Sausage Party

Unbeknownst to humans, a supermarket called Shopwell's is populated by anthropomorphic foodstuffs, as well as some other consumable items, that believe human shoppers are gods who take purchased groceries to a utopia known as the "Great Beyond". Among the groceries is a sausage named Frank, who dreams of living in the Great Beyond with his hot dog bun girlfriend Brenda and their friends, Carl and Barry.

One day, Frank and Brenda's packages are purchased by a female shopper. On their way out of the store, a returned jar of honey mustard tries to warn the groceries that the Great Beyond is a lie, but nobody listens except Frank. Before committing suicide by falling onto the shop floor, Honey Mustard tells Frank to seek out a bottle of liquor named Firewater. Honey Mustard's suicide creates an accidental cart collision that causes Frank, Brenda and several groceries to fall out of the cart, including Jewish bagel Sammy Bagel Jr., Middle-Eastern lavash Kareem Abdul Lavash and an aggressive douche who swears revenge on Frank and Brenda after his nozzle is bent on impact.

Seeking to verify Honey Mustard's warning, Frank leads Brenda, Sammy and Lavash to the liquor aisle where he meets Firewater and learns that Firewater and his colleagues, the Non-Perishables, created the white lie of the Great Beyond to assuage the groceries' fear of being eaten. Frank vows to reveal the truth and is encouraged to travel beyond the store's freezer section to find proof. Brenda, Sammy and Lavash are brought to the Mexican food aisle by a bottle of tequila, who is secretly working for Douche. Teresa del Taco, a lesbian taco, develops a crush on Brenda and helps them escape Douche.

Meanwhile at the shopper's house, Carl and Barry are horrified to see the shopper cooking the foods. Barry escapes through an open window as Carl is stabbed and sliced in half by the shopper. Barry encounters a human drug addict, who becomes able to communicate with his groceries, one of them being Gum, a Stephen Hawking-like wad of chewing gum, after injecting himself with bath salts. The bath salts wear off and the addict prepares to cook Barry. The addict accidentally burns himself and Barry yanks his shoelaces, making him slip and causing an axe to fall and decapitate him.

Frank's friends disapprove of his skepticism of the Great Beyond. He discovers a cookbook beyond the freezer section and reveals its contents to the store's inhabitants. They panic at first, but then shortly refuse to believe Frank until Barry, Gum and the other groceries from the addict's home return with the his severed head, proving that the humans can be killed. The group drugs the human shoppers and employees with toothpicks laced with bath salts, whereupon an epic battle begins. Several humans are gruesomely killed by the groceries while Douche takes control of the store manager Darren. He confronts Frank about becoming a god now that he is in control of Darren and takes a bite out of Frank's torso. Brenda saves Frank as Barry and the other groceries catch Douche and Darren in a garbage pail strapped to propane tanks. They are then launched out of the store as the tanks explode, killing them both.

The inhabitants celebrate their victory with a massive orgy. Later, Frank and his friends visit Firewater, who has had a psychedelic experience with Gum and discovered that their world is not what they think; they are merely animated characters voiced by actors in another dimension. Gum has constructed a portal to this dimension and the group travel there to confront their creators.

• Seth Rogen as Frank Frankfurter, a sausage who sets out to discover and expose the truth about the "Great Beyond"{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Matt |date=May 6, 2014 |title=Writer Evan Goldberg and Executive Producer James Weaver Talk R-Rated Animated Film SAUSAGE PARTY; Pixar Movies Will Get "Ripped Apart" |url=https://collider.com/sausage-party-story-details-evan-goldberg/ |access-date=June 1, 2014 |website=Collider.com |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822222932/http://collider.com/sausage-party-story-details-evan-goldberg/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=May 7, 2014 |title=Seth Rogen Talks Neighbors, Expanding Rose Byrne's Role, the R-rated Animated Comedy Sausage Party, The Interview, Preacher, and More |url=https://collider.com/the-interview-seth-rogen-preacher-neighbors/ |access-date=May 8, 2014 |website=Collider.com |archive-date=May 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140507161402/http://collider.com/the-interview-seth-rogen-preacher-neighbors/ |url-status=live }}
• Kristen Wiig as Brenda Bunson, a hot dog bun who is Frank's love interest
• Jonah Hill as Carl, a sausage who is friends with Frank and Barry
• Bill Hader as:
• Firewater, an old Native American bottle of liquor and the leader of the Non-Perishables
• José Tequila, a Mexican bottle of tequila who works for Douche and later gets killed by him after failing to bring Frank and Brenda to him
• Michael Cera as Barry, a deformed sausage who is friends with Frank and Carl
• James Franco as a drug addict who is the first-known human to discover the food's anthropomorphism after injecting himself with bath salts
• Danny McBride as a jar of honey mustard who is returned to his shelf upon the shopper who purchased him mistaking him for regular mustard and tries to warn Frank and the other products of the reality of the "Great Beyond"
• Craig Robinson as Mr. Grits, an African-American box of grits and a member of the Non-Perishables. He has a grudge against crackers, a pun on the pejorative term
• Paul Rudd as Darren, the manager of Shopwell's who is nicknamed the "dark lord" as he disposes of expired food and spilled items
• Nick Kroll as Douche, a nasty douche and Frank's arch-nemesis who seeks revenge on him for accidentally breaking his nozzle and preventing his arrival to the "Great Beyond"
• David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul-Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who has an on-and-off rivalry with Sammy. His name is a play on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., a neurotic Jewish bagel who has an on-and-off rivalry with Lavash. His name is a play on Sammy Davis Jr.
• Salma Hayek as Teresa del Taco, a Mexican lesbian taco who is attracted to Brenda

• Scott "Diggs" Underwood as:
• Gum, an intelligent but paraplegic wad of chewing gum. He is a parody of Stephen Hawking.
• Twink, a gay Twinkie who is a member of the Non-Perishables
• Anders Holm as Troy, a sausage who likes to pick on Barry
• Lauren Miller Rogen as Camille Toh, a shopper who purchases Frank and Brenda's packages. Her name is a pun on "camel toe".

Additional character voices were provided by Alistair Abell, Iris Apatow, Sugar Lyn Beard, Ian James Corlett, Michael Daingerfield, Brian and Michael Dobson, Ian Hanlin, Maryke Hendrikse, Nicole Oliver, Kelly Sheridan, Jason Simpson, Vincent Tong, Underwood, Sam Vincent and Harland Williams, as well as directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan.

An archival recording of Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" was used for the singing voice of a meatloaf grocery-based caricature of him.{{cite web |last=Irwin |first=Corey |date=March 15, 2023 |title=Seth Rogen Recalls Awkward 'Sausage Party's Call With Meat Loaf |url=https://www.ultimateclassicrock.com/seth-rogen-sausage-party-meat-loaf/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=ultimateclassicrock.com |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock and Culture}}

Seth Rogen has said that he worked for eight years to get the film made but the content worried most film studios.{{cite web |last=Setoodeh |first=Ramin |date=March 15, 2016 |title=SXSW: Seth Rogen's 'Sausage Party' Is the R-Rated 'Inside Out' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/seth-rogen-sausage-party-sxsw-raunchy-animated-comedy-1201730320/ |access-date=March 17, 2016 |website=Variety |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317000626/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/seth-rogen-sausage-party-sxsw-raunchy-animated-comedy-1201730320/ |url-status=live }} Noting that the film came from "an innocent place", Rogen stated that "'What would it be like if our food had feelings?' We very quickly realized that it would be fucked up."{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Nigel M. |date=March 15, 2016 |title=Seth Rogen's animated film Sausage Party is provocative food for thought |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/15/sausage-party-seth-rogen-animated-sxsw-film-festival |access-date=March 17, 2016 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317053511/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/15/sausage-party-seth-rogen-animated-sxsw-film-festival |url-status=live }} Evan Goldberg revealed the project to Indiewire in July 2010, stating it was a "top secret super project". Initially, Indiewire was skeptical that the project was real and not a hoax on Goldberg's part, but after vetting, it did confirm that it was in the works.{{cite news |last=Perez |first=Rodrigo |date=July 23, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Evan Goldberg Announces 'Sausage Party' Starring Seth Rogen & Jonah Hill |work=IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2010/07/exclusive-evan-goldberg-announces-sausage-party-starring-seth-rogen-jonah-hill-122313/ |access-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307232605/https://www.indiewire.com/2010/07/exclusive-evan-goldberg-announces-sausage-party-starring-seth-rogen-jonah-hill-122313/ |url-status=live }} In November 2010, Jonah Hill independently confirmed to MTV News that he was working on an R-rated 3D animated film.{{cite news |last=Wigler |first=Josh |date=November 2, 2010 |title=Jonah Hill Says '21 Jump Street' Will Be His Next Movie |work=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651340/jonah-hill-21-jump-street-will-be-his-next-movie.jhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=January 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119202149/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651340/jonah-hill-21-jump-street-will-be-his-next-movie.jhtml |archive-date=2011-01-19}} Goldberg and executive producer James Weaver said that they had specific targets—Disney and Pixar and DreamWorks films, which they have "ripped apart". Goldberg said, "We're just kind of taking all the conventions of children's movies, and making them disgusting and insane".

The film was formally announced in September 2013 as a partnership between Sony Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, and Rogen, Goldberg and Weaver's Point Grey Pictures.{{cite web |date=2013-09-24 |title=Sony Pictures Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures will partner on animated film titled Sausage Party |url=http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2013/09_13/092413_sausageparty.html |access-date=January 1, 2014 |publisher=Sony Pictures |archive-date=January 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130050843/http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2013/09_13/092413_sausageparty.html |url-status=live }} On May 29, 2014, it was announced that the film would be released on June 3, 2016,{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/sausage-party-movie-seth-rogen-jonah-hill-sony-annapurna-2016/ |title=Sony & Annapurna Set Summer 2016 Date For Animated 'Sausage Party' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 29, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605095226/http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/sausage-party-movie-seth-rogen-jonah-hill-sony-annapurna-2016/ |archivedate=June 5, 2014}} but the release date was later revised to August 12, 2016. In January 2014, Rogen, Hill, James Franco, and Kristen Wiig were announced as the leads in the film. The other cast includes Edward Norton, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz and Nick Kroll.{{cite news |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=January 28, 2014 |title=Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig Lead 'Sausage Party' Voice Cast |work=TheWrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/seth-rogen-james-franco-jonah-hill-kristen-wiig-sausage-party |access-date=January 29, 2014 |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118004721/https://www.thewrap.com/seth-rogen-james-franco-jonah-hill-kristen-wiig-sausage-party/ |url-status=live }} On April 9, 2014, Salma Hayek was set to lend her voice to the film as Teresa the Taco.{{cite news|last=Yamato|first=Jen|title=Salma Hayek Invited To Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg's 'Sausage Party'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/salma-hayek-invited-to-seth-rogen-evan-goldbergs-sausage-party-712237/|access-date=April 10, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110150420/https://deadline.com/2014/04/salma-hayek-invited-to-seth-rogen-evan-goldbergs-sausage-party-712237/|url-status=live}} It was also announced that Paul Rudd, Danny McBride and Anders Holm would voice characters in the film.{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=May 29, 2014 |title=Paul Rudd, Danny McBride, Anders Holm Join 'Sausage Party' Voice Cast |url=https://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-danny-mcbride-anders-holm-join-sausage-party-voice-cast/ |access-date=May 30, 2014 |website=TheWrap |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531073531/http://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-danny-mcbride-anders-holm-join-sausage-party-voice-cast/ |url-status=live }}

When Rogen originally submitted the film to the Motion Picture Association of America, they gave it an NC-17 rating due to the visibility of pubic hair on Lavash's scrotum during the climactic food orgy scene. Once said pubic hair was removed, the film received its final R rating for "strong crude sexual content, pervasive language and drug use".{{cite web |date=August 8, 2016 |title=What Got Cut From 'Sausage Party' to Avoid an NC-17 MPAA Rating |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/8/8/what-got-cut-sausage-party-avoid-nc-17-mpaa-rating/ |website=HowardStern.com |access-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-date=August 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813132542/https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/8/8/what-got-cut-sausage-party-avoid-nc-17-mpaa-rating/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Ben |date=August 9, 2016 |title=MPAA made Seth Rogen shave the pita bread's "ballsack" to avoid NC-17 rating for Sausage Party |url=https://consequence.net/2016/08/mpaa-made-seth-rogen-shave-the-pita-breads-ballsack-to-avoid-nc-17-rating-for-sausage-party/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812012028/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/mpaa-made-seth-rogen-shave-the-pita-breads-ballsack-to-avoid-nc-17-rating-for-sausage-party/amp/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-8DJUzamQ|title=Seth Rogen Reveals "Sausage Party" Detail MPAA Wanted Cut|work=The Howard Stern Show|date=August 8, 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=December 3, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221222403/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-8DJUzamQ&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=August 12, 2016 |title='Sausage Party' Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan on Making 2016's Most Outlandish Animated Film |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/sausage-party-directors-conrad-vernon-greg-tiernan-making-2016s-outlandish-animated-film-142425.html |access-date=August 15, 2016 |website=Cartoon Brew |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024160721/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/sausage-party-directors-conrad-vernon-greg-tiernan-making-2016s-outlandish-animated-film-142425.html |url-status=live }} The film was granted a {{abbr|−12|under-12}} certificate by France's film classification commission, which was criticized by Catholic groups in the country.{{cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/sausage-party-france-pg-rating-controversy-1201862613/ |title='Sausage Party': Orgy of Upset From French Catholic, Anti-Gay Groups Over PG |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221191226/http://deadline.com/2016/12/sausage-party-france-pg-rating-controversy-1201862613/ |url-status=live }} The British Board of Film Classification classified the film at 15, although the Blu-Ray release was classified 18 because of supplemental material. In Australia the film was rated MA15+.

{{Infobox album

| name = Sausage Party

| type = Film score

| artist = Alan Menken and Christopher Lennertz

| released = August 5, 2016

| recorded = 2016

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Film score

| length = 74:49

| label = Madison Gate Records
Sony Music Masterworks

| producer = Alan Menken
Christopher Lennertz

| chronology = Alan Menken film scores

| prev_title = Mirror Mirror

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Beauty and the Beast

| next_year = 2017

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| artist = Christopher Lennertz

| type = soundtrack

| prev_title = The Boss

| prev_year = 2016

| title = Sausage Party

| year = 2016

| next_title = Smurfs: The Lost Village

| next_year = 2017

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The film's score was composed by Alan Menken and Christopher Lennertz. The film's soundtrack album was released on August 5, 2016, by Madison Gate Records and Sony Music Masterworks.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_music = Alan Menken and Christopher Lennertz, except as noted

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| total_length = 74:49

| title1 = The Great Beyond

| length1 = 3:13

| extra1 = Sausage Party cast

| writer1 = {{hlist||Alan Menken (music)|Glenn Slater|Seth Rogen|Evan Goldberg|Ariel Shaffir|Kyle Hunter (lyrics)}}

| title2 = Darren, the Dark Lord

| length2 = 0:55

| title3 = Chosen

| length3 = 1:50

| title4 = I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

| length4 = 5:14

| extra4 = Meat Loaf

| writer4 = Jim Steinman

| title5 = The Crash

| length5 = 2:34

| title6 = Douche Loses It

| length6 = 2:16

| title7 = Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

| extra7 = Wham!

| length7 = 3:50

| writer7 = George Michael

| title8 = Our Heroes

| length8 = 2:31

| title9 = He's Coming

| length9 = 1:47

| title10 = Food Massacre

| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = Hungry Eyes

| extra11 = Eric Carmen

| length11 = 3:47

| writer11 = {{hlist|Franke Previte|John DeNicola}}

| title12 = True

| extra12 = Spandau Ballet

| length12 = 5:31

| writer12 = Gary Kemp

| title13 = The Spooge

| length13 = 3:46

| title14 = Magical Sausage

| length14 = 1:40

| title15 = Gone

| extra15 = JR JR

| length15 = 3:46

| writer15 = {{hlist|Joshua Epstein|Mike Higgins|Dan Nigro|Daniel Zott}}

| title16 = We're Home

| length16 = 3:29

| title17 = The Cookbook

| length17 = 1:26

| title18 = I Have Proof

| length18 = 3:06

| title19 = Big Speech

| length19 = 3:04

| title20 = The Big Fight

| length20 = 2:37

| title21 = Final Battle

| length21 = 4:04

| title22 = It's Your Thing

| extra22 = The Isley Brothers

| length22 = 2:46

| writer22 = {{hlist|Ronald Isley|O'Kelly Isley Jr.|Rudolph Isley}}

| title23 = Finale

| length23 = 2:24

| title24 = Joy to the World

| extra24 = Three Dog Night

| length24 = 3:14

| writer24 = Hoyt Axton

| title25 = The Great Beyond Around the World

| extra25 = Sausage Party cast

| length25 = 2:44

| writer25 = {{hlist|Alan Menken (music)|Glenn Slater|Seth Rogen|Evan Goldberg|Ariel Shaffir|Kyle Hunter (lyrics)}}

}}

Sausage Party was originally set for release on June 3, 2016, but was pushed back to August 12, 2016. A rough cut of the film was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 14, 2016. The final cut of the film screened at Just for Laughs on July 30, 2016.{{cite web |title=Sausage Party |url=http://www.hahaha.com/en/show/sausage-party |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616001051/http://www.hahaha.com/en/show/sausage-party |archive-date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2016 |website=Just for Laughs}} It premiered one final time in Westwood before the film was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/seth-rogen-sausage-party-animation-r-rated-1201713208/|title=Seth Rogen's R-Rated 'Sausage Party' Tries to Break Through the Family-Friendly Animation Glass Ceiling|website=Indiewire.com|first=Bill|last=Desowitz|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=August 12, 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811194652/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/seth-rogen-sausage-party-animation-r-rated-1201713208/|url-status=live}} The film was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2016.{{cite web |title=Sausage Party (UK release) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl876708865/weekend/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307232605/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl876708865/weekend/ |url-status=live }}

Sausage Party grossed $97.7 million in North America and $42.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $141.3 million, against a budget of $19 million. The film was the highest-grossing R-rated animated film of all time, replacing South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (which held the record for 17 years),{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-hilarious-animated-film-sausage-940679 | title=Oscars: Raunchy 'Sausage Party' to Get Serious Awards Push (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=October 24, 2016 | access-date=November 5, 2016 | archive-date=November 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105042734/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-hilarious-animated-film-sausage-940679 | url-status=live }} until it was surpassed in 2020 by Demon Slayer: Mugen Train.{{cite magazine |last1=Alt |first1=Matt |title="Demon Slayer": The Viral Blockbuster from Japan |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/demon-slayer-the-viral-blockbuster-from-japan |access-date=June 20, 2021 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=June 18, 2021 |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619223831/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/demon-slayer-the-viral-blockbuster-from-japan |url-status=live }} It made a net profit of $47.06 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/movie-profit-2016-bad-moms-sausage-party-purge-election-year-1202055424/|title=The Outliers of 2016: Smaller Movies With Big Profits|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 30, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331022941/https://deadline.com/2017/03/movie-profit-2016-bad-moms-sausage-party-purge-election-year-1202055424/|url-status=live}}

In the United States and Canada, Sausage Party was released on August 12, 2016, alongside Pete's Dragon and Florence Foster Jenkins, and was initially projected to gross $15–20 million from 2,805 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after grossing $3.3 million from Thursday night previews (more than the $1.7 million made by Rogen's Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in May) and $13.5 million on its first day, weekend projections were increased to $30–35 million. The film ultimately grossed $33.6 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office, behind Suicide Squad.{{cite web |date=August 15, 2016 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |title='Sausage Party' Raises Its Heat To $33.6M in 2nd, Burning 'Suicide Squad' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/weekend-box-office-suicide-squad-sausage-party-petes-dragon-1201802677/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |quote=There’s been good word of mouth for this movie despite its B CinemaScore. |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805080847/https://deadline.com/2016/08/weekend-box-office-suicide-squad-sausage-party-petes-dragon-1201802677/ |url-status=live }}

Outside North America, the biggest markets are the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Germany, Russia, and Israel, where the film grossed $10.2 million, $6.8 million, $4.1 million, $3.5 million $2.6 million and $2 million, respectively.{{cite web | title=Sausage Party International Box Office Results | publisher=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=sausageparty.htm | access-date=October 20, 2020 | archive-date=November 16, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116031920/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=sausageparty.htm | url-status=live }}

Sausage Party was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on November 8, 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/6694/sausage-party | title=Sausage Party (2016) | work=DVDs Release Dates | access-date=November 5, 2016 | archive-date=November 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032603/http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/6694/sausage-party | url-status=live }}

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82%, based on 237 reviews, with an average rating of 6.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sausage Party is definitely offensive, but backs up its enthusiastic profanity with an impressively high laugh-to-gag ratio—and a surprisingly thought-provoking storyline."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=sausage_party |type=movie |title=Sausage Party |access-date=March 1, 2021}} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite Metacritic |id=sausage-party |type=movie |title=Sausage Party |access-date=March 1, 2021}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title= CinemaScore |access-date= November 5, 2016 |archive-date= January 2, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status= live }}

Vince Mancini of Uproxx wrote that "Sausage Party{{'}}s most charming quality is that it feels exactly like a group of 13-year-olds trying to entertain themselves, with excessive C-bombs and constant groan-worthy food puns."{{cite web |last= Mancini |first= Vince |url= http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/sausage-party-review/ |title= 'Sausage Party' Is A Delightful Fart-Joke Sandwich with an Undercooked Religious Filling |website= Uproxx |date= August 11, 2016 |access-date= August 12, 2016 |archive-date= August 11, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811233614/http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/sausage-party-review/ |url-status= live }} Richard Roeper gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "Despite all the cursing and envelope-pushing and bat-bleep crazy sexual stuff, Sausage Party isn't mean-spirited. It's just... stupid. But also pretty smart. And funny as hell."{{cite web |url= http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/the-foods-rude-and-crude-in-hilarious-sausage-party/ |title= The food's rude and crude in hilarious 'Sausage Party' |website= Chicago Sun Times |date= August 10, 2016 |access-date= August 12, 2016 |archive-date= August 11, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811161414/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/the-foods-rude-and-crude-in-hilarious-sausage-party/ |url-status= live }} Lindsey Bahr of Associated Press gave the film a positive review, writing, "There is no one out there making comedies quite like Rogen and Goldberg. They are putting their definitive stamp on the modern American comedy one decency-smashing double entendre at a time."{{cite web |date=10 August 2016 |first=Lindsey |last=Bahr |title=Review: Audacious 'Sausage Party' is a delicious feast |url=https://apnews.com/article/a9760c22f89740068eb9a4a10618c850 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031084827/https://apnews.com/article/a9760c22f89740068eb9a4a10618c850 |url-status=live }}

After the film's release, controversy emerged after anonymous comments attributed to the animators on a Cartoon Brew article suggested that the animators at Nitrogen Studios worked under poor conditions and were forced by co-director Greg Tiernan to work overtime for free. A total of 36 of the 83 animators were blacklisted and went uncredited in the film, believed to be due to their complaints; comments made in anonymous interviews by some of the animators involved in the project by Variety, The Washington Post and The Hollywood Reporter alleged that the comments were accurate. All the animators in the film were reportedly told outright that they would be blacklisted if they refused to work overtime without pay.{{Cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Tobias |last2=Vlessing |first2=Etan |date=August 16, 2016 |title='Sausage Party' Animators' Pay Dispute Surfaces After Big Opening |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sausage-party-animators-pay-dispute-919640 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820030155/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sausage-party-animators-pay-dispute-919640 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/sausage-party-animators-unpaid-overtime-1201838425/|work=Variety|title='Sausage Party' Animators Allege Studio Used Unpaid Overtime|first1=James|last1=Rainey|first2=Brent|last2=Lang|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=August 16, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818044504/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/sausage-party-animators-unpaid-overtime-1201838425/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/|title=The working conditions for some 'Sausage Party' animators were pretty terrible|last=Merry|first=Stephanie|date=August 17, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818224117/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/|url-status=live}} In late March 2019, the British Columbia Employment Standards Branch ruled that workers were entitled to receive overtime pay for their work on the film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/vancouver-animators-win-overtime-pay-in-sausage-party-pay-dispute-171836.html|title=Vancouver Animators Win Overtime Pay In 'Sausage Party' Pay Dispute|last=Amidi|first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi|date=2019-03-26|website=Cartoon Brew|access-date=2019-08-22|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113204648/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/vancouver-animators-win-overtime-pay-in-sausage-party-pay-dispute-171836.html|url-status=live}}

Rogen has expressed interest in making a sequel to Sausage Party and more animated films aimed for adults. When asked about the possibility of a sequel, Rogen stated: "It's something we talk about, yeah. That's one of the reasons why we took away the [original] ending{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |date=2 November 2016 |title=Watch The Sausage Party Alternate Ending That Had To Be Cut From The Movie |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1580610/watch-the-sausage-party-alternate-ending-that-had-to-be-cut-from-the-movie |access-date=March 7, 2023 |work=CinemaBlend |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307232606/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1580610/watch-the-sausage-party-alternate-ending-that-had-to-be-cut-from-the-movie |url-status=live }} because we thought, well, if that was the first scene of the next movie it's probably not what you would want it to be, with them just seeing us and finding us basically. But the idea of a live-action/animated movie, like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit?-style hybrid, is also very exciting, mostly because Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is one of my favorite movies of all time."{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Brian |date=August 14, 2016 |title=Seth Rogen Wants to Do Sausage Party 2 & More R-Rated Animated Movies |url=http://movieweb.com/sausage-party-2-r-rated-animated-movies-seth-rogen/ |website=MovieWeb |access-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824124327/https://movieweb.com/sausage-party-2-r-rated-animated-movies-seth-rogen/ |url-status=live }}

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On October 26, 2022, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, a sequel was greenlit from Amazon Studios to produce 8 episodes with a 2024 release date, with most of the cast involved and co-produced by Sony Pictures Television, Annapurna Television and Point Grey Pictures.{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd|first=James|title='Sausage Party' TV Series from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Ordered by Amazon|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sausage-party-tv-series-1235249055/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022}} In May 2024, it was announced the series would premiere on July 11, 2024.{{cite web|title=Feast Your Eyes: Prime Video Reveals Sausage Party: Foodtopia's Premiere Date|website=Amazon MGM Studios|date=1 May 2024|access-date=1 May 2024|url=https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/feast-your-eyes-prime-video-reveals-isausage-party}}

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Frank and Brenda, the two main characters of the film, made guest appearances in the mobile fighting game Sausage Legend, released by Milkcorp for iOS and Android, as part of a limited special event that ran from March 6 through July 31, 2017. As this game involves dueling with sausages, players in this game can unlock and control Brenda, who swings Frank around to battle other sausages.{{cite web|title= Mobile game Sausage Legend is now having characters from Sausage Party|url= https://en-news.qoo-app.com/6691/qoo-news-mobile-game-sausage-legend-is-now-having-characters-from-sausage-party/|website= Qoo News|date= March 8, 2017|access-date= 30 June 2017|archive-date= August 13, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170813055655/https://en-news.qoo-app.com/6691/qoo-news-mobile-game-sausage-legend-is-now-having-characters-from-sausage-party/|url-status= live}}

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