<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $462.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (known internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation) is a 2018 American 3D computer - animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . The third installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, it is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers, and features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan - Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, and Mel Brooks reprising their roles, as well as new additions to the cast including Kathryn Hahn and Jim Gaffigan . In the film, Dracula finds love with a ship captain named Ericka Van Helsing while on a vacation on a cruise with his family and friends, but Mavis discovers that Ericka is actually the great - granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula's arch - enemy . </P> <P> Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 13, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 13, 2018 . Like its predecessors, the film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, grossing over $462 million worldwide, against a budget of $80 million . </P> <P> In 1897, Dracula (Adam Sandler) and his friends disguised as humans are traveling on a train to Budapest . However, Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan), Dracula's arch - enemy, boards the train and unveils the monsters; the monsters escape by climbing through the roof, and Dracula pushes his friends from the train for their safety . Van Helsing is obsessed with destroying Dracula but is constantly outsmarted by him . </P>

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