The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!
2017 | 91m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Cal Brunker |
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| Writer: | Scott Bindley, Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen |
| Staring: |
| When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group of animal friends need to band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 11, 2017 |
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| Director: | Cal Brunker |
| Writer: | Scott Bindley, Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen |
| Genres: | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family |
| Keywords | squirrel, mayor, villain, anthropomorphism, animals, nut |
| Production Companies | Open Road Films, GulfStream Pictures, Redrover, ToonBox Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $68,743,485
Budget: $40,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Will Arnett | Surly (voice) |
| Maya Rudolph | Precious (voice) |
| Bobby Cannavale | Frankie (voice) |
| Bobby Moynihan | Mayor Muldoon (voice) |
| Isabela Merced | Heather (voice) |
| Peter Stormare | Gunther (voice) |
| Gabriel Iglesias | Jimmy (voice) |
| Jeff Dunham | Mole (voice) |
| Sebastian Maniscalco | Johnny (voice) |
| Kari Wahlgren | Jamie / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jackie Chan | Mr. Feng (voice) |
| Katherine Heigl | Andie (voice) |
| Julie Lemieux | Lil' Chip / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Dwayne Hill | Police Officer / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Josh Robert Thompson | Construction Foreman / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Rob Tinkler | Redline (voice) |
| Jess Harnell | Animal Control Guy 1 / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Fred Tatasciore | Animal Control Guy 2 (voice) |
| Andrew Ortenberg | Animal Control Guy 3 (voice) |
| Greg Chun | Mouse Henchman (voice) |
| Dave Fennoy | Mouse Henchman 2 / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Laraine Newman | Daredevil Chipmunk (voice) |
| Justin Felbinger | Young Surly (voice) |
| Cal Brunker | Charming Chipmunk (voice) |
| Bob Barlen | Handsome Mouse (voice) |
| Emma Dale | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lukas Engel | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jamie Dennis | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jonathan Dixon | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Scott Bindley | Writer |
| Peter Lepeniotis | Characters |
| Andrew Woodhouse | Production Design, Art Direction |
| David Evans | Sound Designer |
| J.R. Fountain | Sound Designer |
| Dashen Naidoo | Sound Effects Editor |
| Josh Brown | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rose Gregoris | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Taylor Brockelsby | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marilee Yorston | Foley Artist |
| Justin Sawyer | Foley Recordist |
| Scott Shepherd | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Scott Hitchon | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Cal Brunker | Director, Writer |
| Bob Barlen | Writer |
| Heitor Pereira | Original Music Composer |
| Linda Lamontagne | Casting Director |
| Rob Gyorgy | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Jeff Dickson | Storyboard Designer |
| Myke Bakich | Storyboard Artist |
| Michael MacAdams | Storyboard Artist |
| Len Simon | Storyboard Artist |
| Yu Su | Storyboard Artist |
| Ying Hsuan Chen | Storyboard Artist |
| Chris Schouten | Storyboard Artist |
| Arna Selznick | Storyboard Artist |
| Jake Bauming | Additional Storyboarding |
| Juraj Korim | Additional Storyboarding |
| John Lei | Additional Storyboarding |
| Paul Hunter | Editor |
| John Houlihan | Music Supervisor |
| Daryl Graham | Animation Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Harry Linden | Producer |
| Mike Karz | Executive Producer |
| Bob Barlen | Producer |
| Youngki Lee | Producer |
| Jongsoo Kim | Producer |
| Sunghwan Kim | Producer |
| Jonghan Kim | Producer |
| Li Li Ma | Producer |
| Daniel Woo | Executive Producer |
| William Bindley | Executive Producer |
| Hong Kim | Executive Producer |
| Hoe Jin Ha | Executive Producer |
| Hyungkon Kim | Executive Producer |
| Gui Ping Zhang | Executive Producer |
| Zhao Lan Wu | Executive Producer |
| Scott Bindley | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 30 | 35 | 25 |
| 2024 | 5 | 33 | 45 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 43 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 30 | 54 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 25 | 61 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 27 | 50 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 26 | 61 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 34 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 847 | 847 |
**Returning home and fighting back for it.** Frankly, I did not think there will a sequel, but this one came out and I say I'm not fully disappointed. It is an acceptable film with a good message told with full of cliches. The story continued from where the previous one had ended. Right away a ne ... w adventure begins. Surly and his friends, after losing their stock of food, now forced to return to their natural home, the park. But the place is getting turned into an amusement park by an evil mayor. So they plan to fight back and how they succeed are the revealed in the remaining part. As I said, not bad. At least the children would enjoy it better. The new characters are good, but that did not bring more fun. The comedies were average. With this year's average result from all the animated feature that had released, this film does not look so bad at all. Only if the story had been much better, it would have achieved a better result. The production and all the voice-over work were good. I don't know there will be another sequel, but I don't wish, except if they come up with some good story to tell for all ages. It's just once watchable! _6/10_