<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $50 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $211.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American 3D computer - animated science fiction - comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White, based on the emoji symbols . It stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart . The film centers on Gene, a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager's phone, and who sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents . </P> <P> Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Columbia Pictures, The Emoji Movie premiered on July 23, 2017 at the Regency Village Theatre, was theatrically released in the United States on July 28, 2017 and has grossed over $211 million worldwide, making it Tony Leondis' highest grossing film as of October 2017 . </P>

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