Film of the Day: Ellis Park

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MOVIE

The Nightmare Before Christmas

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1993

76 minutes (1 hrs 16 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Henry Selick

Starring

Danny Elfman · Chris Sarandon · Catherine O'Hara · William Hickey · Glenn Shadix · Paul Reubens

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 29th October 1993

New Zealand release: 13th May 1994

Japan release: 15th October 1994

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 25th Nov '94
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £2 Million
Total chart weeks: 16

US box office

Box Office debut: 15th Oct '93
Debut position: 20
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $191.2 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 42

WorldWide box office

Box Office debut: 16th Oct '20
Debut position: 7
Highest position: 7
Debut gross: $1.3 Million
Total weeks on top 15: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

25 Nov, 1994
1

2 Dec, 1994
2

9 Dec, 1994
3

16 Dec, 1994
4

23 Dec, 1994
4

30 Dec, 1994
5

6 Jan, 1995
9

13 Jan, 1995
10

20 Jan, 1995
10

27 Jan, 1995
12

3 Feb, 1995
15

1 Dec, 2006
13

14 Dec, 2007
13

30 Oct, 2020
12

17 Nov, 2023
15

US box office

22 Oct, 1993
3

5 Nov, 1993
1

12 Nov, 1993
4

20 Oct, 2006
12

27 Oct, 2006
14

19 Oct, 2007
7

26 Oct, 2007
8

2 Nov, 2007
11

16 Oct, 2020
4

23 Oct, 2020
5

30 Oct, 2020
7

20 Oct, 2023
5

27 Oct, 2023
7

3 Nov, 2023
12

11 Oct, 2024
9

18 Oct, 2024
10

Global box office

16 Oct, 2020
7

23 Oct, 2020
11

11 Oct, 2024
14

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£6.5 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$82 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$91.4 Million

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Box Office Release Breakdown

USA release date: 9th October 1993
New Zealand release date: 13th May 1994
Japan release date: 15th October 1994
Argentina release date: 27th October 1994
Brazil release date: 28th October 1994
Australia release date: 10th November 1994
Sweden release date: 15th November 1994
Hong Kong release date: 17th November 1994
Colombia release date: 18th November 1994
Greece release date: 20th November 1994
Hungary release date: 24th November 1994
Finland release date: 25th November 1994
UK release date: 25th November 1994
Denmark release date: 2nd December 1994
Spain release date: 2nd December 1994
Italy release date: 5th December 1994
France release date: 7th December 1994
Germany release date: 8th December 1994
Austria release date: 9th December 1994
Portugal release date: 9th December 1994
Netherlands release date: 15th December 1994
Ireland release date: 16th December 1994
Iceland release date: 16th December 1994
Poland release date: 16th December 1994
Turkey release date: 16th December 1994
South Korea release date: 14th January 1995
Russia release date: 9th November 1995
Czech Republic release date: 14th December 2002
Mexico release date: 17th November 2006
Singapore release date: 23rd November 2006
Canada release date: 19th October 2007
India release date: 24th March 2018