Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Four mutant ninja turtles must unite their disparate skills to rescue their mentor and stop the ruthless Shredder, whose deadly Foot Clan threatens to plunge New York City into chaos.
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Synopsis
Four humanoid turtles, trained in ninjitsu by their mentor, must learn to work as a team to confront the threat of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
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A crew of 46+ credited
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Edited by William D GordeanShot by John FennerScored by John Du PrezDesigned by Roy Forge Smith
Box Office
1990 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 15× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$202.0M
US & Canada: $135.3M — 67% of worldwide · International: $66.7M (33%)
Opening weekend: $25.4M — 19% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $32.2M — 24% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,006 theaters
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Also known as
- Turtlesde
- Las tortugas ninjaes
- Les Tortues Ninjafr
- Tartarughe Ninja alla riscossait
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Cast & Crew
46 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Judith Hoag
as April O'Neil
Brian Tochi
as Leonardo (voice)
Elias Koteas
as Casey Jones
Josh Pais
as Raphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab
Corey Feldman
as Donatello (voice)
Robbie Rist
as Michelangelo (voice)
Michelan Sisti
as Pizza Man
Kevin Clash
as Splinter (voice)
Leif Tilden
as Foot Messenger
David Mccharen
as The Shredder / Oroku Saki (voice)
David Forman
as Leonardo / Gang Member
Martin P Robinson
as Leonardo
Supporting cast
20Michael Turney
as Danny Pennington
David Greenaway
as Raphael
Jay Patterson
as Charles Pennington
Raymond Serra
as Chief Sterns
James Saito
as The Shredder (Oroku Saki)
David Rudman
as Donatello
Ernie Reyes Jr
as Donatello
Reggie Barnes
as Donatello
Rickey Boyd
as Splinter
Robert Tygner
as Splinter
Toshishiro Obata
as Tatsu
Michael Mcconnohie
as Tatsu (voice)
Sam Rockwell
as Head Thug
Kenn Scott
as Talkative Foot #2
Kevin Eastman
as Citizen (uncredited)
Skeet Ulrich
as Thug (uncredited)
Scott Wolf
as Thug (uncredited)
Paul Beahm
as Foot Soldier (uncredited)
Curtis Bush
as Foot Soldier
Mak Wilson
as Michelangelo
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