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Take the 50-question quizWho voices the Boss Baby?
He had already voiced Makunga in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa for the same director.
The film is loosely based on a 2010 picture book by which author-illustrator?
She has won three Caldecott Honors for her illustrations.
Who directed The Boss Baby?
He had directed the Madagascar trilogy and Megamind for DreamWorks.
Which studio produced The Boss Baby?
20th Century Fox distributed it in the US in March 2017.
The Boss Baby's plot centers on a war for adults' love between babies and what?
Tim's parents conveniently work for Puppy Co.
In which decade is the main story of The Boss Baby set?
The framing story with adult Tim jumps ahead to the 2000s.
How old is Tim Templeton when his baby brother arrives?
He is described as a creative boy with a Gandalf-esque alarm clock named Wizzie.
What is the name of the company where babies come from?
Babies unresponsive to tickling are sent to its management track.
What do Tim and Baby use to see Baby Corp headquarters?
Sucking on it transports them to a view of the company.
How does Baby Corp decide which babies go to management rather than families?
Management babies drink a special formula that keeps them young forever.
What does the Boss drink to keep his adult mind and stay young forever?
Without it he gradually turns back into a normal baby.
What promotion is the Boss promised if his mission succeeds?
He gets the job, then gives it up to return as a regular baby.
Who voices the villain Francis E. Francis?
He replaced Kevin Spacey, who had been announced for the role in 2014.
Francis E. Francis was fired from Baby Corp for aging due to what?
He was once Baby's idol, the Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby.
What is the name of Francis's villainous product that never ages?
He plans to launch a rocket full of them from Las Vegas.
Where does Francis plan to launch his rocket?
He has lured Tim's parents there under cover of a conference.
Francis's older brother Eugene poses as what to watch the boys?
He speaks only once in the whole movie, promising 'this time, we'll raise him right'.
Who voices Eugene, Francis's brother?
Vernon is himself a DreamWorks director, of Shrek 2 and Monsters vs. Aliens.
Who voices Tim's father, Ted Templeton Sr.?
Lisa Kudrow voices his wife Janice.
Who voices Tim's mother, Janice Templeton?
Tim's parents both work for Puppy Co.
Who narrates the film as adult Tim?
James Marsden took over the role for the 2021 sequel.
Young Tim's voice actor is the grandson of which animation director?
Ralph Bakshi directed Fritz the Cat; Miles's mother Gina Shay produced the film.
How old was Miles Bakshi when he began recording Tim's voice?
His voice began changing during production; he was 14 when the film came out.
What is the Boss Baby's real name once he becomes a regular baby?
He goes by Ted, named after his father.
What is the name of Tim's Gandalf-esque alarm clock?
It returns in the sequel, still in Tim's childhood bedroom.
In the film's coda, adult Tim's daughter Tabitha learns her newborn sister is what?
Baby Tina's mission drives the 2021 sequel.
Which Beatles song is woven into the plot of The Boss Baby?
The end credits feature a cover of 'What the World Needs Now Is Love'.
Who scored The Boss Baby alongside Steve Mazzaro?
It was his fifth collaboration with McGrath after the Madagascar films and Megamind.
The director showed new hires the opening of which 1955 Disney film to set the visual style?
He felt modern animated films focused too much on realism.
Which actor was originally announced for the villain role in 2014 before being replaced?
The recasting was announced in June 2016.
Which DreamWorks film took over The Boss Baby's original March 2016 release date?
The move avoided competing with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
In which city did The Boss Baby premiere in March 2017?
It opened in US theaters on March 31.
Roughly how much did The Boss Baby gross worldwide?
Its budget was about $125 million.
What was The Boss Baby's opening weekend gross in North America?
It opened against Ghost in the Shell and The Zookeeper's Wife.
The Boss Baby was nominated for which Academy Award?
It lost to Coco at the 90th Academy Awards.
What approval rating did The Boss Baby hold on Rotten Tomatoes in 2025?
The consensus criticized 'a disappointing willingness to settle for doody jokes'.
What CinemaScore grade did audiences give The Boss Baby?
Critics were far cooler, with a Metacritic score of 50.
Critics compared The Boss Baby's premise to which 2016 Sony animated film?
Both films run on the idea that humans do not bear live young.
A 2021 announcement of what Boss Baby event was widely assumed to be a prank?
Organizers insisted it was real, and a 'Second First Annual' conference followed in 2023.
What is the title of the 2021 sequel?
It is also known as The Boss Baby 2 in some territories.
Who voices adult Tim in the sequel?
He voices both adult and child Tim in Family Business.
Who voices the sequel's villain, Dr. Erwin Armstrong?
Armstrong is secretly a baby in a robot suit who makes money building phone apps.
Who voices baby Tina in the sequel?
Tina's real mission turns out to be reuniting her father and uncle.
Who voices Tim's wife Carol in the sequel?
Ariana Greenblatt voices their older daughter Tabitha.
In the sequel, the brothers take a formula that makes them children again for how long?
They use it to infiltrate Tabitha's school, the Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood.
What is the name of Armstrong's hypnotic app in the sequel?
Tabitha and Tina destroy the servers with a Mentos-and-soda volcano.
The sequel was released in theaters and simultaneously on which streaming service?
It was available on paid tiers for 60 days from July 2, 2021.
Roughly how much did the 2021 sequel gross worldwide?
Rotten Tomatoes called it 'more C-level than C-suite'.
The 2018 Netflix series Back in Business recast the title role with which voice actor?
He also reprised the role in the 2022 follow-up series Back in the Crib.
Season one of Back in Business pits Baby Corp against Bootsy Calico, who controls what?
He is a businessman and former vet with a traumatic past.
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