Roblox

"We're reimagining an animated film experience."

- Roblox Corporation revealing that a film based on a gaming platform is in development

"The world wasn't always a friendly place."

- Tagline

Roblox (known in some countries as The Roblox Movie) is a 2026 American 3D computer-animated science fiction action-adventure comedy-drama film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, in association with Roblox Corporation, Lord Miller Productions and Perfect World Pictures, and distributed by Universal. It is based on a gaming platform of the same name. The film is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, from a screenplay by Derek Connolly, and a story by Robert Smigel. It stars the voices of Oscar Isaac, Chris Evans, Jessica Chastain, Mark Wahlberg, Bill Hader, Ben Schwartz, Steve Carell, David Baszucki, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Sudeikis, Frank Welker, Max Martini and Nick Kroll. This film serves as the first installment in Illumination's Roblox Cinematic Universe.

Roblox was theatrically released on September 1, 2026 in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, IMAX 3D, 4DX, and ScreenX by Universal Pictures, and gained universal acclaim from critics, audiences, and fans alike, praising its animation, visuals, voice acting, writing, faithfulness to the source material, character appearances, humor, style, Hans Zimmer and Brian Eno's musical score, action sequences, and the darker and mature tone compared to Illumination's previous projects, while comparing it favourably to The LEGO Movie and Wreck-It Ralph. With a worldwide gross of $1.57 billion against a budget of $350 million, it became the second highest-grossing film of 2026 and the second highest-grossing animated film of all time. It also broke multiple box-office records, including the biggest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film and the highest-grossing film based on a video game. Roblox won numerous awards, including Best Animated Feature at the 99th Academy Awards, 54th Annie Awards, and 84th Golden Globe Awards. It is the seventh non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as the first Illumination film to win that award. Its success formed a multimedia franchise, including a theme park at Universal Destinations & Experiences called Robloxia.

Since its release, it is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential animated movies ever made. Many critics considered the film a "blueprint" for many modern video game movies. It is also a pivotal film in animation and visual effects, particularly its machinima style, as well as being regarded as the most iconic machinima film of all time. The film had a significant effect on popular culture worldwide, paving the way for the growth of machinima in the Western world, as well as influencing numerous works in animation, film, music, television, and video games. A sequel, Roblox 2: The Attack of Julien, was released on July 7, 2029, while a third film is in development.

The film is dedicated to Erik Cassel, co-founder of Roblox, who died on February 11, 2013, respectively.

Synopsis
"An ordinary robloxian named Jake was always alone and people like to make fun of him. All of a sudden, when a former god Ellernate starts preparing for an attack, he teams up with other robloxians he met such as Melvin, Jesse, Omar, Chad, Builderman, Donny and Noah to save the Roblox universe from its destruction."

-Universal Pictures and Illumination

Prologue
In 2023, a test footage shows humans going inside Roblox as rthro avatars using VR headsets, but was interrupted by Jake, who is sick and tired of bad video game adaptations, starts telling the audience that Universal must be dense. The gang are then seen going to Universal headquarters, with several video game characters, who are seen going on strike, helping them get there, as they angrily lash out at Lord Farquaad and the rest of Universal and Roblox executives, demanding that their movie must be fully animated and that they should give what the fans and the audience wants. Farquaad rudely refuses to do that, because both the metaverse and live-action films based on video games make more money. Sean furiously threatens to attack Farquaad if he doesn't turn the gang's movie to be fully animated. With complete fear, Lord Farquaad quickly and promptly accepts their request to make their movie fully animated. Three years later, Jake and the rest of the gang and video game characters are gathering and sitting down at the movie theater to watch the first screening of Roblox's first movie.

Main story
65 million years ago, after the dinosaurs went extinct, the three gods Builderman, Roblox, and Ellernate have created the Dynablocks universe for a new place to stay. One day, in 2006, Builderman and Roblox thought that the universe was lonely, so they created a solar system and the newborn dynablocksians. However, Ellernate got jealous of the new dynablocksians because they were getting more love and attention, as they were made from blocks, and he was made from fire. He kept telling them that fire is better than blocks but they didn't listen to him. Ellernate tries to attack them and somehow killed Roblox. Builderman, who is upset for his actions, uses a tractor beam to send him to the dark red planet for him to live there. Ellernate swore that one day, he will attack the orange planet and the entire universe. Afterwards, Builderman built a grave for Roblox where all the other gods came to pay respects for. They all agree to make changes such as naming the planets Planet Builder and Planet Dark, and renaming the universe from Dynablocks to Roblox in memory of his death, which also led to the renaming of dynablocksians to robloxians. Builderman creates a baby with a special power inside, names him Jake, and sends him to his parents. He later made a prophecy that one day, Jake will stop Ellernate and save the universe.

15 years later, in 2021, Jake gets made fun of by many people at Robloxia High School. When he comes back home, he tell his parents that he wishes that people will respect him one day. They tell him that it's a blessing from Builderman, according to the Bloxible. At night time, when Jake is about to sleep, he heard an explosion from the distance and uses a telescope to check what's going on. He finds out that in Planet Dark, Ellernate is ordering the avatars to kidnap everyone at Robloxia, just so he can take their energy and give their new one to turn them into their kind. Jake tries to warn everyone in Robloxia about Ellernate's impending attack but no one believed him. His parents however, trusted him and tells him that Ellernate is too powerful for Jake to stop him. The spaceships have landed on Planet Builder where the door opens and the avatars are taking everyone in Robloxia. Jake tries to stop them but they already left, which leaves him sad. He later had a bad dream that Ellernate is coming for him, no matter where he is.

Jake leaves Robloxia and goes to New Blox Village where he meets Melvin and Jesse. They told him that the avatars took everyone in New Blox Village, similar to what happened at Robloxia. They all agreed that it won't be easy and must recruit as many people as possible, including Builderman to stop Ellernate. Meanwhile at Planet Dark, the avatars bring the citizens of Planet Builder to Ellernate. He tells them to put them in cages where he will deal with them later as he move on to the next plan. Jake, Melvin, and Jesse went to the portal that takes them to the Work at a Pizza Place realm and recruited Chad, Omar, Sean, and Laith. They all went to the pizzeria and asks the cashiers for the location of the next portal but they don't understand, so they call their boss. He leads the gang to the next portal that takes them to the Welcome to Bloxburg realm and leaves. At Planet Dark, Ellernate finds out that the avatars lost Jake and orders them to find him. Meanwhile, at the Welcome to Bloxburg realm, the gang recruited Donny despite being suspicious of him. They all went to the staircase to the top of the universe where they meet Builderman in his palace.

Jake tells Builderman that they need his help to stop Ellernate but he believes that the prophecy was a mistake. They beg for Builderman to give Jake his second chance and he later agrees to help them. Builderman tells the story about Ellernate with how he was created and what happened to him now. He later tells them that he might be near Planet Builder in a few days and they have to stop him before it's too late. At Planet Dark, Ellernate is making a giant mech for destruction and makes sure everything goes to his plan. At Planet Builder, Builderman tells them that they have to go through couple of realms, starting with the Hyundai Mobility Adventure realm. They went to the next portal but somehow, they accidentally went to the Jailbreak realm at the prison, one per each, thinking that the portal is broken.

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Credits scenes
In a mid-credit scene, when the film ends, Jesse insists on watching it again. Chad tells her that they'll watch it again tomorrow until the rest of the video game characters want to watch the movie again as well. Few months later, the gang being cheered by tons of video game characters, due to their movie being a success, much to the Sora’s dismay as they boo and jeer at him, wanting a movie of his own. In a post-credit scene, Ellernate and Donny were being sentenced to Prison Punishment, a prison where all the people get punished wherever its from one day to a death sentence. The prisoners noticed Ellernate and Donny as they get closer to them. They make fun of them due to the battle they did. One prisoner crashed a wall so hard that Ellernate and Donny gets sucked out to space. They started to get frozen due to lack of atmosphere and floats away at the outer space, never to be seen again.

Cast
Additionally, Channing Tatum, Michael Cera, Jordan Peele, Maurice LaMarche, Matthew McConaughey, John Leguizamo, Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Antonio Banderas, John Lithgow, Kevin Afghani, Roger Craig Smith, Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Zach LeBlanc, Makiko Ohmoto, Eric Stuart, Ted Lewis, Mike Pollock, Steve Downes, Francesca Aston, Kyle Hebert, David Matranga, David Hayter, Jack Black, Patricia Summersett, Matthew Mercer, Jacob Tremblay, and the McElroy brothers has been cast to undisclosed roles.
 * Oscar Issac as Jake - A lonely robloxian who has live in Robloxia for his whole life and faced hate and abuse from other people. He knew that Ellernate and the other villains were gonna destroy Planet Builder and take over the universe.
 * Chris Evans as Melvin - A smart and playful robloxian who was always ready to have fun. He knows a lot of things with portals, technology and science. He is Jesse's brother.
 * Jessica Chastain as Jesse - Melvin's sister. She is determined and ready for long journeys.
 * Mark Wahlberg as Ellernate - A cruel and ruthless being who wants to take over the universe and reshape it in his own liking. He is based off a hacker of the same name, who is the strongest of all in Roblox.
 * Bill Hader as Sean - An anti-hero who was always ready to fight criminals. He is Chad and Omar's big cousin, and Laith's brother.
 * Ben Schwartz as Laith - A robloxian who thinks he is better than most people, but ends up failing all the time. So, he joined with the team to prove that he can actually have skills.
 * Steve Carell as Donny - A robloxian who likes to cheer up Jake if he feels negative about Ellernate during his journey. Later, he betrayed Jake and the others and teamed up with Ellernate.
 * David Baszucki as Builderman (himself at the end of the film) - The god of the Roblox universe who always make sure everything goes fine.
 * Ryan Reynolds as Chad - Omar's brother. He likes to go outside, have some fresh air and loves going on adventures
 * Jason Sudeikis as Roblox - The main god of the universe when it was used to be called DynaBlocks, but somehow died when Ellernate betrayed Builderman and the other gods, which is the reason why the universe's name was changed to Roblox, in memory of his death.
 * Frank Welker as Omar - A robloxian who has autism and is eager to go on big adventures with the others.
 * Welker also voiced the avatars.
 * Max Martini as Narrator - An unseen person who goes through the whole story of the film.
 * Nick Kroll as Noah - A person who was stuck in prison at the Jailbreak realm for 10 years. He also help Jake and the others along his journey.
 * Daniel Middleton as himself - A YouTube celebrity who makes daily videos on the realms. He appears as a cameo in the film.
 * Ed Helms as Sheriff - The leader of the Jailbreak realm.
 * The cops are an organization.
 * Steve Buscemi as Cop #1
 * Jack Black as Cop #2
 * Seth Green as Cop #3
 * Craig Robinson as Cop #4
 * Malin Åkerman as Jake's mom. - The mother of Jake.
 * Kurt Russell as Jake's dad - The father of Jake.
 * Amy Poehler as Mrs. Block - Jake's teacher in Robloxia High School.
 * Mark Hamill as Bus Driver - the bus driver of Robloxia High School.
 * Tom Hanks as Mr. Lynn - The principal of Robloxia High School.
 * Tom Butler as Johnny - A person who wants to get revenge on the cops for killing his friends and sending him to prison.

Development
On November 28, 2023, Roblox Corporation posted an image on X that shows an image that are almost pitch black with an avatar on it. People were confused with what it was, so they start talking about it. When turned up the brightness, it shows 2 movie cameras between a scared avatar with a text saying "We're reimagining an animated film experience". The announcement went viral after people saw this investigation.

On December 12, 2023, Roblox made a blog post on their website about the film, explaining their partnership with Universal Pictures and Illumination, with a release date for September 2026. On May 23, 2024, it was reported that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had signed on to direct, produce, and write the story for Roblox. During the event of RDC 2024, it was stated that the film would be “the golden standard for video game movies, being a film that both fans and casual viewers can enjoy”. Originally, Universal and Roblox was thinking about making it a live action/animated hybrid a la Ready Player One style, but Illumination and the Lord Miller duo disapprove that idea, stating that the metaverse is "bad for the environment". Plans shifted from a live-action/animated hybrid film to a fully computer-animated film that would be "in the same vein as the source material".

The writing began on May 7, 2024, though the script was still in progress. It is also announced that Derek Connolly will write the screenplay while Robert Smigel will co-write the film. During an interview with BBC News, Lord and Miller were writing and discussing the first few drafts for a Roblox movie and would have fully written the film after the release of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Miller announced that the first draft of the script was completed. In an interview with Collider, producer Chris Meledandri confirmed that Lord and Miller were rewriting the script during the production, saying that "while we were working on this film, we've started to notice that most people criticize us for one reason, and that is because we were playing it safe. So for this film, we decided to take criticisms very seriously this time and make the best movie we can possibly think of."

Writing
Various story ideas were explored and discarded during the development of the film, the story in the final draft takes inspiration from both 2012 April Fools Incident and the 2021 Roblox Outage, being the main base for the film’s characters and some plot details. The main goal is to be a film that can be enjoyed by both fans and casuals of which they had many references and cameos for the fans to look for and had many in-depth themes and character arcs which people could relate to.

The narrative starts at the creation of the Roblox universe and just as the journey of Jake and his friends begins. According to Lord and Miller, Roblox takes place in an alternate universe. Miller explained that “we wanted to try and tell a more complicated and sophisticated version of the story that we did with The LEGO Movie, where we had two different beings going against each other, like good versus evil. And part of the fun of the movie is trying to figure out what’s happening in the Roblox universe."

For Omar, Smigel described it as "a natural evolution of an autistic person", confirming that he will have some character development as the story progresses. To do the portrayal, the filmmakers hired consultants from Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) as writing assistants and supervisors so that Welker can spent time with them in order to understand the experience. For Ellernate, the duo wanted that character to be "scary, ruthless, and somewhat unhinged". In comparisons to Bowser from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Lord stated that "unlike Bowser, Ellernate possesses very few comedic moments and also commits far more heinous crimes in multiple omnicides to the point where it heavily disgusts Jake enough, vowing to make him pay for what he has done".

The themes of the movie are the ones that were simple but also effective at the same time and could provide complexity according to Connolly, stating “We wanted to have the themes of friendship and teamwork where anyone can do anything if they put their mind to it.” Conversely, the themes were to mirror how anyone can play the games in Roblox and can feel all these memories playing it.

Casting
Voice actors and actresses, such as Oscar Isaac, Chris Evans, Jessica Chastain, Mark Wahlberg, Bill Hader, Ben Schwartz, Steve Carell, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Sudeikis, Frank Welker, Max Martini, and Nick Kroll have joined the cast. Jacob Tremblay was also cast to voice a Roblox version of himself. It was confirmed that the podcasters, the McElroy Brothers, will make their appearance in the film. It is also announced that David Baszucki, the creator of Roblox, joins the cast to voice his own character Builderman.

Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema (known for collaborating with Christopher Nolan), who serves as the cinematographer, used a combination of IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film. It is also the second film to shoot sections on IMAX black-and-white photographic film for flashbacks, which Kodak created and FotoKem developed. Van Hoytema used 50mm and 80mm Hasselblad lenses when filming on virtual IMAX cameras, while scenes shot on virtual Panavision cameras were shot using Panavision Sphero 65 and Panavision System 65 lenses. Said Van Hoytema, "When shooting our close-ups, we didn't want the camera to be six feet away from our subject. We wanted to be much tighter, so that you really feel the perspective and the intimacy. Also, I knew we would be shooting in low-light situations during the Planet Dark segments and would need to shoot at T1.4 rather than a T4."

The film's dialogue made it possible for virtual IMAX cameras to be used as the primary format. Both Panavision and IMAX lenses enabled filming at night. For the first time in an animated film, virtual IMAX cameras were portrayed hand-held, which Lord and Miller advised as the best way to shoot on realms. According to Van Hoytema, he helped the filmmakers with lighting, the aesthetics of the film, and to add a "live-action feel".

Visual effects and animation
Both visual effects and animation were provided by Illumination Studios Paris and Wētā FX, with additional animation being provided by Mercury Filmworks. Lord and Miller wanted the film's animation to look like machinima. To accomplish this, they added a new technology for a video game engine Roblox Studio which allows people to make professional 3D CGI animation for character models. This was later finalized and released to the public as an update after the film's release. Meledandri stated that "with new technologies used for this new movie, we're happy to say that they have taken the animation to lengths we have never seen before in our history." The animation team explored multiple design styles for each realm that is within Planet Builder, and developed new animation approaches for some of these styles.

For the backstories, the duo wanted to do something that was visually different from the rest of the film. They said that it is "a backstory of the main three gods when they created the Roblox universe." They wanted the animation for the backstories to look traditional and spiritual that were reminiscent to The Lion King and The Prince of Egypt.

For three hours and three days a week, Lord and Miller met with Wētā, who was in charge of the outer space segments and produced the bulk of the visual effects shots, with 900 in total; Lord remarked that "this is one of the hardest movies we have ever done", as three 3-hour long meetings a week were necessitated to discuss the visual effects. They described the atmosphere as "virtual reality but without the headset". Part of the film takes place in Planet Dark, which was handled by Illumination. The planet inside was a visual effect, and every shot of it had to go through the visual effects department, which was time-consuming and expensive. Both segments of Planet Dark and the outer space segments were post-processed with film grain to improve on-screen detail and depth-of-field.

Post-production
In June 2026, Ronald Sanders was revealed to be serving as the editor, who previously worked on Coraline during post-production. Voice recording began in early 2025 and ended in late 2025, with some scenes re-recorded for re-takes after the San Diego Comic-Con.

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Music
The film's original score was composed by Hans Zimmer and Brian Eno. Both composers, who did the score for films such as Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and For All Mankind, wanted to utilize a similar style for Roblox by incorporating some cinematic electronic and ambient sounds to reflect each character's background, culture, and the entire universe. They also used darker and scarier sounds to reflect Ellernate's heritage. Lorne Balfe and Roger Eno serves as the executive music producers for the film.

Several artists such as SZA, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, DJ Khaled, Ke$ha, Becky G, Jonas Blue, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, and Lil Uzi Vert performed new original songs for the film. The end title song "Unstoppable", was composed by Carpark North and Above & Beyond, with lyrics by Taylor Swift who performed it and also received songwriting credit, alongside Carpark North and Brian Eno.

Roblox - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 * SZA x Megan Thee Stallion x Taylor Swift - TBA
 * TBA - TBA
 * Becky G - TBA
 * TBA - TBA
 * Jonas Blue - TBA
 * Taylor Swift - Unstoppable

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Roblox - Original Motion Picture Score

 * 1) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Prologue
 * 2) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Universal Opening
 * 3) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Creation
 * 4) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Morning Commute
 * 5) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Life Goes On / Bloxible
 * 6) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Planet Dark
 * 7) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Jake's Warning
 * 8) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Everyone Gets Kidnapped
 * 9) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - New Blox Village / Ellernate's Lair
 * 10) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Getting The Team Together / Work at a Pizza Place
 * 11) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Top of the Universe
 * 12) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Builderman Meeting
 * 13) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Teleportation
 * 14) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - We're Breaking Out / Teamwork
 * 15) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Deadly Chase
 * 16) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Donny's Betrayal / Ellernate's Vengeance
 * 17) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Trying To Escape
 * 18) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Cosmic Destruction
 * 19) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Opera
 * 20) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - We Did It
 * 21) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - The True Hero
 * 22) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Emergency Newcomer
 * 23) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - End Credits
 * 24) Hans Zimmer & Brian Eno - Prison Punishment

Marketing
The marketing campaign for Roblox reportedly costed $750 million dollars and began with the reveal of the teaser poster for the film. A teaser trailer for the film was released online on February 7, 2026, a day before the Super Bowl LX, in which gained extremely positive reviews from users, with many pointing out its character designs and backgrounds. The teaser trailer features a hybrid orchestral cover of Rise by Katy Perry.

At the San Diego Comic-Con on April 22, 2026, twenty minutes of footage that was completed was shown to the audiences to even more positive reviews. It was followed by an official trailer on May 2026 to huge praise; in its 5 hours of the trailer being revealed online gained around 70 million views and as of July 2026, it had been viewed nearly 600 million times. The international trailer was released on July 10, 2026. The final trailer was released on August 8, 2026, nearly a month before the world premiere of the film.

A special variant for the IMAX Countdown ident were made for Roblox. In the variant, “PREPARE… TO… BELIEVE” will be changed to “THAT THEY... WILL BE... UNSTOPPABLE” in the traditional film backdrop portion, and at 8, the scene explodes, transitioning into a Roblox background. The numbers and phrases in the countdown are in Gotham font. At the end, as the ring passes over the IMAX logo, it wipes into the normal IMAX logo; as the ring moves off-screen, the background fades out, followed by the IMAX logo itself.

Catalog
Roblox released a catalog theme of over 25+ sets and items based on scenes from the film.

Hyundai Sonata
Illumination partnered with Hyundai Mobility Company, making Roblox sponsor on their road.

Subway
For its Subway sandwich, it comes along with action figures of Jake, Melvin, Jesse, Ellernate, Sean, Laith, Builderman, Chad, Roblox, Noah, and an avatar.

Kraft Mac & Cheese
The Kraft Heinz Company produced its mac and cheese products as a promotional tie-in of the film.

Merchandise
Illumination have made tons of merchandise inspired by the film such as novelty T-shirts, sandals, shoes, coats, boots, bracelets, hats, caps, glasses, pants, bento boxes, thermos containers, lunch bags, and backpacks.

Jazwares
Jazwares, who partnered with Roblox Corporation to create toys based on games, characters, and developers in Roblox such as action figures, partners with Illumination to create toys based on the characters of the film.

Books
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List of Roblox games appearing in the film

 * Adopt Me!
 * Brookhaven RP
 * Doors
 * Flee the Facility
 * Hide and Seek Extreme
 * Jailbreak
 * Murder Mystery 2
 * Natural Disaster Survival
 * Pet Simulator X
 * Phantom Forces
 * Project Lazarus
 * Scuba Diving at Quill Lake
 * Speed Run 4
 * Theme Park Tycoon 2
 * Tower of Hell
 * Welcome to Bloxburg
 * Work at a Pizza Place
 * Hyundai Mobility Adventure

Release
Roblox was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on September 1, 2026, in commemoration of the platform's 20th anniversary. Its worldwide theatrical run was preceded by Party at Bowser's Castle, a short film based on The Super Mario Bros. Movie. It's about Bowser Jr. and his siblings throwing a secret rave at their castle while their father Bowser is on vacation.

Home media
The film streamed on Peacock 45 days afterwards. It was released on digital on November 17, 2026 and released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray Disc, Blu-Ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-Ray (with IMAX Enhanced), Blu-Ray 4K, and DVD on October 23, 2026. The Blu-Ray and DVD releases include shorts such as Builderman's Quest, Omar's Patience, Melvin and Jesse's Portal Adventure, and Laith's Test, the outtakes, and the behind-the-blox featurette. The film debuted on Netflix on December 25, 2026, and on Apple TV+ on May 17, 2027. It headed to Amazon Prime Video on July 22, 2027, and on Hulu on July 30, 2027.

Box office
Roblox had grossed $570 million in the United States and Canada and $1 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.57 billion, against a production budget of $350 million. Worldwide, it is the second highest-grossing film of 2026, the highest-grossing animated film of 2026, the second highest-grossing animated film, and the highest-grossing film released by Universal Pictures. It topped the worldwide box office for three consecutive weekends.

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Critical response
Within its first week of release, the film gained universal acclaim from critics, audiences, and fans alike, praising its animation, visuals, voice acting, writing, faithfulness to the source material, character appearances, humor, style, Hans Zimmer and Brian Eno's musical score, action sequences, and the darker and mature tone compared to Illumination's previous projects. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 282 reviews, with an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Roblox is not only a mind-blowing film based on a gaming platform, but also acts as a giant middle finger to modern Disney." It became the highest-rated film based on a video game and the highest-rated film from Illumination on both websites, beating both Werewolves Within and Despicable Me respectively. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 100 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 4.5 out of 5 stars; social media monitor RelishMix noted online responses to the film were "better than what it was".

Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club called it "lovable and entertaining", giving it a grade of A+ and writing "This film is a great way to introduce its new audience into the world of Roblox, and it will definitely entertain those who might be interested in it." TheWrap's Yolanda Machado praised the screenplay and directing and wrote that the film "expands on the entire platform, crafting a story that is timely, inventive, hilarious, emotional, and perfect for all ages." The film received a five-star rating from Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com, who referred it as "The Dark Knight of video game movies" and wrote, "It's really action-packed and full of fun. And unlike other films from Illumination, rather than being a regular family-friendly movie, this one actually took risk and focus more on mature elements while still keeping it appropriate for everyone."

Critics made favourable comparisons as a combination of The LEGO Movie and Wreck-It Ralph. Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly says that it was better than what he expected, saying "They were unstoppable for Roblox fans around the world. This is The LEGO Movie turned up to an 11." For The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen wrote "The film brings the characters of the platform together. It kinda reminds me of Wreck-It Ralph, and ultimately that’s all that really matters here." The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday gave the film 5 out of 5 stars and praised its visuals as "One of the most beautiful-looking movies I've ever seen, Roblox will be remembered as the very first theatrical machinima film.", while also achieved it as "A film that will challenge Pixar." The Daily Telegraph 's Robbie Collin wrote, "Roblox reaffirms that Illumination, who at their best, are like no other animation studio around." Calum Marsh of The New York Times however, gave a mixed review who praised its new animation style and video game immersion but mildly criticized its dark overtone and extreme violence and felt that it was too much for a PG-rated film, especially in the wake of 25th anniversary of September 11 attacks, writing "The film wasn't great by any means since it can get dark at some points, but still a fun time in some ways."

The film also gained lots of positive feedbacks from many fans of the platform, with an American YouTube celebrity KreekCraft saying "This movie is great. It's actually fun and really entertaining, one of my favorite movies ever.", while another fan of the platform wrote "Illumination and Roblox should continue the adventures of Jake and the gang."

Industry response
Chris Pratt, who worked with Lord and Miller on The LEGO Movie franchise and voiced Mario on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, described it as "one of the best films he has ever seen”. Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, who worked with Lord and Miller on 22 Jump Street and voiced Remy in Ratatouille, called the film "masterful" and continued "This has been a non-stop year for me and I'm glad I'm ending it in such a cinematic high-note. Not only is it the best video game film ever made, not only is it one of the best animated films ever made, it's flat-out a game-changing (pun intended) MOVIE. Seeing it again tomorrow!"

Geoff Keighley, host of the Game Awards, called the film a huge step forward for video game movies and noted how much they improved their output. Hideo Kojima, most known for their Metal Gear series, called the film “amazing” and continued "It just goes to show you that any character in the right hands can be a transformative and mature experience." Roblox Corporation, despite some initial hesitation and doubts about the film, considered it to be a true success and attributed higher sales of Roblox to the movie’s success and reception.

Legacy
Roblox is widely considered one of the greatest video game adaptations of all time, and one of the greatest and most influential animated movies ever made. Many critics considered the film a "blueprint" for many modern video game movies, particularly for its rejection of a typical video game movie style in favor of a machinima film that features video game characters. Before Roblox, video game movies closely emulated their video game source material, and though it had seen significant successes such as The Angry Birds Movie 2, Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, they were often considered disposable entertainment that did not garner much industry respect.

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Cultural impact
Roblox is regarded by many critics as a landmark of video game adaptations, one that influenced much of the art in the video game world that followed its release with many citing the film as an important influence. Its visual style influenced numerous works in animation, film, music, television, and video games, utilising its machinima style. It has been cited as a major influence on Hollywood films such as Dimension Wars, Grand Theft Auto: The Movie, Arcadia (the result of Roblox appearing in the sequel Arcadia: Level 2 as part of pop culture references), and Ready Player Two. Illumination also reused its machinima style for future video game movies (notably Nintendo Cinematic Multiverse) to make it more authentic. It has also influenced the work of musicians.

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Videogame
Universal Studios created Roblox: The Movie Game that included more than 10 playable characters. It is available on Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Focus (the successor of Nintendo Switch). The game is produced by Roblox Corporation, Universal Studios, and Activision.

Despite following the same plot of Roblox, there are many bonus story elements that relate to the short films of the franchise: the main locations such as Adopt Me!, Brookhaven RP, Doors, Flee the Facility, Hide and Seek Extreme, Jailbreak, Murder Mystery 2, Natural Disaster Survival, Pet Simulator X, Phantom Forces, Project Lazarus, Scuba Diving at Quill Lake, Speed Run 4, Theme Park Tycoon 2, Tower of Hell, Welcome to Bloxburg, Work at a Pizza Place and Hyundai Mobility Adventure. The loading screen depicts a Roblox symbol spinning on the down right corner screen.

A Roblox game, titled Roblox: The Movie World, was created. Players can explore Robloxia and New Blox Village.

Copyright
'''Universal Pictures and Illumination have accepted the rights to use the term Roblox, Powering Imagination, etc. They have also accepted the rights to use the Roblox characters for the film. The characters and terms are owned by Roblox Corporation. The names and the looks of the characters that did not originate from Roblox belongs to its respective owners.'''

©2026 Universal Pictures, Illumination, and Roblox Corporation. All rights reserved.

Trivia

 * It is the most awarded animated film and one of the most awarded films of all time, second only to Everything Everywhere All at Once.
 * The opening and end credits texts for Roblox are in Gotham font, similar to what Roblox Corporation uses for their visual content.
 * Mark Wahlberg's second animated film.
 * Like any other animated films, the credits for Roblox were made to look like short animations based on the platform that were uploaded on social media.
 * It is the first Illumination film to have YouTube celebrities be part of the casting.
 * It is also the fourth film to have YouTube celebrities, after Ralph Breaks the Internet, Smosh: The Movie, and The Angry Birds Movie.
 * Due to Minecraft getting its own movie, Roblox decided to the same with theirs.
 * The avatars are the only characters to have clones. In fact, there are 5,000 avatars as Ellernate's minions.
 * The part where Ellernate minds controls people to help him is similar to Minecraft: Story Mode where PAMA does the same.
 * The hospites have the same role as the villagers from Minecraft.
 * This movie acts like The LEGO Movie in some part of ways.
 * The movie and its action sequences are inspired by Transformers.
 * The name of the hospites are basically guests in Latin, which reflects a former role in Roblox.
 * During the production, Illumination hired some of the animators and artists from DreamWorks Animation, to which some of them are hardcore Roblox fans.
 * It is the most expensive animated film ever made at the time of its release (until it was surpassed by its successor).
 * It is also one of the most expensive films ever made due to the fact they need to copy Roblox character morphs and turn them into CGI-looking.
 * This film popularized a type of CGI known as machinima.
 * It is the second animated film to be shot on IMAX, after Lightyear.
 * It is the first Illumination film to not have the Minions appear during the Illumination logo.
 * Wētā FX's second animated film.
 * The part where a random Roblox god gives Jake powers to fight Ellernate at the climax reflects how players became moderators in Roblox.
 * Some elements in the platform have new names in the film to fit with a science fiction setting:
 * Accounts as souls
 * Alternate accounts as backup suits
 * Noobs as avatars
 * Games as realms
 * During the post-credit scene, a place called Prison Punishment is a reflection of how players get banned from Roblox wherever it's from one day to account termination.
 * Throughout the beginning is a giant middle finger to both the metaverse and bad video game adaptations from every video game character protesting Universal to make the gang’s movie fully computer-animated, to Steve and Pac-Man criticizing their upcoming live action movie, Steve chastising Jason Momoa's casting of him, the Flock agreeing to never make a deal with Hollywood to make a live-action adaptation, and Kirby telling everyone that the gang have got the "live-action treatment".
 * Additionally, the film also makes fun of countless LEGO Movie ripoffs such as The Emoji Movie and Playmobil: The Movie.

Easter eggs

 * In a scene where Jake enters the school, a teenage girl opens her locker, which shows a photo of her pet cat who is dressed as Puss in Boots.
 * Lord Farquaad from Shrek appears as a chairman of Universal who portrays as a parody of Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company during the prologue.

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Sequels
Phil Lord confirmed in an interview on June 2027 that a sequel titled Roblox 2, are in development. Roblox 2: The Attack of Julien was announced by Universal Pictures and was released on July 7, 2029. Oscar Isaac expresses his idea if a third film was to be made, he would consider seeing the gang "beaming themselves to a different universe". Miller announced that a third film, titled Roblox 3, is currently in the works and promised that it's going to be insane.

Follow-up television series
A television series based on Roblox titled Roblox: The TV Series, premiered on November 13, 2027, on Netflix. The animation production was handled by Illumination Studios Paris. It is produced by Universal Television, Illumination Television (The result of making the first Illumination TV series), and Roblox Corporation, while being distributed by both NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and Netflix.

The series focuses on Jake and his friends on their adventures to stop more evil around Planet Builder. The series began with the first episode of Season 1 titled "A New Beginning".

Chad's Adventure
Phil Lord confirmed in the same interview on June 2027 that a spin-off prequel film titled Chad's Adventure are in development. It was announced by Universal Pictures and was released on August 26, 2029. It's about Chad and his friends as they take on against The Whistleton Brothers who are planning to rule the Work at a Pizza Place realm.

Builderman: Begins
Phil Lord confirmed in the same interview on June 2027 that another spin-off prequel film titled Builderman: Begins are in development. It was announced by Universal Pictures and was released on May 24, 2031. The film tells the story about Builderman and the other gods on how they were born on Earth and how they find themselves in space to create a new universe.

The Great Bloxy War
Phil Lord confirmed in the same interview on June 2027 that a yet another spin-off prequel film titled The Great Bloxy War are in devlopment.

Transcripts
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Trailer transcripts
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TV spot transcripts
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Credits
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