<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $199.7 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 $199 million worldwide . It received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, many of whom compared it unfavorably to The Lego Movie, Inside Out and Wreck - It Ralph . </P> <P> Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user Alex . He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary, and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents' upbringing . His parents are hesitant of him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful . Upon receiving a text from his crush Addie, Alex decides to send her an emoji . When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a confusing expression, and wrecks the text center . Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted . Gene is chased by bots, but is rescued by Hi - 5, a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use . He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi - 5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame . </P>

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