60 Fun Facts About Big Hero 6

Who directed Big Hero 6?

Hall came from Winnie the Pooh and Williams from Bolt; both went on to direct Moana and Raya and the Last Dragon respectively.

Don Hall found the Big Hero 6 comic in a Marvel database while directing which film?

He pitched it as a father-and-son style story about a boy and a robot, keeping the team but not much else.

Big Hero 6 had its world premiere as the opening title of which October 2014 event?

Opening in Japan made sense for a film set in a city that is half Tokyo.

On what date did Big Hero 6 open in US and Canadian theaters?

It went head to head with Interstellar on the same weekend and won.

How much did Big Hero 6 earn in its opening weekend in North America?

It topped the box office from 3,761 theaters, ahead of Interstellar.

What was Big Hero 6's production budget?

That paid for a brand-new rendering system and a supercomputer to run it.

Roughly how much did Big Hero 6 gross worldwide?

It was the third-highest-grossing animated film of 2014 behind Frozen's Japanese run and How to Train Your Dragon 2's global tally.

Which Academy Award did Big Hero 6 win?

It beat How to Train Your Dragon 2, which had won the Golden Globe, at the 87th Academy Awards.

The film's futuristic city is a mashup of which two real cities?

Cable cars climb hills past pagoda-topped skyscrapers, and the Golden Gate Bridge sports torii-style towers.

What is the name of the film's futuristic city?

The animators built over 83,000 buildings and 100,000 vehicles to fill it.

How old is Hiro Hamada in the film?

He is a high-school graduate and robotics prodigy who spends his nights at illegal bot fights.

Who voices Hiro Hamada?

Potter, then best known for Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas, later played Beast Boy in Titans.

Which 30 Rock actor voices Baymax?

Adsit played Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock; his gentle deadpan is why the robot's medical questions are so funny.

Tadashi's project Baymax is designed to be what kind of robot?

Baymax scans a patient the moment he hears a cry of pain and will not deactivate until they say they are satisfied with their care.

How does Hiro spend his time at the start of the film?

His brother lures him away from the fights by taking him on a tour of the university robotics lab.

What does Hiro invent to impress the university showcase?

The tiny robots link into any shape he imagines, which is exactly what makes them dangerous in the wrong hands.

How does Hiro's older brother die?

He runs back inside to save his professor, and the film's whole story grows out of that loss.

Who turns out to be behind the kabuki mask of the villain Yokai?

The reveal reframes the villain as a grieving parent rather than a greedy tycoon.

Where is the abandoned laboratory the team investigates?

The lab belonged to Krei Tech, and its ruined portal explains the villain's grudge.

Who was the test pilot trapped when the portal destabilized?

She is found alive in hypersleep on the other side, and Baymax sacrifices himself getting her out.

Alan Tudyk voices which character?

Tudyk has voiced a character in every Disney Animation feature since Wreck-It Ralph, from King Candy to Hei Hei the chicken.

Which actress voices Aunt Cass, Hiro and Tadashi's guardian?

She runs the Lucky Cat Cafe below the boys' bedroom.

Which actor voiced Fred in the film but was replaced by Brooks Wheelan in the TV series?

Fred's full name in the film is Frederick Flamarian 'Fred' Frederickson IV.

Jamie Chung voices which member of the team?

Go Go's speed comes from electromagnetic-suspension discs she uses as wheels and throwing weapons.

Which actor voices Wasabi?

Wasabi is the neurotic neat freak of the group whose weapons are plasma blades.

Which actress voices Honey Lemon, the team's chemistry enthusiast?

Honey's purse mixes chemical 'chem-balls' on demand.

Who voices Tadashi Hamada, Hiro's older brother?

Henney later reprised the role in a flashback for the TV series.

Stan Lee's cameo casts him as whose father?

He appears in a family portrait during the mansion tour and again in the post-credits scene.

Which band wrote and recorded the film's original song 'Immortals'?

The song plays over the montage of the team building their suits.

Who composed the score for Big Hero 6?

Jackman also scored Wreck-It Ralph and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

What was the name of the new rendering system Disney built for Big Hero 6?

Its global-illumination lighting is what makes the neon city glow so convincingly.

Roughly how many Linux workstations made up Disney's cluster for its new renderer?

They were spread across four data centers, one of the largest render farms in film at the time.

How many buildings did the animators build to fill the film's city?

A crowd tool called Denizen generated more than 700 distinct background characters to walk among them.

Which animated short accompanied Big Hero 6 in theaters?

The story of a dog named Winston, told through his meals, won its own Academy Award.

How does Baymax memorably describe Hiro's cat?

The line came from a genuine misreading a healthcare robot might make.

What is Big Hero 6's approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes?

It also earned seven Annie Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination.

How long is Big Hero 6's running time?

That is nearly identical to Frozen's, which the studio had released the year before.

In Japan, Big Hero 6 had the second-biggest opening ever for a Disney film behind which title?

It stayed number one in Japan for six consecutive weekends under the local title Baymax.

Big Hero 6: The Series opened on Disney XD in November 2017 with a 43-minute episode titled what?

The series used traditional hand-drawn animation rather than the film's CGI.

Which Sherlock and Fleabag actor voices the series villain Obake?

Obake's real name is Robert Aken, a former protege of Professor Callaghan.

In the original 1998 Marvel comics, Big Hero 6 was a superhero team sanctioned by which government?

A shadowy consortium called the Giri recruited and trained the team.

Who created the Big Hero 6 comic book team?

They intended it to debut in Alpha Flight #17 but it got its own three-issue miniseries instead.

Which X-Men villain was an original member of the comic-book Big Hero 6?

Sunfire, another X-Men alumnus, was on the roster too; the film dropped both for rights reasons.

What could Baymax transform into in the original comics?

He was a hydro-powered 'synthformer' bodyguard, a far cry from the huggable nurse of the film.

What is Fred's superhero nickname in the comics?

In the comics he can actually turn into a kaiju; in the film he settles for a monster suit.

In the comics, what was Wasabi's day job?

His full comic name is Wasabi-No-Ginger and he throws paralyzing knives made of Qi energy.

What was Hiro's surname in the original comics?

The comic version was a 13-year-old boy genius; the film gave him a new family name and an older brother.

Who wrote the screenplay for Big Hero 6?

Gerson had co-written Monsters, Inc.; Baird had worked on Monsters University.

What did the animators use to make the city's crowds, generating more than 700 distinct characters?

Each background character had its own clothes, walk and body type.

The team's suits are built at the university tour location, whose full name is what?

Its robotics lab is where Hiro meets the four students who become his teammates.

Which actress voices Abigail, the professor's daughter?

Lowes played Quinn Perkins on Scandal at the time.

The spin-off miniseries Baymax! premiered on Disney+ in which year?

Its first episode had debuted days earlier at the Annecy Film Festival; the show follows Baymax working as a nurse around the city.

The film's post-credits scene was added late after the crew saw which Marvel Studios movie?

Director Don Hall said it horrified them that audiences would sit waiting for a tag because the film was based on a Marvel comic — so they made one.

Which video game features a world based on the film that continues its story after the ending?

In the game, Organization XIII seizes Baymax's original body, left behind in the portal, and turns it into an enemy.

Big Hero 6: The Series was created by the duo behind which earlier Disney animated show?

Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley set the series immediately after the events of the film.

How many episodes make up the Disney+ miniseries Baymax!?

Critics praised its short runtime and emotional depth; creator Don Hall had co-directed the original film.

For its South Korean release, the film was retitled what?

The retitling avoided the impression of a sequel, and edits removed indications of the characters' Japanese origins.

Which actor voices Wasabi in Big Hero 6: The Series, replacing the film's voice actor?

In the show he wields two laser-like blades on his arms and still appreciates order and control in everything.

The tie-in game Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay was released for which platforms?

The side-scrolling beat 'em up is set after the film and lets players control four of the six team members.

Where did the 3D version of the movie hold its world premiere on October 31, 2014?

That came a week after its 2D debut opened the Tokyo International Film Festival, and a week before its US release.