<P> The film premiered at the Mon premier Festival on October 19, 2016, and it was released in France and the UK in December 2016 . Numerous releases followed around the world . Entertainment One distributed the film in Canada, with the theatrical release beginning on February 24, 2017 in Quebec and March 3, 2017 elsewhere in Canada . </P> <P> In May 2016, The Weinstein Company acquired distribution rights to the film in the United States . A US release was first scheduled for March 3, 2017, under the title Leap! The release was subsequently pushed back to April 21, 2017, followed by additional casting announcements of Wolff, Brooks, and McKinnon . It was then pushed back to August 30 and later moved up to August 25, 2017 . </P> <P> As of 7 December 2017, Ballerina had grossed approximately US $106 million worldwide . It opened in France on 14 December 2016 with over half a million admissions, earning € 2.2 million (~ US $2.4 million) over the course of the weekend . Its French gross eventually reached $14.5 million . In Canada, it earned more than C $1.5 million during the first 13 days of its theatrical run, $1.1 million of which was made in Quebec . It ultimately grossed a total of $3.6 million (~ US $2.8 million) in Canada . It was released on 25 August 2017 in the United States, earning $4.7 million over its opening weekend . As of 7 December 2017 it had grossed $21.9 million in the US, the film's highest - grossing territory . </P> <P> On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the original version of the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7 / 10 . On French entertainment information website AlloCiné, the film has an average grade of 3.5 / 5, based on 17 critics . On Rotten Tomatoes, the US version of the film, entitled Leap!, has an approval rating of 37% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8 / 10 . The site's critical consensus reads, "From its bland story to its unremarkable animation, Leap! does little to distinguish itself from a long list of like - minded--and superior--family - friendly alternatives ." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 48 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale . </P>

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