(also known as The Secret of the Unicorn outside North America) remains a landmark in animation history. Directed by and produced by Peter Jackson , the film brought Belgian cartoonist Hergé’s legendary reporter to the big screen using cutting-edge motion capture technology. A New Vision for a Classic Hero
It was a box-office underperformer in the US ($77 million domestic on a $135 million budget). The reasons are debated: Americans were unfamiliar with Tintin (unlike in Europe, where he is a hero), the “uncanny valley” look turned off families, and the title was clunky. Paramount also failed to market it as a “Spielberg adventure.” the adventure of tintin 2011