<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $275.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a 2014 American 3D computer - animated comic science fiction comedy film featuring the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman of the 1960s animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show . The film was produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox . The film was directed by Rob Minkoff, who is best known for co-directing Disney's The Lion King (1994). Alex Schwartz and Denise Nolan Cascino were the producers . Tiffany Ward, daughter of Jay Ward, one of the creators of the original series, was the executive producer . Mr. Peabody & Sherman features the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, and Allison Janney . </P> <P> It is the first DreamWorks animated feature to feature characters from the Classic Media library since DreamWorks Animation's 2012 acquisition of Classic Media and the first to be based on a TV show . The film premiered on February 7, 2014 in the United Kingdom, and was released on March 7, 2014 in the United States . Grossing a worldwide total of $275 million on its $145 million budget, the film underperformed at the box office, forcing a writedown of $57 million . A TV series based on the film, titled The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, premiered on Netflix on October 9, 2015 . </P> <P> Mr. Peabody is a gifted anthropomorphic dog who has an adopted 7 - year - old human son, Sherman . He tutors Sherman travelling throughout history using the WABAC, a time machine . They visit Marie Antoinette in Versailles during the French Revolution in 1789 . Getting caught in the Reign of Terror, Peabody is nearly sent to the guillotine by Maximilien Robespierre, but escapes with Sherman through the Paris sewers . </P>

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