Kids — Spy

| Film | US Box Office (Domestic) | Worldwide Box Office | Budget | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | $112,719,001 | $147,000,000 | $35-36 Million | | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) | $85,846,429 | $119,000,000 | $38 Million | | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) | $111,761,982 | $197,000,000 | $38 Million | | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011) | $38,538,188 | $85,600,000 | $27 Million |

At its heart, the story is about children discovering the "secret lives" of their parents—a metaphor for the moment every child realizes their parents are complex humans with pasts of their own. Spy Kids

in the second film: "Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?" [16, 30]. | Film | US Box Office (Domestic) |

is a historical artifact. Riding the wave of the early 2000s 3D revival, the film takes place almost entirely inside a hyper-colorful video game. The plot is simple: Juni must rescue Carmen from the Toymaker (a brilliant, scenery-chewing Sylvester Stallone). The film features a dizzying cameo list, including George Clooney, Salma Hayek, Elijah Wood, and even a pre-fame Selena Gomez. Viewed today, Game Over is a fascinating time capsule of early digital filmmaking. The CGI looks like a PlayStation 2 cutscene, but that aesthetic oddly adds to the charm. It feels exactly like a video game from 2003—polygonal, glitchy, and euphorically energetic. Riding the wave of the early 2000s 3D