The Croods has found a new audience on Netflix, rising into the platform’s US Top 10 just two days after it arrived on November 1. The 2013 animated adventure was ranked No. 8 among the service’s most-watched movies in the country, according to FlixPatrol.
The film follows the Croods, a prehistoric family led by Grug, who keeps them sheltered in a cave. After his daughter Eep meets Guy, a resourceful young human, an earthquake forces the family to flee and reconsider how they survive together.
Nicolas Cage voices Grug, while Emma Stone plays Eep and Ryan Reynolds voices Guy. The cast also includes Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco wrote and directed the film.
The Croods earned $587.2 million worldwide against a reported $135 million budget. A sequel, The Croods: A New Age, followed in 2020. The original film is now streaming on Netflix.
Sources: Comic Book Resources.