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The Addams Family(1991)
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1991 · FILM
The Addams Family
A desperate lawyer teams with a cunning loan shark to plant an impostor as the long‑lost brother of Gomez Addams, hoping to breach the eccentric family's secret vault—only to find that their macabre world is far more dangerous than any heist.
“Weird is relative.”
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Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
99 min
ComedyFantasy
Synopsis
When a man claiming to be the long-lost Uncle Fester returns after 25 years away, the Addams family plans a celebration to "wake the dead." However, the children barely have time to prepare the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect that this man is not the real Fester, as he is unable to recall any details about Fester's past.
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A crew of 523+ credited
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Edited by Dede AllenShot by Owen RoizmanScored by Marc ShaimanDesigned by Richard MacdonaldSound by Cecelia HallCostumes by Ruth Myers Nm0616848Stunts by David R EllisVFX by Alan Munro
Box Office
1991 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.4× 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
$191.5M
Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$191.5M
break-even (2.5×)
US & Canada: $113.5M — 59% of worldwide · International: $78.0M (41%)
Opening weekend: $24.2M — 21% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $35.4M — 31% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,411 theaters
Re-release box office
- 20201,307 theaters
- $1.2M($1.5M today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Addams Familyde
- Die Addams Familyde
- La Famille Addamsfr
- La famiglia Addamsit
- (Croatian)Obitelj Addams
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- United StatesNov 19, 1991
- CanadaNov 22, 1991
- United KingdomDec 13, 1991
- IrelandDec 13, 1991
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Cast & Crew
523 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Raul Julia
as Gomez Addams
Christopher Lloyd
as Uncle Fester Addams
Dan Hedaya
as Tully Alford
Elizabeth Wilson
as Abigail Craven
Judith Malina
as Granny
Carel Struycken
as Lurch
Dana Ivey
as Margaret Alford
Paul Benedict
as Judge Womack
Christina Ricci
as Wednesday Addams
Anjelica Huston
as Morticia Addams
Jimmy Workman
as Pugsley Addams
Christopher Hart
as Thing
Supporting cast
38John Franklin
as Cousin Itt
Tony Azito
as Digit Addams
Douglas Brian Martin
as Dexter Addams
Steven M Martin
as Donald Addams
Allegra Kent
as Cousin Ophelia Addams
Richard Korthaze
as Slosh Addams
Ryan Holihan
as Lumpy Addams
Maureen Sue Levin
as Flora Amor
Darlene Levin
as Fauna Amor
Kate Mcgregor Stewart
as Employment Agent
Lela Ivey
as Susan Firkins
Whit Flint
as Little Tully
Patty Maloney
as Lois Addams
Victoria Hall
as Swedish Blonde
Jimmy Ross
as Pre-Teen Gomez
Ryan Anderson
as Pre-Teen Fester
Daniel Pikus
as Teenage Gomez
Michael Hittesdorf
as Teenage Fester
Lauren Walker
as Teenage Flora
Valeri Walker
as Teenage Fauna
Mercedes Mcnab
as Girl Scout
Joe Zimmerman
as Long Arm Addams
Steve Welles
as Fingers Addams
Eugene Jackson
as One-Armed Bass Player
Richard Tanner
as Snake Charmer
Marc Shaiman
as Conductor
Jonathan Wee
as Juggler
Owen Morse
as Juggler
Sally Jessy Raphael
as Sally Jessy Raphael
S Scott Bullock
as Gate
Diane Burt
as Caroler
Laura Gail
as Party Goer, Dancer
Bruce Holman
as Office Worker
Jim Rhine
as Street Walker
Zelda Rubinstein
as Party Goer
Victor Sein
as Office Worker
Barry Sonnenfeld
as Passenger on Gomez's Train
Benny Wills
as Elf
Directors
1Writers
5Producers
8Other crew
467Randi Mavestrand
additional costumer (uncredited)
Tom Jensen
additional first assistant camera: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Dennis Dreith
additional orchestrator
Jack Eskew
additional orchestrator
Ralph Burns
additional orchestrator
Steve Bartek
additional orchestrator
Thomas Richard Sharp
additional orchestrator (as Thom Sharp)
Eric J Goldstein
additional photographer
Gale Tattersall
additional photographer
Zia Iampietro
additional second assistant director
John P Fasal
additional sound effects creator
John Pospisil
additional sound effects creator
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