A Christmas Story
A determined 9‑year‑old boy battles his family, teachers, and a grumpy department‑store Santa to secure the coveted Red Ryder air rifle before Christmas morning arrives.
“A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.”
Synopsis
A comedy following the mischievous adventures of a young boy named Ralph, who in the 1940s is determined to persuade his parents, teachers, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder B.B. gun is the ideal Christmas gift.
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A crew of 135+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Stan ColeShot by Reginald H MorrisScored by Paul ZazaDesigned by Reuben FreedSound by Alan BernardCostumes by Mary E Mcleod
Box Office
1983 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.3× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$20.7M
US & Canada: $19.3M — 93% of worldwide · International: $1.4M (7%)
Re-release box office
- 2020150 theaters
- $70K($89K today)
- 1984602 theaters
- $2.1M($6.8M today)
- Total re-release
- $2.2M
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Fröhliche Weihnachtende
- Christmas Storyfr
- A Christmas Story - Una storia di Nataleit
- Una storia di Nataleit
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Cast & Crew
135 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Peter Billingsley
as Ralphie Parker
Melinda Dillon
as Mother Parker
Darren Mcgavin
as The Old Man Parker
Scott Schwartz
as Flick
Tedde Moore
as Miss Shields
Rd Robb
as Schwartz
Zack Ward
as Scut Farkus
Yano Anaya
as Grover Dill
Jean Shepherd
as Ralphie as an Adult
Ian Petrella
as Randy Parker
R D Robb
as Schwartz
Jeff Gillen
as Santa Claus
Supporting cast
38Leslie Carlson
as Christmas Tree Man
Jim Hunter
as Freight Man
Patty Johnson
as Head Elf
Drew Hocevar
as Male Elf
David Edward
as Kid with Goggles
Dwayne Mclean
as Black Bart
Helen E Kaider
as Wicked Witch
John Wong
as Chinese Father
Johan Sebastian Wong
as Waiter #1
Fred Lee
as Waiter #2
Dan Ma
as Waiter #3
Rocco Bellusci
as Street Kid
Tommy Wallace
as Boy in School
Court Benson
as Pierre Andre (uncredited)
Leigh Brown
as Red Hatted Curly Haired Woman in Line for Santa (uncredited)
Bob Clark
as Swede (uncredited)
Giada Dobrzenska
as Little Girl at Parade (uncredited)
Dave Duff
as Firefighter (uncredited)
Jordan Patrick Marcantonio
as Boy visiting Santa (uncredited)
Kristephan Warren Stevens
as Crowd person (uncredited)
Don Geyer
as The Scarecrow (uncredited)
Kathryn Hayzer
as Churchgoer (uncredited)
John Kennedy
as Fire Chief at Schoolyard (uncredited)
Bill Kravitz
as Billy (uncredited)
Julie Matthews
as Caroler (uncredited)
Christine Powrie
as Screaming Girl on Slide After Ralphie (uncredited)
Quinn Smith
as Flagpole Bully Sudent (uncredited)
Colin Fox
as Ming the Merciless
Paul Hubbard
as Flash Gordon
David Svoboda
as Kid with Goggles
Monica Harvey
as Girl at Flagpole
Cory Ireland
as Plaid Shirt Student
Gary Jones
as Christmas Shopper
Mike Kukral
as Youth viewing leg lamp from street
Paul Pangle
as Robber
Leanne Semple
as Blonde girl in school
Wendy Lee White
as Esther Jane - Ralphie's Classmate
Jill Young
as Ralphie's Short Brown Haired Classmate
Directors
1Writers
3Producers
4Other crew
84Mark S Freeborn
(as Mark Freeborn)
Don White
adr recording mixer / foley recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis Grisco
animal trainer: dogs (uncredited)
Frank Inn
animal trainer: dogs (uncredited)
Juanita Inn
animal trainer: dogs (uncredited)
Sharon Evans
animal trainer: dogs (uncredited)
Gavin Mitchell
Art Director
Carmi Gallo
assistant art director
Neil Grieve
assistant editor
Richard Cadger
assistant editor (as Rick Cadger)
Ann Heeley Ray
assistant sound editor
Gudrun Christian
assistant sound editor
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