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The Nightmare Before Christmas

 1993
 76 minutes (1 hrs 16 mins)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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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 date US release: 29th October 1993
New Zealand release date New Zealand release: 13th May 1994
Japan release date 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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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£6,450,533
1283
Phenomenon
1284
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1285
BlackKKlansman

US total gross
$82,034,908
1060
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
1061
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1062
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Genres

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Musical