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Released
1998 · FILM

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Directed by
William R Kowalchuk Jr
Written by
Robert May, Johnny Marks
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
83 min
AdventureAnimationFamily
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Rudolph experiences a childhood accident that causes his nose to change from the typical black color to a glowing red. His parents are concerned about him being teased, and their fears are eventually realized. After being defeated in the reindeer games by a rival vying for the affection of a doe he admires, Rudolph flees and takes refuge in a cave with Slyly the Fox. The question remains whether he can overcome his fears and fulfill his true potential.

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Principal cast & crew: 31

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Tom HokScored by Al Kasha

Box Office

1998 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.0× 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

$113K

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$113K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Rudolph mit der roten Nasede
  • Rudolph, le petit renne au nez rougefr
  • Rudolph, il cucciolo dal naso rossoit

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