Upon release, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $339 million worldwide on an $80 million budget. Over the Hedge was theatrically released in the United States on May 19, 2006, as the first film by DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by Paramount. Set in Indiana, the film centers on a raccoon named RJ, who is forced to deliver food to a bear named Vincent after accidentally destroying his stockpile of food, whereupon he manipulates a family of woodland animals who have recently awakened from hibernation into helping him steal food in order to speed up the process. Lewis, the film was directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick (in the latter's feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton and Kirkpatrick, and features an ensemble voice cast consisting of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Omid Djalili. Loosely based on the comic strip of the same name created by Michael Fry and T.
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