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1033:MegasĂłnicos
804:15 February
504:Steve Gigs
480:Marty Farr
461:Dani Rovira
205:Ikiru Films
98:Produced by
90:Neil Landau
68:Directed by
1288:2015 films
1282:Categories
912:1 December
870:10 October
769:28 January
764:Amazon.com
722:References
690:Home media
659:Box office
615:Steve Jobs
611:Bill Gates
530:Production
517:Bill Gags
508:Derek Siow
293:Box office
252:94 minutes
236:2015-08-28
180:Production
152:Derek Siow
119:Edmon Roch
78:Written by
1250:Valentina
1176:Underdogs
1133:Planet 51
671:Reception
572:animation
558:Alan Bean
457:Sam Fink
430:Character
367:mission.
365:Apollo 11
318:adventure
265:Languages
182:companies
163:Edited by
1160:Wrinkles
1117:Nocturna
865:Fandango
843:HuffPost
710:See also
390:saboteur
375:Helium-3
171:Music by
146:Sam Fink
127:Starring
824:Variety
704:Disney+
700:Netflix
682:Variety
650:Release
545:Houston
349:Catalan
336:at the
277:Catalan
274:Spanish
271:English
257:Country
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53:Spanish
1268:(2023)
1260:(2022)
1252:(2021)
1246:(2020)
1227:(2019)
1219:(2018)
1211:(2017)
1203:(2016)
1195:(2015)
1187:(2014)
1179:(2013)
1171:(2012)
1163:(2011)
1155:(2010)
1136:(2009)
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1041:(1998)
1035:(1997)
1029:(1994)
1012:(1989)
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547:, and
397:iguana
285:Budget
1235:2020s
1144:2010s
1055:2000s
1020:1990s
1001:1980s
603:Pixar
574:with
371:Texan
260:Spain
936:IMDb
914:2017
872:2021
806:2016
771:2016
613:and
584:Nuke
423:Cast
384:The
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355:Plot
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