<P> Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 American 3D computer - animated fantasy comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks . It was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Michelle Murdocca, and stars the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, and CeeLo Green . The film tells a story of Count Dracula, the owner of a hotel called Hotel Transylvania where the world's monsters can take a rest from human civilization . Dracula invites some of the most famous monsters to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter Mavis . When the "human - free hotel" is unexpectedly visited by an ordinary 21 - year - old traveler named Jonathan, Dracula must protect Mavis from falling in love with him before the hotel's guests learn that there is a human in the castle, which may jeopardize the hotel's future and his career . </P> <P> The film was released on September 28, 2012, and was met with mixed critical reception, while the general public received it favorably . Despite this, Hotel Transylvania earned a total of $358 million against a budget of $85 million at the box office . The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film . It launched a franchise with a sequel titled Hotel Transylvania 2, which takes place seven years after the film, released in 2015, and a third film scheduled for 2018 . A television series based on the film premiered on Disney Channel in June 2017, and it focuses on the teenage years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania . </P> <P> In the aftermath of the death of his wife Martha (Jackie Sandler) at the hands of an angry human mob, Count Dracula (Adam Sandler) commissions and builds a massive five - star, monsters - only hotel in Transylvania in which he raises his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) and to serve as a safe - place getaway for the world's monsters from fear of human persecution . </P> <P> Famous monsters such as Frank (Kevin James) and his wife Eunice (Fran Drescher), Wayne and Wanda Werewolf (Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon) and their massive immediate family, Griffin The Invisible Man (David Spade), and Murray the Mummy (CeeLo Green) often come to stay at the hotel which is completely human - free and safe for monsters . </P>

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