| − | |Four immortal guardians appear as Christ-like creatures, who jobs are to protect those children who believe in them. Two of the guardians are Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, based on Christian allegories. Also, contains a guardian leader known as "Man on Moon" a clear allegory for [[God]]. Despite this, however, the film was largely a box office failure despite making double of its $145 million budget due to its high production and marketing costs, being the first DreamWorks animated movie to lose money on a film since ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''.<ref></ref> which ultimately served as one of the reasons why DreamWorks ended up laying off 350 employees.<ref>http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/dreamworks-animation-lay-350-employees-79381</ref> | + | |Four immortal guardians appear as Christ-like creatures, who jobs are to protect those children who believe in them. Two of the guardians are Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, based on Christian allegories. Also, contains a guardian leader known as "Man on Moon" a clear allegory for [[God]]. Despite this, however, the film was largely a box office failure despite making double of its $145 million budget due to its high production and marketing costs, being the first DreamWorks animated movie to lose money on a film since ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/feb/27/dreamworks-animation-job-cuts-guardians</ref> which ultimately served as one of the reasons why DreamWorks ended up laying off 350 employees.<ref>http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/dreamworks-animation-lay-350-employees-79381</ref> |
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