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Released
1950 · FILM

Cinderella

A kind-hearted orphaned aristocrat must outwit her cruel stepfamily and win the prince’s favor at a royal ball, using only her wits, hidden allies, and a magical dress before midnight.

“The greatest love story ever told.”

Directed by
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Written by
Charles Perrault, Bill Peet
Rated
MPA · Approved
Runtime
74 min
AnimationFamilyFantasy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Cinderella believes her dreams of a better life will come true. With the help of her loyal mouse friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically transformed into a glorious gown, allowing her to attend the Royal Ball. However, when the clock strikes midnight, the spell ends, leaving behind only a single glass slipper—the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 117+ 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 Donald HallidayShot by Bob BroughtonScored by Paul J SmithSound by Keith Rogers

Box Office

1950 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 91× 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

$263.6M

Budget$2.9M
Worldwide gross$263.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

19881,359 theaters
$4.8M($13.5M today)
19871,657 theaters
$48.0M($139.6M today)
19821,050 theaters
$22.6M($77.4M today)
1981560 theaters
$3.0M($11.0M today)
Total re-release
$78.4M

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

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Cinderellade
  • La Cenicientaes
  • Cendrillonfr
  • Cenerentolait
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 15, 1950
  • CanadaApr 7, 1950

Companies

ProductionWalt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
DistributionRKO Radio Pictures
Other companiesTechnicolor, RCA Sound System, Screen Cartoonists Guild, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Library of Congress, Motion Picture Conservation Center

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