gutt down so The Herd can escape. Gutt forms yet another ship and plans to seek revenge on Manny.

Meanwhile, during the animals' trek to the land bridge back on the mainland, Peaches joins the group of mammoths from before, only to find out that they do not care about the ongoing danger and they look down on her for being friends with a molehog named Louis. When Louis overhears Peaches telling the other mammoths that they are not actually friends, Peaches has a change of heart about her new friends, berates them for their attitudes, and leaves them.

After narrowly escaping a pack of sirens, Manny, Sid, Diego, and Granny return home and find that not only has the land bridge been destroyed, but Gutt has beaten them and taken Ellie, Peaches, and the rest of The Herd hostage. A fight ensues, as Granny's pet whale, Precious, arrives and fends off Gutt's crew. Manny defeats Gutt in a final duel on an ice floe and reunites with his family and friends. Gutt subsequently encounters a siren that assumes the shape of a female Gigantopithecus, who tries to eat him alive by trapping him in a giant clam. In the aftermath, Peaches happily reconciles with both Manny and Louis, and Shira joins The Herd and becomes a couple with Diego. With their home destroyed by the land shift, Precious takes the entire Herd to a lush island, where the hyraxes from earlier have already started rebuilding their civilization.

{{See also |List of Ice Age characters}}

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{{Cast listing|

• Ray Romano as Manny,{{cite web|last1=Finke|first1=Nikki|title=Jennifer Lopez, Jeremy Renner, Wanda Sykes, & Drake Join Cast of 2012 'Ice Age'|url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/jennifer-lopez-jeremy-renner-wanda-sykes-drake-join-cast-of-next-ice-age-125986/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 8, 2015|date=April 26, 2011|archive-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915073808/http://deadline.com/2011/04/jennifer-lopez-jeremy-renner-wanda-sykes-drake-join-cast-of-next-ice-age-125986/|url-status=live}} a woolly mammoth who is Ellie's husband, Peaches' father and Sid and Diego's best friend
• John Leguizamo as Sid, a lazy, but caring ground sloth who is Manny and Diego's best friend
• Denis Leary as Diego, a Smilodon who is Manny and Sid's best friend and Shira's love interest
• Seann William Scott as Crash, an opossum, Eddie's brother, and Ellie's adoptive brother
• Josh Peck as Eddie, an opossum, Crash's brother, and Ellie's adoptive brother
• Peter Dinklage as Captain Gutt,{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-29/a-first-look-at-ice-age-4-continental-drift/53303654/1 | title=Sneak peek: 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' | date=March 1, 2012 | access-date=March 1, 2012 | first=Susan | last=Wloszczyna | archive-date=July 24, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724010515/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-29/a-first-look-at-ice-age-4-continental-drift/53303654/1 | url-status=live }} a Gigantopithecus.
• Wanda Sykes as Granny, Sid's grandmother
• Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a Smilodon, and Gutt's first mate, until she is separated from her crew and falls in love with Diego
• Queen Latifah as Ellie, a woolly mammoth who is Manny's wife and Peaches' mother
• Josh Gad as Louis, a molehog and Peaches' best friend
• Keke Palmer as Peaches, a teenage woolly mammoth and Manny and Ellie's daughter
• Nick Frost as Flynn, an elephant seal
• Aziz Ansari as Squint, a Palaeolagus.
• Drake as Ethan, a mammoth that Peaches has a crush on
• Nicki Minaj as Steffie,{{cite news|last=Hampp|first=Andrew|title=Exclusive: Nicki Minaj Barbie Doll to Be Auctioned for Charity (Photo)|url=https://www.billboard.com/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story#/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story|access-date=December 26, 2011|newspaper=Billboard|date=December 2, 2011|archive-date=January 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104211246/http://www.billboard.com/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story#/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story|url-status=live}} a mammoth who is Ethan's girlfriend and makes fun of Peaches
• Ben Gleib as Marshall{{Cite web |url=http://submergemag.com/comedy/ben-gleib-comedian-actor-and-cartoon-sloth/ |title=Comedian, Actor and Cartoon Sloth Ben Gleib | Submerge Magazine | Music + Art + Lifestyle |date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802211103/http://submergemag.com/comedy/ben-gleib-comedian-actor-and-cartoon-sloth/ |url-status=live }} Sid's brother
• Alan Tudyk as:
• Milton, Sid's father
• Hunky Siren
• Ester Dean as Sloth and Ape Sirens{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Erica|title=Ester Dean Talks 'Ice Age 4,' New Album and Missy Elliott|url=https://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story#/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story|access-date=September 10, 2011|newspaper=Billboard|date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913231743/http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story#/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story|url-status=live}}
• Kunal Nayyar as Gupta, a Bengali badger
• Rebel Wilson as Raz,{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bridesmaids-star-ramps-up-movie-225490|title='Bridesmaids' Co-Star Ramps Up Movie Roles (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 19, 2011|first=Borys|last=Kit|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-date=September 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930124519/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bridesmaids-star-ramps-up-movie-225490|url-status=live}} a Procoptodon
• Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Uncle Fungus, Sid's uncle
• Joy Behar as Eunice, Sid's mother{{cite news|last1=Abrams|first1=Rachel|title=Behar, Minaj, Frost warm to 'Ice Age'|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/behar-minaj-frost-warm-to-ice-age-1118040908/|access-date=March 8, 2015|work=Variety|date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=June 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616065210/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/behar-minaj-frost-warm-to-ice-age-1118040908/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Joy takes us behind the scenes at 'Ice Age'|url=http://joybehar.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/15/joy-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-at-ice-age/|access-date=December 17, 2011|publisher=CNN}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Alain Chabat as Silas, a petrel
• Heather Morris as Katie,{{cite news|last=Cheung|first=Nadine|title='Glee's' Heather Morris to Star in 'Ice Age: Continental Drift'|url=http://www.jsyk.com/2011/08/08/heather-morris-ice-age-4/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527055947/http://www.jsyk.com/2011/08/08/heather-morris-ice-age-4/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 27, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2011|newspaper=JSYK|date=August 8, 2011}} one of Steffie's best friends
• Chris Wedge as Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel
• Karen Disher as a siren who took Scratte's form, a female saber-toothed squirrel and Scrat's ex-love interest{{Efn|as depicted in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs}}
• Patrick Stewart as Ariscratle, a saber-toothed squirrel from Scratlantis{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3954363/patrick-stewart-voices/|title=See 5 Roles You Didn't Realize Patrick Stewart Voiced|magazine=Time|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-date=October 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028214818/http://time.com/3954363/patrick-stewart-voices/|url-status=live}}

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The first details of the sequel were announced on January 10, 2010, when The New York Times reported that Blue Sky was working on a fourth film and was in negotiations with the voice cast.{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|title=Taking Aim at the Big Names in Animated Film|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11bluesky.html|access-date=August 15, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 10, 2010|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017194254/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11bluesky.html|url-status=live}} Fox confirmed in May 2010, that Ice Age: Continental Drift would release on July 13, 2012.{{cite news|last=Mcclintock|first=Pamela|title=Fox sets 3D 'Ice Age' sequel|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018829|access-date=August 30, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=May 5, 2010|archive-date=May 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519190810/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018829|url-status=dead}}

For Continental Drift, one of the biggest achievements from Blue Sky's animation pipeline was the CG water used for the ocean and the clouds throughout the film. Unlike how it was handled from Ice Age: The Meltdown, the water effects from the ocean were achieved by using a combination of software, some developed in-house, and some off-the-shelf. While water, splashes and cloud rendering was done in Blue Sky's proprietary renderer, Houdini was used to generate data for simulations, and RealFlow for some splash effects. The biggest sequence for the CG water was mostly during the storm sequence, being the perfect scale to tackle in the film. For the clouds, the team built settings in a real space so they could be lit and rotated with dynamic camera movement through and around them.{{cite web |title='Ice Age' Goes Epic with 'Continental Drift' |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/ice-age-goes-epic-continental-drift |website=Animation World Network |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en}}

A soundtrack album of music by John Powell, who previously composed the second and third installments, and was released on July 10, 2012 by Varèse Sarabande.{{cite web|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift|url=http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-1048/Ice-Age-cln--Continental-Drift/Detail|publisher=Varese Sarabande Records|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627062624/http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-1048/Ice-Age-cln--Continental-Drift/Detail|archive-date=June 27, 2012}} In addition to Powell's original score, the film features Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Powell explained his decision: "At the beginning of the film, the creation of the geographical world as we know it seemed just such an immense idea to musically convey, that I gave up entirely and used Beethoven's Ninth Symphony instead. With a bit of obscenely crass re-orchestration and blatantly cheap arranging tricks normally associated with strippers, we got it to fit the action perfectly. But the cost that I must now bear is having to live forever in hiding, since the "Beethoven Society" issued a "fatwa" on me."{{cite news|last=Rosenbloom|first=Etan|title=John Powell on Ice Age: Continental Drift|url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2012/07/wecreatemusic/film-music-friday-ice-age.aspx|access-date=November 27, 2012|newspaper=ASCAP|date=July 13, 2012|archive-date=August 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813114657/http://www.ascap.com/playback/2012/07/wecreatemusic/film-music-friday-ice-age.aspx|url-status=live}}

Featured in the film was "Chasing the Sun", performed by The Wanted{{cite news|title=The Wanted Single Set For Ice Age 4 Soundtrack|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/the-wanted/354375-the-wanted-ice-age-4-soundtrack|access-date=May 4, 2012|publisher=MTV|date=June 10, 2012|archive-date=May 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508094619/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/the-wanted/354375-the-wanted-ice-age-4-soundtrack|url-status=dead}} the film's first theme song, and the second theme song "We are (Family)" written by Ester Dean, performed by Keke Palmer.{{cite news|title=Keke Palmer Sings The "Ice Age: Continental Drift" Theme Song "We Are"|url=http://www.nickutopia.com/2012/05/25/keke-palmer-sings-the-ice-age-continental-drift-theme-song-we-are/|access-date=June 12, 2012|newspaper=Nickutopia|date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019075744/http://www.nickutopia.com/2012/05/25/keke-palmer-sings-the-ice-age-continental-drift-theme-song-we-are/|url-status=live}} Both songs play during the credits and are not available on the soundtrack. "Chasing The Sun" can be found on The Wanted's 2012 American debut extended play, The Wanted EP, while an alternate version of "We Are (Family)" sung only by Keke Palmer is available for download.

Captain Gutt’s pirates also perform a sea shanty during the film.

Ice Age: Continental Drift had its premiere on June 20, 2012, at the CineEurope film distributors' trade fair in Barcelona.{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=20th Century Fox to Premiere Fourth 'Ice Age' Film at CineEurope|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/20th-century-fox-premiere-ice-age-cineeurope-332629|access-date=June 4, 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 4, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614000804/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/20th-century-fox-premiere-ice-age-cineeurope-332629|url-status=live}} It publicly premiered on June 27, 2012, in Belgium, Egypt, France, Switzerland, and Trinidad, and was released on July 13, 2012, in the United States.{{cite web|title=Worldwide Release Dates|url=http://www.iceagemovie.com/intl/releasedates/release-dates.html|publisher=Ice Age: Continental Drift|access-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519025043/http://www.iceagemovie.com/intl/releasedates/release-dates.html|archive-date=May 19, 2012}} The film was accompanied by the short animated film The Longest Daycare, featuring Maggie Simpson from the animated sitcom The Simpsons.{{cite web|title=YouTube trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5soybUdP7g0|date=May 20, 2012|access-date=May 21, 2012|publisher=Fox Broadcasting|archive-date=May 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521065031/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5soybUdP7g0&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Simpsons_Movie_Ice_Age_4_Maggie_3D_Short/28162969|title='Simpsons' Back on the Big Screen: 'Ice Age 4' Debuts 3D Short|author=Arbeiter, Michael|access-date=May 21, 2012|date=May 21, 2012|publisher=Hollywood.com|archive-date=December 9, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209081757/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Simpsons_Movie_Ice_Age_4_Maggie_3D_Short/28162969|url-status=live}}

As a promotion for Ice Age: Continental Drift, Fox released two 3-minute short segments from the film serving as teasers for it,{{cite news|last=Debruge|first=Peter|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/ice-age-continental-drift-1117947834/|access-date=July 29, 2018|newspaper=Variety|date=June 28, 2012}} titled Scrat's Continental Crack-up and Scrat's Continental Crack-up: Part 2. The first part premiered as a theatrical release attached to Gulliver's Travels in 2010,{{cite news | last=Sciretta | first=Peter | url=https://www.slashfilm.com/ice-age-short-film-scrats-continental-crackup-attached-gullivers-travels/ | title=Watch: Ice Age Short Film 'Scrat's Continental Crack-Up' | publisher=/Film | date=January 6, 2011 | access-date=August 6, 2011 | archive-date=August 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818082934/http://www.slashfilm.com/ice-age-short-film-scrats-continental-crackup-attached-gullivers-travels/ | url-status=live }} and later with Rio. It was also released online in January 2011, on iTunes Movie Trailers. The second part was released in November 2011, on iTunes,{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|title='Ice Age' star Scrat gets into more acorn-craving mischief – EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/11/15/ice-age-first-look-scrats-continental-crack-up-part-2/|access-date=November 17, 2011|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 15, 2011|archive-date=December 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219021153/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/11/15/ice-age-first-look-scrats-continental-crack-up-part-2/|url-status=live}} and debuted in theatres with Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.{{cite news|last=Sampson|first=Mike|title=WATCH THE NEW SCRAT SHORT FILM, CONTINENTAL CRACK UP, PART 2|url=https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/watch-the-new-scrat-short-film-continental-crack-up-part-2|access-date=April 29, 2012|newspaper=Joblo|date=November 17, 2011|archive-date=December 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220123253/http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/watch-the-new-scrat-short-film-continental-crack-up-part-2|url-status=live}} The first part shows how Scrat's actions lead to split of the continents, while in the second part, Scrat's underwater pursuit of acorns leads him to a pirate ship.

The film was featured on Tommy Baldwin Racing's No. 10 car driven by Tomy Drissi for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 held in June 2012.{{cite news|last=Lumpp|first=Heather|title=Tommy Baldwin Racing Enlists Trans Am Champion Tomy Drissi For Sonoma Road Course|url=http://www.tommybaldwinracing.com/tommy-baldwin-racing-enlists-trans-am-champion-tomy-drissi-for-sonoma-road-course|access-date=July 1, 2012|newspaper=Tommy Baldwin Racing|date=June 19, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Ice Age: Continental Drift was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 11, 2012.{{cite news|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift Hitting Blu-ray and DVD on December 11|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=95521|access-date=October 19, 2012|newspaper=ComingSoon.net|date=October 4, 2012|author=Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022125243/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=95521|url-status=live}}

Ice Age: Continental Drift earned $161.3 million in North America and $715.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $877.2 million. Its worldwide opening weekend totaled $126.9 million.{{cite web|title=All Time Worldwide Opening Records at the Box Office|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801031300/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm|url-status=live}} {{as of|2019}}, worldwide it is the 66th-highest-grossing film of all time, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2012 (also, the highest-grossing animated film of that year),{{cite web|title=2012 Worldwide Grosses|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2012&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109170950/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2012&p=.htm|url-status=live}} and the second-highest-grossing film in the Ice Age series.{{cite web|title=Franchises – Ice Age|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=iceage.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 7, 2012|archive-date=September 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926043643/http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=iceage.htm|url-status=live}} Overall, it is the eighteenth-highest-grossing animated film of all time.

;North America

In North America, the film earned $16.7 million on its opening day and $46.6 million on its opening weekend, which was the second highest debut in the Ice Age series, only behind The Meltdown ($68 million).{{cite news|title=Weekend Report: 'Ice Age' Doesn't Melt in Fourth Outing|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3488&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=July 21, 2012|archive-date=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721051858/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3488&p=.htm|url-status=live}} The film closed from theaters on February 7, 2013 with $210 million, thus standing as the second-highest-grossing film in the series.{{cite web|title=ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT – Characters|url=http://www.iceagemovie.com/|publisher=20th Century Fox|access-date=May 1, 2012|archive-date=July 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718230830/http://www.iceagemovie.com/|url-status=live}}

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Outside North America, it is the twelfth-highest-grossing film, the third-highest-grossing 2012 film and the second-highest-grossing film distributed by Fox. It set an all-time record among animated films, until Disney's Frozen surpassed it.{{cite web|title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=osgross&order=DESC&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 2, 2014|archive-date=January 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104213159/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=osgross&order=DESC&p=.htm|url-status=live}} Ice Age: Continental Drift had a two-day (Wednesday–Thursday) opening of $11 million from 12 markets.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-continental-drift-debuts-overseas-343703 |title=Box Office Report: 'Ice Age 4' Off to Sizzling Start Overseas |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701223004/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-continental-drift-debuts-overseas-343703 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=live |work=The Hollywood Reporter }} On its opening weekend (through Sunday), it earned first place with $80.3 million from 34 markets, opening No. 1 in all of them.{{cite news|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Ice Age,' 'Spider-Man' Open Early Overseas|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3477&p=.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=July 2, 2012|access-date=July 3, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703211816/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3477&p=.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Foreign Box Office: 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' Opens Wide Overseas, Seizing the No. 1 Spot|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-ice-age-continental-drift-spiderman-ted-343963|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Frank|last=Segers|date=July 1, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703034458/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-ice-age-continental-drift-spiderman-ted-343963|url-status=live}} The film set an opening-day record in Nicaragua and a Thursday-opening record in Guatemala. In Peru, it earned the second-highest-grossing opening day and the highest for an animated film.

It set opening-day records for an animated film in Russia{{cite news|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Ice Age' Back on Top Overseas|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3489&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=August 24, 2012|archive-date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053340/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3489&p=.htm|url-status=live}} and in Sweden{{cite news|title=UPDATED: 'Ice Age 4' Becomes 10th Highest Grossing Film Of All Time At The International Box Office|url=http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-06-29-ice-age-4-posts-strong-opening-day-internationally|access-date=November 27, 2012|newspaper=BoxOffice.com|date=August 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101144452/http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-06-29-ice-age-4-posts-strong-opening-day-internationally|archive-date=November 1, 2012}} and achieved the second-highest-grossing opening day for an animated film in France ($4.5 million), Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. The film set opening-weekend records for any film in Argentina (first surpassed by Iron Man 3),{{cite news|last=McClintock |first=Pamela |title=Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3' Opens to Massive $198.4 Million Overseas, Bigger Than 'Avengers' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/iron-man-3-opens-massive-448006 |access-date=May 2, 2013 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503003710/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/iron-man-3-opens-massive-448006 |archive-date=May 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Colombia, Peru, Central America, and Chile, and opening-weekend records for an animated film in Norway, Sweden (surpassed by Frozen),{{cite news|url=http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2014-02-02-global-frozen-continues-to-dominate-passes-500m-overseas|title=GLOBAL: "Frozen" Continues To Dominate, Passes $500M Overseas|date=February 2, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2014|work=Boxoffice.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204044332/http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2014-02-02-global-frozen-continues-to-dominate-passes-500m-overseas|archive-date=February 4, 2014}} Ecuador, and Bolivia.{{cite news|title='Ice Age 4′ Foreign Debut $78M And No. 1 in All 34 Markets: Already Breaking Records|url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/ice-age-4-box-office-already-breaking-records-overseas-294578/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=July 1, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703205519/http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/ice-age-4-box-office-already-breaking-records-overseas/|url-status=live}} Its largest opening weekends were recorded in Russia and the CIS ($16.9 million), China ($15.7 million),{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-dark-knight-rises-ice-age-continental-drift-amazing-spider-man-355695 |title=Foreign Box Office: 'Dark Knight Rises' Commands No. 1 Slot Overseas, Grossing More Than $250 Million To Date Offshore |first=Frank |last=Segers |date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901134752/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-dark-knight-rises-ice-age-continental-drift-amazing-spider-man-355695 |archive-date=September 1, 2012 |url-status=live |work=The Hollywood Reporter }} and France and the Maghreb region ($12.8 million).{{cite web|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) – International Box Office Results|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=iceage4.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203161148/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=iceage4.htm|url-status=live}} It is the second-highest-grossing film in Latin America with at least $181 million, only behind Marvel's The Avengers.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-latin-america-international-360471 |title=Box Office Milestone: 'Ice Age 4' Becomes Top Fox Film in Latin America, No. 2 of All Time |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814112042/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-latin-america-international-360471 |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=live |work=The Hollywood Reporter }}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews and an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D has moments of charm and witty slapstick, but it often seems content to recycle ideas from the previous films."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ice_age_continental_drift|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403111112/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ice_age_continental_drift|archive-date=April 3, 2017|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 49 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ice-age-continental-drift|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift Reviews|work=Metacritic|access-date=July 6, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204065215/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ice-age-continental-drift|url-status=live}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Cinemascore|work=cinemascore.com|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four and stated, "Watching this film was a cheerless exercise for me. The characters are manic and idiotic, the dialogue is rat-a-tat chatter, the action is entirely at the service of the 3D, and the movie depends on bright colors, lots of noise and a few songs in between the whiplash moments."{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG)|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120711/REVIEWS/120719995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715033436/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120711%2FREVIEWS%2F120719995|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 11, 2012}} Megan Lehmann of The Hollywood Reporter said, "It's familiar, drawn-out shtick, and the humor lacks the subtlety of the first and best Ice Age, but there are some visually inventive high points."{{cite news|last=Lehmann|first=Megan|title=Ice Age: Continental Drift: Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ice-age-continental-drift-ray-romano-341355|access-date=June 26, 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 25, 2012|archive-date=June 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627225850/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ice-age-continental-drift-ray-romano-341355|url-status=live}}

Simon Brew, writing for Den of Geek, gave a very positive four-star review, saying that "not only is Ice Age 4 arguably the best in the franchise yet, it's also, a little surprisingly perhaps (given that it's a fourth movie in a franchise, turned around on a strict cycle), turned out to be thoroughly, thoroughly entertaining family blockbuster."{{cite news|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=Ice Age 4: Continental Drift review|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ice-age/21845/ice-age-4-continental-drift-review|access-date=July 1, 2012|newspaper=Den of Geek|date=June 30, 2012|archive-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702231732/http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ice-age/21845/ice-age-4-continental-drift-review|url-status=live}} Olly Richards of Empire, gave the film three out of five stars and wrote, "Old friends and new voice talent will delight kids with a never-ending love for the most undemanding animation out there. A megabucks franchise drifts on."{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ice-age-4-continental-drift-2-review/|title=Ice Age 4: Continental Drift|website=Empire|date=October 27, 2011 |access-date=May 26, 2021|archive-date=May 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526202936/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ice-age-4-continental-drift-2-review/|url-status=live}}

{{main|Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games}}

Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games, a tie-in video game based on the film developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by Activision, was released in July 2012{{cite web|title=Ice Age Continental Drift – Arctic Games|url=http://www.iceage4arcticgames.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530081900/http://www.iceage4arcticgames.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2012|publisher=Ice Age Continental Drift – Arctic Games|access-date=July 1, 2012}} for Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.{{cite news|title=Activision Publishing And Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products Announce All New Ice Age Video Game|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/activision-publishing-and-twentieth-century-fox-consumer-products-announce-all-new-ice-age-video-game-148861795.html|access-date=April 28, 2012|agency=PR Newswire|date=April 25, 2012|archive-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505014708/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/activision-publishing-and-twentieth-century-fox-consumer-products-announce-all-new-ice-age-video-game-148861795.html|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Ice Age: Collision Course}}

A sequel, titled Ice Age: Collision Course, was released on July 22, 2016, while a sixth film is in development and set to be released on December 18, 2026.{{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 Hollywood|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}}{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ice-age-5-hit-theaters-667319?mobile_redirect=false | title = 'Ice Age 5' to Hit Theaters Summer 2016 | author = Pamela McClintock | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = December 20, 2013 | access-date = December 12, 2014 | archive-date = March 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150326174731/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ice-age-5-hit-theaters-667319?mobile_redirect=false | url-status = live }}

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