Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms is a 2011 American animated science fiction comedy film co-written and directed by Simon Wells, produced by ImageMovers Digital and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Berkeley Breathed book of the same title, the film was animated through the process of performance capture and stars Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, and Joan Cusack. It was the second and final film produced by ImageMovers Digital before the studio was shut down and re-absorbed into ImageMovers resulting in the company leaving the animation business for good. It tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Milo who sets out to save his mother on Mars after she is abducted by Martians.

Mars Needs Moms premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 6, 2011, and was released in theaters on March 11, 2011, in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, set design and cast, but criticized its story and characters. It grossed $39.2 million worldwide on a $150 million budget, losing an estimated $100–144 million for Disney.