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Released
1986 · FILM

The Great Mouse Detective

Clever mouse detective Timothy and his brave partner Olivia race against the diabolical Professor Ratigan to rescue a kidnapped toymaker before London’s holiday season is shattered.

“London's crime-fighting ace on his most baffling case!”

Directed by
Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener
Written by
Peter Young, Vance Gerry
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
74 min
AdventureAnimationFamily
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's famed toymaker, the clever and courageous mouse duo of Olivia and Timothy must embark on a daring rescue mission to save him before the city's holiday season is ruined.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 401+ 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 Roy M Brewer JrShot by Ed AustinScored by Henry ManciniSound by Charles L Campbell

Box Office

1986 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$38.6M

Budget$14.0M
Worldwide gross$38.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.3M — 66% of worldwide · International: $13.3M (34%)

Opening weekend: $3.2M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $7.4M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,138 theaters

Re-release box office

19921,420 theaters
$16.5M($38.8M today)

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

Also known as

  • (Alternative Title)As Peripécias de um Ratinho Detetive
  • Basil, der grosse Mäusedetektivde
  • Basil, der große Mäusedetektivde
  • Basil the Great Mouse Detectiveen
  • Basil, détective privéfr
  • Basil l'investigatopoit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 23, 1986
  • IndiaJun 30, 1986
  • EcuadorAug 21, 1986
  • IndonesiaSep 11, 1986

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Walt Disney PicturesSilver Screen Partners IIWalt Disney Animation StudiosWalt Disney Feature Animation
Distributors
Buena Vista Distribution CompanyBuena Vista InternationalU.K. Film DistributorsGreater Union Organisation (GUO)Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
Other companiesTodd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios, Blue Light Sound, Buena Vista Sound Studios, CBS Radford Studios, Deluxe

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