He played whiz-kid Curtis the Elf in the 2002 romantic comedy-drama-fantasy film "The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause", marking the first of four films in which he co-starred alongside actor Tim Allen. The movie was a great financial success, raking in $173 million in gross sales, and was the fifth-highest-grossing holiday movie ever and the 28th-highest-grossing movie worldwide of the year, making $29 million its opening weekend. In 2002 he also appeared in TV movies such as the 2002 "Mom's on Strike", as a pesky younger brother in the 2003 "You Wish!", and "Ozzie". He has also been involved in animation films, notably by lending his voice as Cubby in the animated fantasy comedy-drama film "Return to Neverland" in 2002, for which he was nominated for a 2003 Young Artist Award as Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role at the 24th Young Artist Awards, and as Captain Crandall/Cap in the Disney animated television series "Teamo Supremo" in 2002–03. The movie had a worldwide box office of $109 million.