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An American Tail
1986
80 minutes (1 hrs 20 mins)
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Directed by
Don Bluth
Starring
Erica Yohn · Nehemiah Persoff · Amy Green · Phillip Glasser ·
Christopher Plummer
· John Finnegan
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
21st November 1986
Australia release
26th December 1986
Norway release
31st December 1986
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
24th Jul '87
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £551 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 10
US box office
Box Office debut: 21st Nov '86
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: $5.2 Million
Total chart weeks: 3
Chart position history
UK box office
24 Jul,
1987
4
31 Jul,
1987
4
7 Aug,
1987
5
14 Aug,
1987
7
21 Aug,
1987
8
28 Aug,
1987
9
4 Sep,
1987
10
11 Sep,
1987
13
18 Sep,
1987
14
25 Sep,
1987
14
US box office
21 Nov,
1986
2
28 Nov,
1986
2
5 Dec,
1986
3
Global box office
Other movies in this series
An American Tail
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
An American Tail the Mystery of the Night Monster
Certificates
US
G
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.7 Million
US total gross
$20.2 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Opinion | That cartoon mouse was me, and his American Dream is still mine
The Washington Post
Mon, 19th October 2026
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The Hill
Tue, 1st September 2026
‘An American Tail’ Explores Bleak Immigrant Struggles That Still Resonate in 2019
VICE
Thu, 21st November 2019
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) ⭐ 6.5 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
IMDb
Fri, 3rd June 2016
Revisiting ‘An American Tail,’ a Deeply Jewish Immigration Story
Hey Alma
Mon, 20th September 2021
‘An American Tail,’ the classic animated film about Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate to America, is now a musical
The Jewish News of Northern California
Wed, 24th May 2023