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Beauty and the Beast - 1991 Original Theatrical Trailer (35mm 4K)

Beauty and the Beast(1991)
Released
1991 · FILM

Beauty and the Beast

A selfish prince cursed into a beast must discover true love before the last petal falls, while a brave book‑lover named Belle, fleeing an arrogant suitor, stumbles upon his enchanted castle and holds the key to breaking his spell.

“The most beautiful love story ever told.”

Directed by
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
84 min
AnimationFamilyFantasy
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Belle is a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who has been transformed into a mysterious beast. With the assistance of the castle's enchanted staff, she gradually discovers the most important lesson of all: that true beauty comes from within.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 777+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John CarnochanShot by Gareth FishbaughScored by Alan MenkenSound by Charles L CampbellVFX by Barry Cook

Box Office

1991 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× 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

$425.0M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$425.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $145.9M — 34% of worldwide · International: $279.1M (66%)

Opening weekend: $162K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $293K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Re-release box office

2020527 theaters
$467K($597K today)
20163 theaters
$35K($48K today)
20032 theaters
$32K($57K today)
20023 theaters
$152K($280K today)
Total re-release
$686K

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • special edition· 90 min

Also known as

  • Die Schöne und das Biestde
  • La bella y la bestiaes
  • La Belle et la Bêtefr
  • La bella e la bestiait
  • (French)La Belle et la Bête
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 29, 1991
  • CanadaNov 22, 1991

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Walt Disney Animation StudiosWalt Disney PicturesSilver Screen Partners IVWalt Disney Feature Animation
Distributors
Buena Vista Pictures DistributionElliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE)Warner Bros. FinlandWarner Bros. Pictures
Other companiesAoi Studio, Alias Research Inc., BMG Recording Studios, New York, Buena Vista Imaging, Buena Vista Negative Cutting

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